Vintage Book Details

Written by Colin McDowell. Published to coincide with the Imperial War Museum’s exhibition of the same name.

This book describes what British ordinary people looked like during the Second World War in a world of clothing rationing, ‘Make Do and Mend’, the Utility Scheme, uniforms for both sexes, home-made, and women’s magazine lending circles.

With numerous photographs, advertisements and fashion drawings, McDowell comprises an entertaining and authoritative account of Forties fashion from a dress sewn from a torn German parachute to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s ball gowns, and post-war styles on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Fashion-related English Education Book.

Written by Mina Wakatski & Yoshiko Sugimoto.