These are all so creative and fun.

Bella, high five back I need some time to recover from this!

I was actually thinking about you as I was ironing this shirt for today's outfit. Remember how you opened a thread a while ago about adding starch to keep your shirts crisp-looking? Guess what I did This shirt is once again my favorite because the collar can finally stand firm and high all day long thanks to you, so it's now named "bella shirt".

Ornella - I think our textured tights have the same pattern as well.:)

ETA: I am honored to be the namesake of your button down shirt. I was singing the praises of starch once again the other day on my blog.

Here's my contribution. More a little nod than really a whole 40's outfit. I was simply lacking the clothes to make more out of it and it was cold this morning too. I would have loved to wear a tailored tweed jacket and pumps with this!

The skirt is velvet, the button-down silk. The necklace is from my grandma and I normally wear it so you can't see the fastener. The ring is from my great-great-grandma and I never wear it because it normally doesn't go with my usual watch and jewelry. Well, I kind of liked the look with the necklace! The lipstick is really noticeable, it was odd to go outside with lips this red during the day. And I pinned my hair back - it was a bit strange at first to be so 'exposed', but I really liked the way it looked!

Astrid, I LOVE your 40s hair and makeup!!

Thanks MaryK! I like it too, I think I'm definitely going to do that make-up and hair again. It looked really elegant and the only difference to my normal routine were one lipstick and four bobby pins!

Astrid, you are looking very war-time glam, and it's so special that you got to wear your family's jewellry! YLF!

Ornella, you are way prettier than your role model; I hope no-one abdicated because of you today?

Natalie and Mary, that blouse is seriously fab, and I love that you styled it so differently.

Bella and Kate, great looks!

Is it okay to have multiple outfit posts for these eras? I have a feeling there will be lots of posts from the 50s and 60s eras (I know I will) because that has been the trend lately especially watching shows like Mad Men and Pan Am. Let me know if that will be okay?

Kim, I love the swishy skirt on that dress; no wonder you got compliments!

Diana, great print on the dress! It does have a 30's vibe; fabrics were printed in just a few colours and often had white space in them for the reasons Ornella cited; it was economical and had fewer errors.

I thought this would be a lot harder to come up with something for this decade. Thank goodness for Katherine Hepburn!

I love these threads so much! What fantastic outfits. I am revelling in the details. And also the inspiration photos.

I'm a little more forties than thirties. And I must admit I felt a bit like a flight attendant!

Ann Taylor jacket with military details (a bit difficult to see, but epaulettes on the shoulders, buckles on cuffs, pocket flaps). Also difficult to see...the jacket and blouse are inky blue; the skirt and belt are black.
My gored Comrags skirt
ON Elastic belt
Silk button down shirt.
Scarf, a gift ages ago.
Nylon stockings!
My late mother-in-law's brooch, dating from that era.

And the debut of my new Fleuvogs!

Excuse the silly face; my daughter was teasing me!

Thanks, Bella, for this challenge! I always learn things about what's already in the closet.

Suz, you look specTACular!!

Suz - what MaryK said! ALso loving all the Kate looks.

Sooooo fun seeing all these great interpretations! Here is mine. It's hard to see in the photo, but I'm wearing a blouse with a very big bow tie. Since it's thin and short-sleeved, I layered a black jacket over it.

Carole, class act!

Astrid, what a wonderful hairdo!! It suits you perfectly. And beautiful jewelry.

Lynne, no abdications yet today, we have couple more hours to go

Suz, could this be your style era??? Amazing.

I have never done any of these challenges before. But this shirt was still on the top of my discard pile, so it was handy for this one! I don't have sheerer hose here in FL so the tights will have to do. It was fun

This was a tired, end-of-the day pic. My nipped-waist polka-dotted blouse feels very 30s/40s to me, as do my ankle-strap heels. My red lipstick has faded (as has my grin) after a long day of classes, though. I'm SO looking forward to this challenge-- it's the perfect way to get back into YLF. Thanks, Bella!

I was planning on men's wear type slacks and a blazer A la Katharine but it's unusually warm.

Everybody is so creative with the decade! I am loving each and every one of them!
High five to all my Kate twins. I felt as I was cheating because this is a type of outfit I wear pretty often anyway. I looked and looked at Kate's pictures trying to find additional details to add but there were none.
Maybe I do channel her spirit in real life?:-)

Holy moley, Suz, your look blew me away! This look is YOU!

Thank you for the compliments. My mother was a young woman in that era so maybe I am channelling her a bit...

I think DD and I might be getting the hang of the picture taking a bit better, too! So some is simply that! <grin>

I am so impressed by the care and thought that everyone has taken. It's such a joy to look at these outfits. It's a real fashion education, too, to recall what women wore in different eras. We are so lucky to have choices, to be able to mix elements, and not to be stuck in one particular mold.

OK, here's mine! Late, as usual (-:

When I was researching the era I came up with some touchpoints that I tried to use:
Shoulder-emphasis
Longer jackets, often belted
Calf-length skirts - straight, bias-cut or tulip hem
Waist-emphasis
Feminine blouses
Round-toe pumps or heeled oxfords with sturdy heels
Cloche hats
Tweeds and plaids for daywear

I wore my tweed coat over this. I didn't have a longer skirt that would have looked right but I think this was a pretty good modern interpretation.

I also did a darker lipstick and brown eyeshadow since that seemed to be a makeup look of the era.

Beautiful, Jeneva! Your eyes really glow with these colours! And the hat!

Jenava, perfect! Love that hat!

Thanks, I should mention that this hat, which is felted wool, is actually from the 1940's, I think. I still wear it as a winter hat. I like that the cloche covers my ears without wrecking my hair!

ETA, one thing I noticed when I was doing my research for each decade is that the elements of fashion in the 40's were actually echo'd a lot in the 80's. Anybody else notice that? I thought it was funny. My husband, who is studying interior design, says that it's because both decades were all about progressiveness and modernity (the straight, sharp lines of the Art Deco period are kind of echo'd in the geometric, high-contrast prints of the 80s)

I once heard that fashion tends to go in 40 year cycles. That can't be completely true of course. These days, especially, we make ironic reference to all sorts of different periods. But if you think of the current 70s elements...

Angie probably has clearer insight into all this, as may others who had made a study of it?

It's funny; this challenge actually sparked a really interesting convo with DH last night at dinner; we were wondering if our current decade (the 2000's and 2010's) have a identifying "look" or not. Are we just too close to ID it? Or do we not really have one? Like Suz points out we can really make references to all sorts of decades but do we have our own identifying trend? I was thinking maybe skinny jeans was it?

I fell in love with the 30s and 40s as a child then a teenager, watching the movies they used to play on tv every weekend - Shirley Temple movies, Gone With The Wind, and of course, all the Andy Hardy movies.

I also listened over and over again to an album called "Ladies Sing the Blues", which juxtaposed heartwrenching torch songs against sassily belted lyrics like "I got a man over here, got a man over there, but the man over there - ooh,ooh,ooh, ee baba leeba". I was completely transported by the emotion, the humour and sensuality of these songs, as well as the warm sound. Plus, of course, the sense that these were women I could actually look and feel like, women not only of sensitivity and power but also women of colour, unlike most people I saw in the media and real life.

For my outfit I pulled out a dress I haven't worn since before my last pregnancy (it'd just get wrecked if I wore it at this stage!). I couldn't believe it - I felt just as wonderful, as me, and as at home in this dress as I ever did! This one's never leaving :).

Although it's not authentic, I always felt very 1930s in it. It has (slightly) puffy sleeves, which I see in a lot of 1930s looks - see this article on puffed sleeves in the 30s http://pomoboho.blogspot.com/2.....1930s.html

It is the most amazing cut for me and combines all the emotions of innocence and vulnerability, the fresh simplicity, as well as the sass & playful sexiness, I took from my 1930s idols.

I used to wear it with burgundy flat boots or more 30s-feeling black heeled mary janes. But for the first time, I put it on with my not-so-30s ecru Frye Veronicas. I love it!

Astrid, you look incredible! This hairstyle and lippie definitely suits you. I can see your glasses a bit more, and the way you're looking down into the camera is very old Hollywood-confident!

Carole, your crisp Hepburn look is beautiful. You've got her coolness down (though now that I think of it, her characters were pretty hotheaded :))

Suz, where did the other photo go? Never mind , in the others you're sooo sharp! I lve the Fluevogs and the bow, and your hair is perfect with this! I'm seeing you in a 40s starfest like The Women.

Gosh, Antje, that combo is both stunning and whimsical - the red glasses and the cutout oxfords add a larger than life quality, gorgeously stylized, which I LOVE.

Gotta run for school pickup, will check the rest later!

Fruitful, that dress is AMAZING and I can totally see the 30's/40's era influence. Love it with those boots. That print is fierce.

Oh, my gosh, Fruitful, that is beautiful on you! SO sweet and flirty and fun. Love your inspiration story and pics, too.

I am not sure why my other photo got hidden. I must have touched it by mistake, but fixed it now.