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Double Breasted Taupe Wool Blend Jacket
Wartime / Utility Fashion · 1940s · American
Production
ready-to-wear
Material
wool blend
Culture
American
Influences
military uniform tailoring · 1940s shoulder emphasis
A structured double-breasted jacket in taupe wool blend featuring pronounced shoulder padding characteristic of 1940s silhouettes. The jacket displays six buttons arranged in two vertical rows, creating the classic double-breasted closure. Wide notched lapels frame the neckline, while the fitted waist emphasizes an hourglass shape. The jacket includes flap pockets at hip level and shows careful tailoring with clean lines and precise construction. The peach-colored lining is visible at the interior, contrasting with the neutral exterior. This garment exemplifies wartime fashion's emphasis on structured, practical tailoring while maintaining feminine proportions through strategic padding and waist suppression.
jacketregular fithip length
Connected To
Influences·1940s shoulder emphasis
SHAREDsame era · cross-culture · cross-category
These two garments reveal how wartime austerity shaped silhouettes across drastically different occasions and continents. The taupe jacket's sharp, military-inspired shoulders and streamlined double-breasted front echo the same structural emphasis visible in the wedding gown's fitted bodice and pronounced shoulder line—both following the decade's rationed approach to fabric that pushed drama upward into the shoulder and neckline.
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