Kitted Out
Subtitle: Style in the Second World War
Publisher: History Press Limited, The
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780750992176
Subjects: Manners and customs
Description: When war was declared in September 1939, young people around the world were expected to put on a uniform and fight in a conflict not of their making. They may have been dressed in regulation khaki or air force blue, or restricted by rationing, but driven by angst, patriotism, and survival, they took every opportunity to express themselves by adapting their clothing. Away from the war their lives were shaped by swing music and its fashions, allowing individualism to flourish despite repression and offering a rebellious reaction to the fearful sound of jackboots marching in unison. It was a time of new identities, factions, and hierarchies.