11.25.06
Lingerie: Tenth Post (Lack of Pictures)
The chapter on the 1940s covered the importance of practicality and the influence of rationing well, but glossed over the pin-up girls and such. They also mostly showed pictures of fully-clothed women working, which doesn’t give us much of an idea of what what their lingerie actually looked like. I understand there probably aren’t many period pictures of women in lingerie, given the circumstances, but pictures of the garments themselves would have sufficed! It wasn’t that long ago, some must still be around or be easily replicated at this point! Words are good, but it’s hard to picture a garment from just words!