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Wartime fashion : from Haute Couture to Homemade, 1939-1945

Wartime-Fashion412HOWELL Géraldine
Wartime fashion : from Haute Couture to Homemade, 1939-1945
London : Bloomsbury, 2012, XIII-249 p.
ISBN 978-0-85785-071-3

GB 224

Résumé éditeur :

A comprehensive analysis of Second World War dress practice and appearance, this study places dress at the forefront of a complex series of cultural chain reactions.

As lives were changed by the conditions of war, dress continued to reflect important visual narratives regarding class, gender and taste that would impact significantly on public consciousness of equality, fairness and morale. Using new archival and primary source evidence, Wartime Fashion clarifies how and why clothing was rationed, and repositions style and design during the war in relation to past expectations and ideas about clothes and fabrics. The book explores the impact of war on the dress and appearance of civilian women of all classes in the context of changing social and economic infrastructures created by the national emergency.

The varied research elements combined in this book form a rounded and definitive account of the dress history of British women during the Second World War. This is essential reading for anyone with an active interest in the field, whether personal or professional.

Geraldine Howell currently lectures on dress history at the University of Westinster, London.
Axe de recherches :
  • Axe 1 : Cultures visuelles et matérielles

OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Corinne HÉLIN (25 mars 2016). Wartime fashion : from Haute Couture to Homemade, 1939-1945. IRHiS-Bibliothèque. Consulté le 16 février 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/lxmq


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