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Fashion (WWII)

Will The Hemlines Change?

• Newsweek Magazine, 1941 •


Months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Washington was gearing-up for the fight by restricting the availability of certain fabrics to the fashion industry and reserving these materials for national defense. This started an open discussion in fashion circles:

“If the ladies can’t have sheer hose, they certainly don’t want shorter skirts.”


More about W.W. II fashions can be read here.




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Will The Hemlines Change?

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