WBP WWII Dress Restrictions Photo illustrating a WPB-approved suit (left), with the unapproved, current style (right). "Approved suit has cut-in pockets, no flaps, a 25-in. jacket instead of a 27-in. once. Skirt on approved suit looks as full as the one at right although by eliminating the pleats much material has been saved. Skirt lengths are identical. On new suit stitching gives effect of patch pocket." Photo by Nina Leen. Used in April 20, 1942 LIFE article.
Nylon Stockings During WWII Silk or nylon stockings were in extremely short supply by the summer of 1942, despite the presence of American GI’s In Britain who could sometimes get hold of stockings from the US. Most women had to find ingenious methods of dressing their legs. These pictures show a woman drawing in the seam-line on “Makeup” stockings with a device made from a screw driver handle, bicycle leg clip, and an eyebrow pencil, 1942. (source: Bettman/Corbis)
