Fabulous Fashions of the 1940s

Fabulous Fashions of the 1940s. This is a snippet from the popular British Pathe compilation DVD that focuses on wartime fashions. The text on the DVD box states: “Since its earliest days, cinema has been the world’s shop window for fashion. British Pathé Cinemagazines initially focussed on the Parisian modes, but by the 1940s the emphasis was equally on the home grown fashions. From the groundbreaking glamour now synonymous with that era to the plight of wartime women trying to make the most of their clothing coupons, Pathé Cinemagazines captured it all. This is the definitive collection of those newsreels and reports presented on DVD for the very first time. ’’Service Into Civvies’ explores how much (and what) a Wren can buy with her demob money and ’Something Borrowed’ is a bittersweet story about women having to borrow their wedding dresses from the British War Relief fund. ’Make Do and Mend’ items include a demonstration of how to make a swimsuit from face towels and a great film showing how to make