Forties Fashion: From Siren Suits to the New Look - Hardcover

Jonathan Walford

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500514291 ISBN 13: 9780500514290

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2008

Synopsis

Covers French style under the occupation and the make do and mend mentality, through issues of dress, patriotism and propaganda and the development of faux fabrics and rationing, to the rise of American fashion houses and the creation of Christian Diors look.

About this title

Review:

`A delight to pore over ... very useful for students ... Fabulously illustrated throughout, it will probably be on the wish list of serious textile departments'

Synopsis:

This is the definitive book on fashion in the 1940s, covering everything from French style under the Occupation and the make do and mend mentality, through issues of dress, patriotism and propaganda and the development of faux fabrics and rationing, to the rise of American fashion houses and the creation of Christian Diors New Look. International attitudes emerge from some 250 illustrations, including period advertisements, images of real clothes, and first-hand accounts from contemporary publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0500514291
• ISBN 13: 9780500514290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208