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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 405014, member: 29&quot;]Yup. That was expensive high fashion and is much toned down from New Look. It was also unavailable to your everyday woman in the street, or even wealthy ones - clothes rationing didn&#039;t end here till 1949. This, with all that fabric would have been a vast amount of coupons, perhaps a couple of years worth. More &quot;standard&quot; designs were very pared down, like that day dress. If you&#039;ve not come across it, google on utility clothing, it&#039;s fascinating. (As an aside, my ma had a dance rehearsal set made from dusters!) </p><p><br /></p><p>People like Hardy Amies were making for export. We were desperate for foreign currency, being nigh on bankrupt as a nation. So many goods which ended up across the pond were simply not ever sold here. </p><p><br /></p><p>As another aside, I found a US scholarly reference which said women&#039;s trousers weren&#039;t popular till the 40s. This is not true of here. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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