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Wartime fashions
Websites to visit
Utility fashions
What is Utility fashion? Find out in a short video. (Click on the playlist for more wartime fashion videos.)
Utility dress
See a dress worth seven clothing coupons in wartime.
1940s accessories
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Zoot suit
See an oversized suit popular with rebellious youths and jazz musicians in the 1940s.
Wartime fashion gallery
Browse tailored suits, military-inspired outfits and a dress made from curtains.
Utility fashion quiz
How much do you know about wartime fashion?
More about wartime fashion
See utility fashions, siren suits, glow-in-the-dark buttons and more.
Everyday life during the war
Websites to visit
Tour a 1940s house
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Air raid preparations
See how people were told to prepare for air raids in 1939.
Land Army recruitment
Watch a recruitment video for the Women's Land Army.
US women in wartime
Find out about the roles and responsibilities of women in the Second World War.
Swing dance
See a type of swing dance known as the Lindy Hop.
Wartime wedding
What did people in wartime wear to a wedding?
Find out more about the Second World War
Websites to visit
Second World War facts
Find out who fought in the war, how the war ended and more.
Blitz photo gallery
Browse photographs of the Blitz - a German bombing campaign against the UK in 1940 and 1941.
VE Day celebrations
See the people of Britain celebrating the end of the Second World War.
Second World War overview
How, when and why did the Second World War start?
Study guide and quiz
Key facts about Second World War events, leaders and battles.
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About this book
Fashion colouring books
Wartime fashion to colour
A fascinating colouring book of fashions of the Second World War, from wartime weddings and glamorous American fashions to the uniforms worn by the armed forces and air raid wardens. With snippets of historical information on every page, and internet links to selected websites to find out more. Published in association with Imperial War Museums.
Rosie Hore
Rosie studied Politics and International Relations at university and then went on to write books for Usborne. She now works at the Royal Academy of Arts, editing books about art (which often end up being about politics too).
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