Great War Fashion: Tales from the History Wardrobe

Imagine ‘stepping Into Someone Else’s Shoes’. Walking Back In Time A Century Ago, Which Shoes Would They Be? A Pair Of Silk Sensations Costing Thousands Of Pounds Designed By Yantonnay Of Paris Or Wooden Clogs With Metal Cleats That Spark On The Cobbles Of A Factory Yard? Will Your Shoes Be Heavy With Mud From Trudging Along Duckboards Between The Tents Of A Frontline Hospital... Or Stuck With Tufts Of Turf From A Football Pitch? Will You Be Cloaked In Green And Purple, Brandishing A ‘votes For Women’ Banner Or Will You Be The Height Of Respectability, Restricted By Your Thigh-length Corset? Great War Fashion Opens The Woman’s Wardrobe In The Years Before The Outbreak Of War To Explore The Real Woman Behind The Stiff, Mono-bosomed Ideal Of The Edwardian Society Lady Draped In Gossamer Gowns, And Closes It On A New Breed Of Women Who Have Donned Trousers And Overalls To Feed The Nation’s Guns In Munitions Factories And Who, Clad In Mourning, Have Loved And Lost A Whole Generation Of Men. The Journey Through Great War Fashion Is Not Just About The Changing Clothes And Fashions Of The War Years, But Much More Than That – It Is A Journey Into The Lives Of The Women Who Lived Under The Shadow Of War And Were Irrevocably Changed By It. At Times, Laugh-out-loud Funny And At Others, Bringing You To Tears, Lucy Adlington Paints A Unique Portrait Of An Inspiring Generation Of Women, Brought To Life In Rare And Stunning Images.