Wartime Fashion - From Haute Couture to Homemade, 1939-1945

Informationen zum Autor Geraldine Howell is an independent scholar based in the UK. Zusammenfassung Wartime Fashion is a detailed overview of the impact of the war on women's dress in Britain, from haute couture to recycled and rationed fashion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Buying into Fashion: The Social BackgroundShopping for Fashion in the Pre-War yearsBeing Chic and Being BritishThe Healthy Body and the Politics of FitnessEvacuationFashions for a Phoney WarCalls for Rationed Fashion Setting the RationThe Utility Clothing SchemeAssessing the Impact of Clothes RationingHome Front Clothing InitiativesClothes for CouponsKeep Smiling Through: Good Health and Natural BeautyUtility and AusterityConclusionBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Geraldine Howell, Howell Geraldine
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2012
• EAN: 9780857850706
• ISBN: 978-0-85785-070-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Beauty/cosmetics; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, DESIGN / Fashion & Accessories, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), DESIGN / Textile & Costume, History of Art, British & Irish history, Fashion & society, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History of fashion, Gender studies, gender groups, Fashion and textile design, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Cultural studies: dress and society