DECEMBER 1940

Brigance 

pistachio green wool pants 

lemon-yellow wrapped top

Martin Munkacsi

Bergdorf Goodman

One-piece sharkskin jumpsuit

Brigance

knee-length, side-wrapped shorts and wrapped top

Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Lord & Taylor

Dinner Pajamas in sheer yellow wool

Edmond Frisch jewels

Hoyningen-Huene

Clare Potter

Omar Kiam

Fur-belted silk shantung dinner dress buttoned with big wheels of rhinestones.

Rosario Perez and Antonio Ruiz

The Kids from Seville

"The Nightclub sensation of the season."

Milgrim

Tailored white silk chiffon fastened at the top with tassels. Beads and paillettes encrust the lapels.

Bergdorf Goodman

White crepe printed with sheaves of deep-purple flowers. The skirt, a waterfall of shimmering white fringe.

Decor: Amster and Lamb

Tiered cotton lace from Henri Bendel

Decor by Amster and Lamb

Jay Thorpe

Altman

Jewels - Paul Flato

Kalmour at Saks Fifth Avenue

Spalding-Gorham Jewelry

Decor: Amster and Lamb

Photographs: Hoyningen-Huene

Schlumberger

Jewelry designer,Jean Schlumberger, designs his first dress in heavy white silk faille seamed in gold braid. At the waist, a sash of pale blue satin with black fringes.

This is a white issue...

Harper's Bazaar December 1940

Photography:

Hoyningen-Huene

Martin Munkacsi

Louise Dahl-Wolfe

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