Shopping my Closet Like its 1947 || Clothes Shopping in WWII

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • I've been planning this video since I very first started this channel! I am so excited to share with you a bit of visual history about the clothing ration of the second world war.
    Books Mentioned:
    CC41 Utility Clothing, Mike Brown
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    Fashion on the Ration, Julie Summers
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    Wartime Fashion, Geraldine Howell
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    Forties Fashion, Jonathan Walford
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Комментарии • 23

  • @DeathByFashion1
    @DeathByFashion1 4 дня назад

    This was so interesting to watch! Thank you for all the information provided. It made me a bit sad to know how much people suffer throughout times and we still don’t learn😢

  • @Catsface99
    @Catsface99 2 месяца назад +2

    My parents grew up during WWII in Britain. My maternal grandmother made clothing out of old worn out clothes. For instance if a neighbor had a jacket and the sleeves had worn out sleeves and gave it to her she would make a jacket for my mother or uncle. She didn't have a sewing machine so she sewed everything by hand. She was an amazing seamstress, her stitches were n like they were made by a sewing machine. She would unpick old cardigans and make a cardigan for my mother or uncle. She was very resourceful, she planted a garden, she would take my mom my and uncle to the Roman wall where all kinds of berry bushes and fruit trees were planted supposedly be the Romans. She made fruit jams and jellies and canned fruits and veggies. Many people hunted rabbits for meat (Yuck) but you do what you can to survive I suppose. I have many many WWII stories that my parents used to talk to us about, none of them very pleasant. If we wanted something they would guilt us by saying "During the war we didn't have frivolous things like that, that's a waste of money." They came to the USA in 1961 when I was 3 years old because there was a lack of housing in the UK because it had been bombed so much and even though the war had been over for about 17 years the UK was struggling. They used ration books into the late 1950s and my Dad got tired of no food and no decent housing so he packed up and left.

  • @AndrewZelenka
    @AndrewZelenka 7 дней назад

    One thing to remember is that many places had clothing exchanges. Women could bring in clothing items that their family no longer needed and earn points for each item. They then could exchange those points for items they wanted (like a thrift store on a point system). Allowing them to save their precious rations for better uses. Hand-me-downs were also quite popular especially for baby items.

  • @annseabolt6645
    @annseabolt6645 3 месяца назад

    The background music is very distracting. If using background music it needs to be at a lower volume.

  • @kobecakes2660
    @kobecakes2660 2 года назад +2

    How much fabric where you allowed to buy?

  • @OcarinaSapphr-
    @OcarinaSapphr- 3 месяца назад +3

    This was a fantastic, informative video.
    Did coupons 'roll over'- if you didn't use them all up in the year?
    I can't remember the name for the life of me- but in a novel I read, it seemed to be a preoccupation of the characters to talk about 'pre-war quality' food & clothes...

    • @Catsface99
      @Catsface99 2 месяца назад +2

      They got so little with rations that they very rarely had any coupons left. My parents suffered in the UK growing up in that hideous war. I think that is why they were both so nuts. They saw bodies without heads and heads without bodies. People they knew died because of incessant bombing.

    • @AndrewZelenka
      @AndrewZelenka 7 дней назад

      No, the rations did not roll over. You could only use each years rations within the specified year. With counterfeit ration problems they had to date stamp each ration in the booklet you were given, then the store would remove the ration stamp for you. Some store refused to accept any loose stamps because of counterfeit ones and the fines they could receive for accepting any.

  • @HurricanePixie7
    @HurricanePixie7 5 месяцев назад +1

    Incredibly interesting and really well done! Thank you for sharing such an insightful and entertaining video. 💖

  • @Shudb411gjcd
    @Shudb411gjcd 3 года назад +1

    Makeup tutorial please! ❤️

    • @petrapanapparel95
      @petrapanapparel95  3 года назад

      Thank you lovely, I'm flattered! I'll get myself around to a makeup video one day! 😊

  • @ColorJoyLynnH
    @ColorJoyLynnH 3 месяца назад +3

    Basically this made it illegal to have clothing if you were large. I sew for a friend whose “waist/abdomen” height from hip line to bust is 7 1/2 inches longer than mine. No surprise that her hips are larger than mine, too. It’s hard enough to find independent pattern companies that do designs in her size, but it’s almost like they were making being her size illegal. There were clearly larger people then, too, although because their foods were not manufactured in the way, ours are, and people weren’t dieting as much, it was likely a smaller percentage of them there..

    • @DeathByFashion1
      @DeathByFashion1 4 дня назад

      This is very interesting, I often wonder since almost all pictures I’ve seen on RUclips videos show slim people… but I wondered what about people with medical conditions that cause them to gain weight? Maybe people just were smaller due to all the stress and limited supplies overall

  • @ColorJoyLynnH
    @ColorJoyLynnH 3 месяца назад

    First time I found you. How intelligent of a take on this subject! Subbing.

  • @Catsface99
    @Catsface99 2 месяца назад

    Love your sweet dog.

  • @dianeshiffer364
    @dianeshiffer364 2 года назад

    Thank you so much for this wonderful video and all of the other resources you shared!

  • @HurricanePixie7
    @HurricanePixie7 5 месяцев назад

    🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

  • @eileentheequeen
    @eileentheequeen 3 года назад

    Wow, I appreciate all your research to make this video! 👏
    I think of my mother, who grew up in these years, and I tell you, I learned a lot from her on make do & mending! (Of course, garment quality has gotten weak over these years, but I still learned how to take care of my favorite wardrobe pieces from her 💖).

    • @petrapanapparel95
      @petrapanapparel95  3 года назад

      Thank you so much! That's truly the nicest compliment anyone could say! And thanks for sharing about your mother, what a valuable thing to learn from her. And not just the skills of mending but the attitude that comes with it! ❤

  • @hnnahmnro
    @hnnahmnro 3 года назад

    This is a super sweet video idea! I especially loved the way you incorporated your own closet into it as a guide- and it was complete with book recommendations too, thank you!!!

    • @petrapanapparel95
      @petrapanapparel95  3 года назад

      What beautiful feedback! Thank you so so much! ❤❤❤ I used to be a teacher so my brain automatically goes to tangible examples haha.

  • @kristycutter4899
    @kristycutter4899 3 года назад

    Appreciate the book recommendations!