# battleofthebulge onthisday 1930s ww2 nationalunderwearday waaf

The ended in 1945. In my book I describe how Allied troops were freezing & underequipped as snow fell across Europe, & they scavenged whatever they could - warm German jackets, Lugers & Nazi insignia for souvenirs https://t.co/HQi9Ln8ZR2

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2021-01-26

The three younger Mitfords, Unity, Jessica and Deborah, represented the conflict between fascism, socialism and conservatism that defined the 'I hate the beastly Fascists. If you’re going to be one, I’m going to be a Communist, so there,' Jessica said to Unity

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2020-10-01

The Desert Rats in North Africa in improvised their uniform to contend with the temp extremes of the desert: buying kufiyah scarves from Cairo bazaars to protect faces from dust, Aertex shirts, sand goggles & crepe-soled shoes, nicknamed Brothelcreepers. More in

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2020-09-04

The Victory Girl was a phenomenon & moral panic, where teenage girls in sweaters & bobby socks were obsessed with men in uniform. Life magazine called them 'promiscuous, careless, sometimes diseased – a sexual delinquent in the literal sense of the words.’

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2020-08-14

For I'm going to celebrate the fleecy blue knickers issued to the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (#WAAF) in - they were nicknamed Blackouts and Passion Killers, and were generally a source of ridicule https://t.co/qKzEZ9zuKI

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2020-08-05

Today is publication day for Kitted Out: Style and Youth Culture in the Second World War!🎉So many amazing stories of how people adapted their uniform with individual touches, how resistance in Nazi-occupied Europe was communicated through dress https://t.co/qKzEZ9R5Cg

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2020-08-03

‘There is not much you can do to make a WAAF’s uniform sexy (apart from pulling your belt in till you can hardly breathe), ', wrote Joan Wyndham, despite the poster. 'But jumping up and down on your cap to loosen up the brim does help to give it a rakish air.’

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2020-08-02

Couturier ‘Bunny’ Roger fought with the British Rifle Brigade in He added a silk scarf to his khaki, rouge on his cheek, and a copy of Vogue close at hand. After the war his neo-Edwardian style inspired the Teddy Boys https://t.co/qKzEZ9zuKI

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2020-07-25

One of my favourite women featured in new book is bohemian Joan Wyndham, who served as a in ‘I can’t describe the effect wings have on a WAAF,’ she wrote of the RAF uniform. ‘Our theme song should really be “If I Only Had Wings”.’ https://t.co/kylkFJYUT7

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2020-07-22