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Women in wartime : dress studies from 'Picture Post' stories,1938-1945 / Geraldine Howell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howell, Geraldine, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Women.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Great Britain.
- Social conditions.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019.
- Contents:
- 1 Beauty's blueprint p. 25
- 2 Fashion stories from everyday life p. 41
- 3 Picture Post shows life on less p. 59
- 4 Britain and the first fashions of war p. 71
- 5 Practical living with Picture Post p. 89
- 6 Picture Post reports on wartime clothing initiatives p. 113
- 7 Making and looking after clothes p. 125
- 8 A fashion for fitness p. 137
- 9 Epilogue: Picture Post reports on fashion news from France p. 151.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hiram G. Haney Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1350000922
- 9781350000926
- OCLC:
- 1013177437
- Publisher Number:
- 99980375733
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