Since summer is almost here in the Southern hemisphere (though the weather sometimes makes that hard to believe) I thought I'd treat myself to some "frocks" from the Australian Home Journal.
World War II ended just over a year earlier, and the general outline is still very "wartime". Maybe there is a little more leeway allowed in the way of gathers and skirt widths.
Rationing was still in effect in Australia, so dressmakers had to be careful with their materials. The dresses on the right and left look as if they could be made up from a mixture of smaller lengths. The peplum on the dress in the centre is a nice postwar touch. The dress on the left sports a some embroidery: a touch that would have been thought extravagant during wartime.
The fashions are similar on this page, including a two-toned dress on the left, and a dress with a peplum on the right.
The dresses on this cover range from the fairly plain (the coat frock, centre) to the quite fancy (the dress decorated with shirring and bows at right).
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