num_pages: 296
description: 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human in a concentration camp.Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2 is richly illustrated throughout with many previously unpublished photographs 1940s costumes and fabulous fashion images.History has never been better dressed.
language: English
title: Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2: Ready for Action
publisher: Pen and Sword History