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A rigorous, meticulously researched - and fantastically well referenced - text which will make a significant contribution to existing studies on women's dress during wartime Britain. Professor Amy de la Haye, Rootstein Hopkins Chair of dress History and Curatorship, London College of Fashion BERG TITLES ARE of a more academic bent, so Geraldine Howell's new book may not be for those seeking an introductory guide to the make-do-andmend era. That said, it would still be a highly readable account for the uninitiated - just be aware that it is deemed a 'comprehensive analysis', and that it most certainly is! Your Family History 20130201 This is not another book about wartime fashion, but a social history of wartime clothing as worn by the civilian population in the UK and the cultural conditions that produced it. As such, it is without equal. -- Marie Mcloughlin, University of Brighton Textile History 20131118

This is not another book about wartime fashion, but a social history of wartime clothing as worn by the civilian population in the UK and the cultural conditions that produced it. As such, it is without equal. -- Marie Mcloughlin, University of Brighton Textile History Readers interested in dress history, or in a more gendered or class analysis of the UK's home front during the Second World War, will find this book well worth their time. TRC A rigorous, meticulously researched - and fantastically well referenced - text which will make a significant contribution to existing studies on women's dress during wartime Britain. Professor Amy de la Haye, Rootstein Hopkins Chair of dress History and Curatorship, London College of Fashion BERG TITLES ARE of a more academic bent, so Geraldine Howell's new book may not be for those seeking an introductory guide to the make-do-andmend era. That said, it would still be a highly readable account for the uninitiated - just be aware that it is deemed a 'comprehensive analysis', and that it most certainly is! Your Family History

A rigorous, meticulously researched - and fantastically well referenced - text which will make a significant contribution to existing studies on women's dress during wartime Britain. Professor Amy de la Haye, Rootstein Hopkins Chair of dress History and Curatorship, London College of Fashion BERG TITLES ARE of a more academic bent, so Geraldine Howell's new book may not be for those seeking an introductory guide to the make-do-andmend era. That said, it would still be a highly readable account for the uninitiated - just be aware that it is deemed a 'comprehensive analysis', and that it most certainly is! Your Family History This is not another book about wartime fashion, but a social history of wartime clothing as worn by the civilian population in the UK and the cultural conditions that produced it. As such, it is without equal. -- Marie Mcloughlin, University of Brighton Textile History Readers interested in dress history, or in a more gendered or class analysis of the UK's home front during the Second World War, will find this book well worth their time. Textile Research Centre

A rigorous, meticulously researched - and fantastically well referenced - text which will make a significant contribution to existing studies on women's dress during wartime Britain. Professor Amy de la Haye, Rootstein Hopkins Chair of dress History and Curatorship, London College of Fashion BERG TITLES ARE of a more academic bent, so Geraldine Howell's new book may not be for those seeking an introductory guide to the make-do-andmend era. That said, it would still be a highly readable account for the uninitiated - just be aware that it is deemed a 'comprehensive analysis', and that it most certainly is! Your Family History 20130201

A rigorous, meticulously researched - and fantastically well referenced - text which will make a significant contribution to existing studies on women's dress during wartime Britain. Professor Amy de la Haye, Rootstein Hopkins Chair of dress History and Curatorship, London College of Fashion

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Geraldine Howell taught Theoretical Studies for over twenty years on the Fashion Design course at the University of Westminster, UK and recently became a freelance writer on Dress History.

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