40's: The Fashionable Forties

Jean (Barbara Stanwyck) is ravishing in a two-piece beaded, black ensemble

"The Lady Eve", 1941

40's: The Fashionable Forties

Irene Jansen (Lauren Bacall) is gorgeous in a sleek black, stain dress

"Dark Passage", 1947

40's: The Fashionable Forties

Tess Harding (Katharine Hepburn)

is splendid in a lovely black gown

"Woman of the Year", 1942

The Past

Delilah (Hedy Lamarr) is stunning in a blue two-piece

"Samson and Delilah", 1949

40's: The Fashionable Forties

Georgia Brown (Lena Horne) is chic in a polka

dot top, skirt, and flower headpiece

"Cabin in the Sky", 1943

The Past

Delilah (Hedy Lamarr) is gorgeous

in a purple and pink outfit

"Samson and Delilah", 1949

40's: The Fashionable Forties

Gilda Farrell (Rita Hayworth) does a

little dance in an elegant black, satin gown

"Gilda", 1946

40's: The Fashionable Forties

Tracy (Katharine Hepburn) dons this flowy, silky, white gown and

chic belt as she addresses her ex-husband and an undercover reporter

"The Philadelphia Story", 1940

10's: The Teens

Ester (Judy Garland) wears this bright crimson,

velvet gown with delicious white gloves

"Meet Me in St. Louis", 1944