Forties Fashion and the New Look by Colin Mcdowell

Forties Fashion and the New Look by Colin Mcdowell

This is an account of how ordinary people in Britain looked during and after World War II. It was a world of clothes rationing, "make do and mend", the Utility Scheme, uniforms for both sexes, the WI, homemade cosmetics and women's magazines lending circles. It was a time of factory girls in boiler suits and headscarves, and of clothes made from patchwork, flags, blackout fabric, mosquito netting, parachute silk and anything that came to hand. But, it was also a time when great efforts were made to keep high fashion alive, in the face of attempts by the Germans to move the Paris couture houses to Berlin, because looking good was seen as important to morale. Towards the end of the war, New York, with a strong influence from Hollywood, became the temporary fashion capital of the world. This, in turn, led to the emergence of the post-war New Look. Illustrated with numerous photographs, advertisements and fashion drawings, this book provides comprehensive coverage of 40s fashion, from a dress sewn from a torn German parachute to Queen Elizabeth's, now the Queen Mother, ball gowns.

Adelheid Rasche is an historian of fashion and illustration. She is the director of the Lipperheidesche Kostumbibliothek, Art Library of the State Museums of Berlin. Colin McDowell is creative director of Fashion Fringe and senior fashion writer for the London Sunday Times Style Magazine. He has written numerous books on fashion, the most renowned being McDowell's Directory of Twentieth Century Fashion, referred to as the bible' among the fashion set.

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ISBN 13	9780747530329
ISBN 10	0747530327
Title	Forties Fashion and the New Look
Author	Colin Mcdowell
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	1997-01-16
Number of pages	192
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