Name: Women'S Lives and Clothes in Ww2: Ready for Action
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Author: Lucy Adlington
ISBN: 9781526766465

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Lucy Adlington

Publisher

Pen & Sword History

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

296

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781526766465

Synopsis "Women'S Lives and Clothes in Ww2: Ready for Action"

What would you wear to war?How would you dress for a winter mission in the open cockpit of a Russian bomber plane? At a fashion show in Occupied Paris? Singing in Harlem, or on fire watch in Tokyo?Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2: Ready for Action is a unique, illustrated insight into the experiences of women worldwide during World War Two and its aftermath. The history of ten tumultuous years is reflected in clothes, fashion, accessories and uniforms. As housewives, fighters, fashion designers or spies, women dressed the part when they took up their wartime roles.Attractive to a general reader as well as interesting to a specialist, Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2: Ready for Action focuses on the experiences of British women, then expands to encompass every continent affected by war. Woven through all cultures and countries are common threads of service, survival, resistance and emotion. Historian Lucy Adlington draws on interviews with wartime women, as well as her own archives and costume collection. Well-known names and famous exploits are featured…and many never before told stories of quiet heroism.You’ll indulge in luxury fashion, bridal ensembles and enticing lingerie, as well as thrifty make-do-and-mend. You’ll learn which essential garments to wear when enduring a bomb raid…and how a few scraps of clothing will keep you feeling human in a concentration camp.Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2: Ready for Action is richly illustrated throughout, with many previously unpublished photographs, 1940s costumes and fabulous fashion images.History has never been better dressed.

Lucy Adlington

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Lucy Adlington es una historiadora y novelista británica con más de veinte años de experiencia en investigación histórica. Es autora de siete novelas para adolescentes que han sido nominadas y preseleccionadas para la Medalla Carnegie de CILIP, el Premio del Libro de Manchester, el Premio del Libro de Leeds y el Premio del Libro de Rotherham. Su novela La cinta roja se ha convertido en un best seller mundial. También dirige History Wardrobe, una empresa que organiza charlas sobre historia con vestuario de distintas épocas.

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