Not really impress, these '40s dresses made us feel uncomfortable, and furthermore they also made young women look older. Check out this photo set to see which dresses young women wore in the 1940s.
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Not really impress, these '40s dresses made us feel uncomfortable, and furthermore they also made young women look older. Check out this photo set to see which dresses young women wore in the 1940s.