We're nearly at the end of the 1940s at this point, and the fashions foreshadow the 1950s. The Australian Home Journal still reports on Hollywood fashions, but in this issue is very much focused on the latest collections from Paris.
The way that women look will not have greatly changed due to the Paris Spring dress collections...
Shoulders, despite a move to square them, remain on the slope. And there are still plenty of princess, beltless dresses although we have said goodbye to the difficult Empire lines which rose so high under the bust...
Necklines
Necklines are styled this year. For example, there are star-pointed collars, a mandarin neckline which develops from a bib-yoke of contrast stitch, a button-opening neckline with small Peter Pan collar and bodice-pocket flaps repeating the curve of the collar.
Pattern 7452 (the centre one on the cover) shows how a more "styled" neckline could be adapted to meet the needs of a home dressmaker.
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