linda should be painting

Another photograph from the exhibition that I will be going to in Paris, before the end of November.

And another review.

“Ration tickets were not needed to buy ribbon, so women painstakingly pieced together strips of velour ribbon to spruce up platform shoes.

Tightly knitted homemade evening hats were so expert that at first glance they did not even look knitted. String, straps from bed bases, curtain braids, felt and cardboard were used to make subtle accessories – homemade was a point of “pride”.

Parisian fashion shapes changed dramatically during the occupation: the 1940s wedges and platform shoes got higher, shoulders got broader, skirts shorter, bags bigger and hats higher. Turbans became popular, partly to hide dirty hair due to the lack of hot water. Leading fashion designers ran guides in women’s magazines on how to tie your homemade turbans – considered more practical for women obliged to travel by bike.”