Take one mooch into any 21st-Century Fashionista's wardrobe, possibly even one's own, and you would expect to find at least three staple items; whether it be a white shirt, pencil skirt, a classic moc croc bag or ankle boots. Although at the time considered stylish and cutting edge, the 1940's pioneered the classic wardrobe staples that were to remin unchanged for several decades after. Taking their inspiration from the New Look 1940's and also the 2nd World War, typical 1940's divas was forced to pencil the appearence of stockings onto their legs as rationing had left stockings in short supply. You could even argue that this moment pinpointed the beginning of the 'micro-trend', a small fashion detail, followed up these days by the likes of Lily Allen and her trainer/frock combo or Dita Von Teese's siren smackers ( a styled to perfection lady epitomising the updated 1940's glamour), slowly adopted by friendship groups and in these cases, leading to the adoption by the masses. The women of the 40s refused to let the war repress their fashion impulses and managed to look classiclally cool by using their imagination. So ladies, if the recurring bohemian hemlines are beginning to (or did two years ago) give you a headache, reach for the moc croc a la Dior, work that pulled in waist line Missoni style and do as the war ladies did and create your own 1940's fuelled micro-trend.