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Introduction
Dressing the nation : preparing the home front for conflict
Kangaroo pockets and siren suits: dress, patriotism, and propaganda in the first year of war
Rationing, utility, and austerity: The British way to winning the war in fashion
Independence and limitations: the rise of the American designer under wartime restriction
Zoots and zazous: anti-fashion in a time of crisis
Beauty on duty: the war effort and the pursuit of novelty and beauty
Making do: creative solutions for dire shortages
Pacific fronts: Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada
Occupation culture: Paris ignores the war
Pieces of resistance: new regimes and everyday apparel
Fashion among the ruins: the German home front
New looks: rebuilding fashion in the post-war world.
Dressing the nation : preparing the home front for conflict
Kangaroo pockets and siren suits: dress, patriotism, and propaganda in the first year of war
Rationing, utility, and austerity: The British way to winning the war in fashion
Independence and limitations: the rise of the American designer under wartime restriction
Zoots and zazous: anti-fashion in a time of crisis
Beauty on duty: the war effort and the pursuit of novelty and beauty
Making do: creative solutions for dire shortages
Pacific fronts: Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada
Occupation culture: Paris ignores the war
Pieces of resistance: new regimes and everyday apparel
Fashion among the ruins: the German home front
New looks: rebuilding fashion in the post-war world.