Women in wartime dress studies from Picture post 1938-1945

"Picture Post magazine was made famous by its pioneering photojournalism, which vividly captured a panorama of wartime events and the ordinary lives affected. This book is the first to examine this fascinating primary source as a cultural record of women's dress history. Reading the magazi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Howell, Geraldine, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2019.
Edición:First edition
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009653937906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introducing Picture Post
  • 1.
  • Beauty's Blueprint
  • 2.
  • Fashion Stories from Everyday Life
  • 3.
  • Picture Post shows Life on Less
  • 4.
  • Britain and the First Fashions of War
  • 5.
  • Practical Living with Picture Post
  • 6.
  • Picture Post reports on Wartime Clothing Initiatives
  • 7.
  • Making and Looking After Clothes
  • 8.
  • A Fashion for Fitness
  • 9.
  • Epilogue: Picture Post Reports on Fashion News from France
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.