1940's Reporter Costume?

Question:Im doing a play at school. I need a costume. Im a reporter in the 1940's. What should I wear?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Im doing a play at school. I need a costume. Im a reporter in the 1940's. What should I wear?

Well, the stereotype would be to wear a trench coat -- beige or khaki -- and carry around a notepad and pen, and/or a camera.

http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/bonc... Can give you other ideas as to general wear, and what "look" was popular in that era.

Vintage-look suit, pants, white shirt, neck tie (loosened) or maybe bow tie, and most important a snap-brim hat with a card in the tucked into the brim that says "PRESS." It's a cliché of the period: use it. Note pad and pen is a must. For more ideas look at old movies about news reporters like "His Girl Friday" and "The Front Page."

http://www.costumes.org/classes/fashiond...
and a fedora felt hat.