tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post3401956692416411971..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Fashion On The Ration - Celia ReesMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-80870532836928778682018-10-26T14:39:39.421+01:002018-10-26T14:39:39.421+01:00amazing article i like it and thank's for shar...amazing article i like it and thank's for share with us like this information. <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/riocodes/peuterey-coupons.html" rel="nofollow">Peuterey</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29133243446047065832016-12-22T06:32:52.073+00:002016-12-22T06:32:52.073+00:00I am commenting to let you know what a terrific ex...I am commenting to let you know what a terrific experience my daughter enjoyed reading through your web page. She noticed a wide variety of pieces, with the inclusion of what it is like to have an awesome helping style to have the rest without hassle grasp some grueling matters.<br /><a href="https://www.georgeloves.com/" rel="nofollow">Women fashion</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358511768712433839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-357165731912104772016-09-14T08:25:29.185+01:002016-09-14T08:25:29.185+01:00waw such a interesting information you have shared...<br />waw such a interesting information you have shared <a href="http://www.grgarments.com/girls-wear.html" rel="nofollow">Girls Wear</a>G.R. Garmentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297300253779432578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-86855820781354681672015-04-20T16:31:04.688+01:002015-04-20T16:31:04.688+01:00Thanks, Celia, very interesting, and you have remi...Thanks, Celia, very interesting, and you have reminded me that I must go and visit this exhibition before it closes!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-38854166942525761072015-04-19T22:29:49.662+01:002015-04-19T22:29:49.662+01:00Very interesting and some great art too. Noreen Ri...Very interesting and some great art too. Noreen Riols is one of the last women still alive who once worked for SOE. She told me how she had volunteered for various services before ending up there, and was very disappointed that they offered no uniform (being secret), and - worse - no jaunty hat! Clare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-24638012747427204272015-04-19T13:44:41.258+01:002015-04-19T13:44:41.258+01:00The Utility wear was good quality, Catherine, and ...The Utility wear was good quality, Catherine, and the simple lines still appealing today. Celia Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059549379622664741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67328159219354055902015-04-19T07:45:05.596+01:002015-04-19T07:45:05.596+01:00As an art student I used tyo buy lots of second ha...As an art student I used tyo buy lots of second hand clothes with the utility mark. Some lovely cotton dresses and really good shoes. Lovely fashion! Great post<br />Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610226884546830879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-9079648437443965542015-04-18T23:14:11.019+01:002015-04-18T23:14:11.019+01:00That German pilot must have been terrified, then b...That German pilot must have been terrified, then bewildered as he saw those women approaching him to demand his parachute... :-)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-77456991975406893672015-04-18T18:13:04.584+01:002015-04-18T18:13:04.584+01:00It was a fascinating exhibition. Not enough room i...It was a fascinating exhibition. Not enough room in one post to mention everything - like the regulations on factory workers maryom mentions, women not tying up their hair properly and suffering horrific accidents. The other thing I didn't have space for is the blackmarket. A fascinating subject in itself. I wish the IWM would do an exhibition around that!Celia Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059549379622664741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-33766195412504062742015-04-18T17:00:51.433+01:002015-04-18T17:00:51.433+01:00Very interesting!
I went to a purse history exhib...Very interesting!<br /><br />I went to a purse history exhibit (in the States) a few months ago and learned that our satchel/over-the-shoulder purses became popular because of the satchels that WWII military women used.<br /><br />Deb WatleyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156230504580690413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-25312568964282928702015-04-18T13:16:10.195+01:002015-04-18T13:16:10.195+01:00Interesting stuff! Interesting stuff! Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16837557380736626262015-04-18T10:31:12.809+01:002015-04-18T10:31:12.809+01:00I hadn't seen that this exhibition was on so t...I hadn't seen that this exhibition was on so thanks for highlighting it. Also, I hadn't realised that "Utility" was such a widely imposed standard, as I'd only heard the term used for a furniture style. Interesting post.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-76763495262632417152015-04-18T10:16:08.203+01:002015-04-18T10:16:08.203+01:00I grew up fascinated by wartime Make Do and Mend b...I grew up fascinated by wartime Make Do and Mend because my mum and grandma had saved all their sewing and knitting books from the era (I still have them) - and even some of the clothes, which I altered to suit me! My favourite was made from something seemingly NOT mentioned in the exhibition - a viscose-like material 'Macclesfield silk' bought on the black market! <br />My mother worked in an armaments factory and tells horrific tales of the accidents there - fingers lost while trying to make confetti with a hole punch designed for sheet metal, someone scalped by catching hair in a machine - the factory worker above would have been told off for having hair out of her cap!maryomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265044617480788043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-198012292023471022015-04-18T09:50:17.178+01:002015-04-18T09:50:17.178+01:00Fascinating!Fascinating!Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-4941263144081699402015-04-18T01:27:33.895+01:002015-04-18T01:27:33.895+01:00It's interesting to take a look at primary sou...It's interesting to take a look at primary sources for this sort of thing. I have downloaded some of the National Library of Australia's collection of Australian Women's Weeklies from the war years and before. You can look at the fashions both on the cover and inside and there are articles about how to make the most of your ration book for meals and such. <br /><br />It's fascinating what can affect fashion. I remember hearing once that clothes in the Renaissance were more complicated than Mediaeval ones because, among other things, merchants with narrow bolts of fabric convinced buyers that it was all the rage where they came from. ;-)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com