Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2: Ready for Action
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Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2: Ready for Action

Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2: Ready for Action

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Lucy Adlington (Author)  

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What would you wear to war? How would you dress for a winter mission in the open cockpit of a Russian bomber plane? At a fashion show in Occupied Paris? Singing in Harlem, or on fire watch in Tokyo..? Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2 is a unique, illustrated insight into the experiences of women worldwide during World War Two and its aftermath. The history of ten tumultuous years is reflected in clothes, fashion, accessories and uniforms. As housewives, fighters, fashion designers or spies, women dressed the part when they took up their wartime roles. Attractive to a general reader as well as interesting to a specialist, Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2 focuses on the experiences of British women, then expands to encompass every continent affected by war. Woven through all cultures and countries are common threads of service, survival, resistance and emotion. Historian Lucy Adlington draws on interviews with wartime women, as well as her own archives and costume collection. Well-known names and famous exploits are featured and many never-before-told stories of quiet heroism. You'll indulge in luxury fashion, bridal ensembles and enticing lingerie, as well as thrifty make-do-and-mend. You'll learn which essential garments to wear when enduring a bomb raid and how a few scraps of clothing will keep you feeling human in a concentration camp. Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2 is richly illustrated throughout, with many previously unpublished photographs, 1940s costumes and fabulous fashion images. History has never been better dressed. 250 colour & black and white illustrations
Lucy Adlington is a dress historian with 20 years' experience of lecturing and collecting. She runs the History Wardrobe company - a delightful series of costume-in-context presentations, which offer 100 shows across the UK each year. She is the author of Great War Fashion and Stitches in Time - the Story of the Clothes We Wear. She also writes history-inspired fiction, including The Red Ribbon, a novel inspired by the dressmakers of Auschwitz.
  • Contributor: Lucy Adlington
  • Imprint: Pen & Sword History
  • ISBN13: 9781526712349
  • Number of Pages: 272
  • Packaged Dimensions: 172x246mm
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
  • Release Date: 2019-11-06
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Lucy Adlington is a dress historian with 20 years' experience of lecturing and collecting. She runs the History Wardrobe company - a delightful series of costume-in-context presentations, which offer 100 shows across the UK each year. She is the author of Great War Fashion and Stitches in Time - the Story of the Clothes We Wear. She also writes history-inspired fiction, including The Red Ribbon, a novel inspired by the dressmakers of Auschwitz.

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