Description
| Product ID: | 9780747813538 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IN |
| Series: | Shire Library |
| Title: | Fashion in the 1940s |
| Authors: | Author: Jayne Shrimpton |
| Page Count: | 72 |
| Subjects: | Fashion and textile design, Fashion & textiles: design, European history, History, British & Irish history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 |
| Description: | Reveals the impact of wartime and austerity on British fashion and tells the story of how a spirit of patriotism and make-do-and-mend unleashed a wave of new creativity among women who were starved of high fashion by shortages and rationing. This book reveals the impact of wartime on British fashion, how a spirit of utility, make-do and mend unleashed a whole new creativity among Britain''s women starved of high fashion by rationing. Many of these home dressmakers copied the high-end looks. Women doing war work created new street fashion looks. It also shows how world war shifted the centre of the international fashion from Paris to New York and established a casual American style for British women and men. Finally, we see the re-birth of Paris fashion in Dior''s New Look and a new glamour. |
| Imprint Name: | Shire Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-10-10 |
