Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1940s was a turbulent decade, forever defined by World War II. The war touched all areas of society, including the garment ...

The 1940s was marked by one defining event: World War II. From 1939 to 1945, the entire globe was on high alert. There was social, political, and economic unrest. Men were being shipped off to the ...

The phrase "out with the old and in with the new" certainly doesn't apply to these women who have swapped their modern wardrobe for 1940s fashion. Jamie Seibert, 46, and Gwendolyn Erin Patterson, 25, ...

There’s just something about a floaty, frilled, floral dress that tugs at the heartstrings. It's pure modern nostalgia: the best of the past, styled for the present. And as we mark VE Day, it feels ...

Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Fashion from Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1941. Berman is a senior editor at TIME. For every photograph printed in LIFE Magazine, countless others never made the cut.

Fashionistas and history buffs can both enjoy a free program about fashion during the 1940s at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 10, at Mentor Public Library’s Lake Branch, 5642 Andrews Road in Mentor-on-the-Lake. Sara ...