Forties fashion
from siren suits to the new look
Book - 2008
A comprehensive look at the fashions and styles that emerged around the world during the 1940s from practical and smart-looking attire for air raids (hooded capes with large pockets and zippered jumpsuits) to street fashion and the creation of Christian Dior's "New Look" collection in 1947.
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London :
Thames & Hudson,
2008.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Forties fashion : |b from siren suits to the new look / |c Jonathan Walford. |
| 260 | |a London : |b Thames & Hudson, |c 2008. | ||
| 300 | |a 208 p. : |b ill. (some col.) ; |c 26 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-205) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a A comprehensive look at the fashions and styles that emerged around the world during the 1940s from practical and smart-looking attire for air raids (hooded capes with large pockets and zippered jumpsuits) to street fashion and the creation of Christian Dior's "New Look" collection in 1947. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Dressing the nation : preparing the home front for conflict -- Kangaroo pockets and siren suits : dress, patriotism, and propaganda in the first year of war -- Rationing, utility, and austerity : the British way to winning the war in fashion -- Independence and limitations : the rise of the American designer under wartime restriction -- Zoots and zazous : anti-fashion in a time of crisis -- Beauty on duty : the war effort and the pursuit of novelty and beauty -- Making do : creative solutions for dire shortages -- Pacific fronts : Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada -- Occupation couture : Paris ignores the war -- Pieces of resistance : new regimes and everyday apparel -- Fashion among the ruins : the German home front -- New looks: rebuilding fashion in the post-war world. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Clothing and dress |x History. | |
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