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1940s Fancy Dress
Our 1940s fancy dress covers Britain's wartime years: land girl workwear, home guard and WW2 army uniforms, a VE Day dress and an evacuee's dress and coat. Every costume is measured across 30+ points by garment techs trained in tailoring, and the range runs kids' age 7 to 14, men's chest 38in to 48in, and women's UK dress size 8 to 26.
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Uniform or Civilian: Two Routes to 1940s Fancy Dress
Two directions cover most 1940s fancy dress: the uniform, for a home guard, army or land girl look, and the civilian dress, for VE Day or an evacuee. The uniforms are built round a jacket and a belt with a cap to finish, while the civilian pieces carry the period on the cut and the print. Both routes suit a school WW2 day or a 1940s-themed party, and each of the five costumes below comes with its own headwear, so there is no separate hat to source.
Our Five 1940s Picks
Five costumes below, split between the uniforms and the civilian looks, with the pack contents and the sizes each one runs in. For the decades either side, the full decade costumes range sits one level up.
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The Mens Homeguard Soldier Costume takes the shirt and tie out of the equation: they come as an insert in the structured jacket, worn with the trousers, belt and peaked cap in the pack, in chest sizes 38in to 48in. |
Land girl dress is workwear rather than uniform, and the Womens 40s WW2 Land Army Girl Costume follows it: brown dungarees, a white top and a red headscarf tied at the front, sized 8 to 22. |
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Civilian dress carries the period without any uniform in it: the Womens 40s Green Dress Costume comes as a green wartime-style dress with a matching hat and black gloves, sized 8 to 26. |
Service dress rather than farm workwear: the Womens WW2 Army Uniform Costume is a tailored green jacket and matching skirt with a belt and a military khaki hat, sized 8 to 26. |
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The Kids Evacuee Dress With Coat Costume puts a child on the home front rather than in uniform, with a floral dress, a long coat worn over it and a beret, in ages 7 to 14. |
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a 1940s fancy dress costume usually include?
Two or three pieces plus the headwear. Every costume on this page arrives with its own peaked cap, hat, beret or headscarf, so the jacket-and-trousers or dress-and-coat set is complete without a separate hat order.
What is a land girl costume?
A land girl costume follows the work dress of the Women's Land Army, the civilian workforce of women who took over farm work during the war: brown dungarees, a white top tucked in, and a red headscarf tied at the front.
What's included in a home guard costume?
A structured jacket with the shirt and tie built in as an insert, trousers, a belt and a peaked cap. Our Mens Homeguard Soldier Costume runs chest 38in to 48in.
Are 1940s costumes suitable for a VE Day party?
Yes. The civilian pieces fit a street-party setting, either the green wartime dress or the evacuee's dress and coat, while the home guard and WW2 army uniforms cover anyone going as services personnel.
What sizes do 1940s costumes come in?
Three systems, by piece: men's by chest, 38in to 48in; women's by UK dress size, 8 to 26 across the range; kids' by age, 7 to 14. Each product page carries its own chart, so measure and check against that chart rather than assuming your usual high street size.
