I know I've been posting inspiration photos from the 1940s all summer long, and I figured that by the time Fall came around I'd be sick of the decade and would be on to something new. But it's not that way at all. Instead of throwing out my little floral dresses I'm suddenly wanting to get my hands on big cardigans to throw over them. And Remix Vintage's 1940s-inspired shoes are tempting me more than ever--especially these!
So I'm back to the 1940s-themed Flickr groups for inspiration. Only now I'm overlooking the sundresses and bathing suits and sandals I used to be so obsessed with in favor of tweed suits and little sweaters and head scarves.
That's how I found this collection of WWII photos taken in occupied Paris. Though these aren't the typical everyday-life style vintage photograph I normally put on here. From the original poster:
Recently a exhibition of wartime made photos by André Zucca caused some trouble in France.
People felt these photos showed a wartime Paris that was much too jolly. The real problem with the exhibition was that nobody mentioned that Zucca made most of these photos for the German propaganda magazine Signal. Goebbels himself had also decided that Paris should always retain its prewar image. Showing Paris as a fun loving big city full of happy people was what the Nazi's wanted.
So these photos are probably a little staged, but at the very least they give us a peek into 1940s life in color, complete with (slightly idealized) wartime fashions and about the strangest wedge heels you've seen.
Click on photos to see them in their original photostreams.
