Outfit of the Week: 1940's Army wife

Last week I wrote a post saying that I would do an Outfit of the Week post once a week if interesting events in my life permitted - well, week 2 and I've managed to stick to my word! I didn't have a big event to go to, but I had recently gotten back into Karmin - an *amazing* YouTube band. Amy Heidemann (the lead singer of Karmin) also does the odd hair tutorial, and so I decided to create a look based on her tutorial for the suicide roll. 

★ Amy Heidemann recreating the suicide roll ★ 

★ Rachel McAdams playing 'Allie' in The Notebook', with a suicide roll/pin curl look ★ 

Warning for anyone who wants to try this style out: it is *hard*. It took a lot of commitment and a lot more back-combing. As someone who never back-combs, the amount required made me fear for my poor hair - but I think I somewhat managed to get the look down. 

★ 1940's suicide roll inspired outfit of the day ★ Dress: ASOS ★ Cardigan: H&M ★ Waist belt: Ebay ★ Boots: New Look ★ 

★ My attempt at the suicide roll (forgive the phone quality!) ★ 

As the suicide roll is most commonly associated with the land girls of World War 2, I decided to create a 'WW2 army wife' look (or as best I could with my wardrobe choices). WW2 is easily my favourite era for women's fashion, closely followed by the flappers of the 1920's! I've linked the hair tutorial up the top for anyone brave enough to tackle this! 

Hair tip: have *lots* of hairspray ready, and make sure you do this on a day where you can spend lots of time conditioning your hair after you take it out. 

What do you think of the 1940's look? What's your favourite fashion era?