Great War fashion

Description:

"We often talk of "stepping into someone else's shoes." Walking back in time a century ago, which shoes would they be? A pair of silk sensations costing thousands of pounds designed by Yantonnay of Paris, or heavy wooden clogs with metal cleats that spark on the cobbles of a factory yard? Will your shoes be heavy with mud from trudging along duckboards between the tents of a frontline hospital, or stuck with tufts of turf from a soccer pitch? This history follows the revolution in women's lives and aspirations during the second decade of the 20th century, as reflected in costume and appearance. The book opens the wardrobe in the years before the outbreak of war to explore the contrast between the stiff, mono-bosomed ideal of Edwardian womanhood and the gossamer gowns draped round her. It examines such contradictions as suffragettes battling social and legal restrictions while fashion literally hobbles women with narrow skirts and thigh-length corsets." --Publisher description.

subjects: World War, 1914-1918,  Fashion,  Clothing and dress,  History,  Fashion, history,  World war, 1914-1918, great britain,  Clothing and dress--history,  Clothing and dress--great britain--history--20th century,  Fashion--history,  Fashion--great britain--history--20th century,  World war, 1914-1918--social aspects,  World war, 1914-1918--social aspects--great britain,  Clothing and dress--social aspects,  Art and war,  Gt738 .a35 2013,  391.2094109041,  Social aspects

Places: Great Britain

Times: 20th century