Amazing Facts

In some areas, hat buying was not available by the rationing rules, but hats became tiny, to save on its items.

A plastic brooch was a great way to cheer up with a lacking outfit. And, it did not get any limited metal items.

Magazines in that time picked cutting up your men's hats. When he was off serving his place you are originally from. And also, altering them for yourself.

Under rationing laws, some ladies could only buy one pair of shoes per year.

Although flat shoes were sensible, most useful shoes (only available in black, brown, or navy blue) were made will a heel.

Leather was in short use, but reptiles were not, so you were able to buy an alligator or a lizard handbag

In the USA and Britan in the 1940s, hair was formed into a "Victory Roll" (named after the aerial trick pilots performed after a successful raid), which keeps the hair from getting caught in the factory machines. Bright red lipstick made a lady feel joyful and boosted morale.

To convince women to cover their hair with headscarves or wear their hair up when they worked in factories. The American government made a movie to show how even Hollywood movie stars were tying their hair back as part of the war effort.

Rosie the Riveter was a made-up character who appeared in American magazines in 1943. She made airplanes and military vehicles, and became a pinned up woman for the war, in her overalls and her headscarf.