Forties fashion : from siren suits to the new look
Entry/Object ID
GT596.W35 2011
Description
A comprehensive look at the fashions and styles that emerged around the world during the 1940s from practical and smart-looking attire for air raids (hooded capes with large pockets and zippered jumpsuits) to street fashion and the creation of Christian Dior's "New Look" collection in 1947.
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Kimberly Haller
Notes
Gift of Kimberly Haller, September 2025.
Lexicon
Search Terms
clothing and dress--history, costume--history--20th century, fashion--history--20th century, nineteen forties
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Book
Book Details
Author
Jonathan Walford
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Place Published
City
London
Date Published
2011
ISBN
9780500288979
General Notes
Note Type
Contents
Note
Introduction -- Dressing the nation : preparing the home front for conflict -- Kangaroo pockets and siren suits: dress, patriotism, and propaganda in the first year of war -- Rationing, utility, and austerity: The British way to winning the war in fashion -- Independence and limitations: the rise of the American designer under wartime restriction -- Zoots and zazous: anti-fashion in a time of crisis -- Beauty on duty: the war effort and the pursuit of novelty and beauty -- Making do: creative solutions for dire shortages -- Pacific fronts: Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada -- Occupation culture: Paris ignores the war -- Pieces of resistance: new regimes and everyday apparel -- Fashion among the ruins: the German home front -- New looks: rebuilding fashion in the post-war world.
