This Was My Very First Comic Outfit Recreation. It's Betty Ross' Standard Fit From The OG 1940s Captain

This was my very first comic outfit recreation. It's Betty Ross' standard fit from the OG 1940s Captain America comic run. The artists were kinda inconsistent in drawing her outfit, so I decided to go with her look from the first few comics that were published in 1941 (see comic panels at the end!). Let's just say that I went overboard with collecting stuff for this moodboard. 😅

The main components of this fit (hats, shirt, blazer, skirt) are from the '40s. The compact/lipstick (Coty "Flying Colors") and watch are also WWII-era. I didn't really need to include them, but they fit the wartime mood of the comics.

Searching for a purse and shoes that matched the comics got tricky, so I resorted to choosing items that were from the mid-late 1930s. I mean, it's 1941, and everyone just got out of the Great Depression, so it makes perfect sense that Betty would hang on to her nice stuff. The little gold coin/ID purse (also '30s) was absolutely not necessary, but I thought it was so cute that I had to include it in this moodboard. My excuse is that Betty needs a designated place to keep her FBI badge and other super secret stuff.

(takes off amateur historian hat) Okay, enough of that. Here are the two panels I referred to when making this moodboard. Side note: Sergeant Duffy gives Steve Rogers a hard time, partially because Steve can be such a rascally little goof in these comics. With all the pranks he and Bucky pull on ol' Sarge, I'm surprised he wasn't kicked out of the Army!