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Vintage Chic: Post Magazine- Utility Clothes Spring 1944

This month's theme is all about being content with what you have, and what better way to tangibly express that than to have a make do and mend project? It doesn't get any better than that! Whether through necessity because of a lack of finances or fabric rations, women back in the day made it a habit of altering the clothing they already had to make it feel fresh and new again. To me, this is a lost art! How many times, before discovering vintage, did I throw out a garment because it got a…

Coat, 1942, English; Utility, probably designed by Elspeth Champcommunal for Worth. Mustard milled wool. Board of Trade pattern 27

Posts about CC41 written by Amelia Wray

In the late 1930s to mid 1940s, uniforms were worn by most men and women. Men would be out in their British forces uniform and women would be out in their factory uniform. Even during weddings, the…

I’ve been excitedly anticipating the new exhibition on 1940s fashion which launched last week at The Imperial War Museum. Fashion on the Ration explores clothing worn during the Second World War and the social background that shaped the fashions of the era. I was really lucky to be invited to the press view and was one of the first people to have a look at all the amazing items on display. It was wonderful to meet the curator Laura Slater who showed us round the exhibition as well as Julie…

Posts about utility clothing written by jennyevans49