Wartime fashion : from haute couture to homemade, 1939-1945 / Geraldine Howell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howell, Geraldine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Clothing and dress.

Women's clothing--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Women's clothing.

Fashion--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Fashion.

Fashion design--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Fashion design.

World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

Great Britain--History--George VI, 1936-1952.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.

Physical Description:

xiii, 249p. ; ill.

Edition:

English ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Berg, 2012.

Summary:

From rationed and repurposed fashion to high-end glamour, this accessible book examines the ways in which dress and appearance changed during the Second World War and reflected new attitudes to class, gender and taste.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Buying into Fashion: The Social Background

2 Shopping for Fashion in the Pre-War Years

3 Being Chic and Being British

4 The Healthy Body and the Politics of Fitness

5 Evacuation

6 Fashions for a Phoney War

7 Calls for Rationed Fashion

8 Setting the Ration

9 The Utility Clothing Scheme

10 Assessing the Impact of Clothes Rationing

11 Home Front Clothing Initiatives

12 Clothes for Coupons

13 Keep Smiling Through: Good Health and Natural Beauty

14 Utility and Austerity

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-245) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780857854285

9781472572448 ; (ebk : Bloomsbury)

OCLC:

854520285