Hats & headwear 1939-1945 ( history of fashion )

At the years of war the women in the Services and in other "jobs" in which the wearing of a specific type of clothing (a kind of uniform) were a part of the requirements naturally adopted a style which was easy to look after and loocked neat and appropriate with a cap or hat in millitary style.

The ideal balance between an attractive/practical "hair" founded in the "Liberty cut" design,were the hair were cut short and waved diagonally across the back of the head,ending in flat neat curls with a few flattened roll curls at top and sides.

The horseshoe roll curving aroung the back of the neck was the answer for those who preffered long hair since it was neat and easy to care for.The front hair was swept up into curls,while bleaching was more fashionable than ever and many women treated their hair at home with preparations containing peroxide.

Due to these war years,hats as accessories were not a neccessity for women anymore.

A lot of shop made them availiable to customers (no "coupons",only cash) without any design innovation.

The turban was again the ideal choice,in the need for head covering,using a piece of material round the head and knotted on the top or creating  large square shape (for fashion peasant) worn by women in all walks of life.

The caps of the women in Services were similar in 1918 (W.W.1) at the shades of grey and blue (same colour with the millitair uniforms) having as chief difference the badge of the beholder.

All ranks usually wore forage caps with metal badges and only officers wore tricornes trimmed with stitched bands,the badges being mainly of gilt metal thread.

the liberty hair cut

 

 

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