Wartime fashion to colour

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Wartime fashions

Websites to visit

Website 1
Watch a video clip about "Utility" fashion during the Second World War. (To find out about the "Make Do and Mend" campaign and see other items of wartime fashion, click on a clip in the playlist on the right.)

Website 2
See a fur shoulder cape made under the "Utility Clothing Scheme". (Mouse over the photo to see the "CC41" label which stands for "Civilian Clothing 1941" and identifies the cape was made using a government-approved pattern.)

Website 3
Test your knowledge of "Utility" clothing during the war.

Website 4
Watch another video about wartime fashion.

Website 5
See a zoot suit. (Click on the picture to see a bigger image.)

Website 6
More about wartime fashion, clothes rationing and what to wear to a wartime wedding. (Click on a topic.)

Everyday life during the war

Websites to visit

Website 1
Take a video tour of a 1940s house, with fascinating facts and photos of everyday life during the war. (To see another room, click on a clip in the playlist on the right.)

Website 2
Watch a newsreel from the start of the war that showed people how to prepare for an air attack.

Website 3
Solve Second World War picture puzzles and word searches.

Website 4
Play a game about clothes rationing during the Second World War. (Click on "Mend, Make or Spend" in the bottom paragraph, or for more facts, click on the pictures then "Next".)

Website 5
Listen to some "Swing Jazz" music and find out about the "Swing" dance craze. (Click on the "Swing Jazz" box at the bottom then click on the play button.)

Find out more about the Second World War

Websites to visit

Website 1
A brief guide to key events of the Second World War.

Website 2
An online guide to the Second World War including major battles, life on the home front and a timeline of key events.

Website 3
Film footage of celebrations in England on VE Day, the end of the war in Europe.

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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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