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    • Combat soldier

    • Combat soldier
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    • During WW II the uniform becomes the focus of fashion. Yardage for civilian garments, fabric type and color is severely limited by the War Production Board. This infantryman wears the khaki soldiers' uniform which remains the same through WW II and...
    • History of Costume
    • Female train conductor

    • Female train conductor
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    • Women increasingly step into traditionally male jobs as almost all eligible men join the Armed Forces. In this ad a female conductor collects tickets in what would in actuality be a crowded train, as gas is severely rationed
    • History of Costume
    • Women factory workers

    • Women factory workers
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    • Women become skilled in factory mechanics and work side by side with men building airplanes and other war equipment. ""Rosie the Riveter,"" a popular poster figure, becomes the embodiment of the women who make up a large part of the factory work...
    • History of Costume
    • Dinner dress

    • Dinner dress
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    • Dinner dress with shoulder pads in white crepe. The bodice is embroidered over breasts in green leaf patterned sequins. Black crepe long skirt is draped at the hip (Florence Anne Schatken, illustrator)
    • History of Costume
    • Pinups

    • Pinups
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    • The illustrator Varga creates pinup girl posters popular with G.I.s. His girls are sexy but always fresh, pretty and innocent (Alberto Varga, illustrator)
    • History of Costume
    • Cocktail dress

    • Cocktail dress
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    • Printed white crepe cocktail dress with one-sided peplum and cut-outs at the neck. Wartime material shortages plus government restrictions of textiles contribute to a host of cutout patterns to add detail to garment design as well as peplum trims...
    • History of Costume
    • Mail order shopping

    • Mail order shopping
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    • Left figure: Two-piece dress with black sequin trim. Hat has curled feathers and grosgrain bows. Center dress has a wrapped closing with tranpunto embroidered trim. Right dress has a yoke lined in flesh to red pink and trimmed with sequins. The...
    • History of Costume
    • Coat designed from CARE package

    • Coat designed from CARE package

    • McCardell, Claire, 1905-1958

    • CARE was an organization founded during WW II. The designer was asked to design a coat from the CARE package, which contained two army surplus blankets, needles, thread, scissors, two pair of heels and soles. These were distributed to eleven...
    • History of Costume
    • Cotton dress

    • Cotton dress

    • McCardell, Claire, 1905-1958

    • Bronze cotton dress with crushed and draped off the shoulder bodice and gathered skirt. Claire McCardell's work has an originality and timelessness that is yet to be equaled in American Ready-to-wear design
    • History of Costume

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