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'Make Do & Mend' - Fashion at the time of And a Nightingale Sang by Westport Country Playhouse

By Alysia MillerPatron Services Supervisor/1st Time Subscriber ConciergeThe start of WWII, in 1939, brought much change for the fashion of the day in Britain. Rationing, which began on June 1, 1941, produced most of the major changes in fashion. Civilians would be given a certain amount of coupons to redeem for clothing. "The rationing scheme worked by allocating each type of clothing item a 'points' value which var…

SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 06:01PM on June 23, 2015

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