“Dressing For Victory”
A woman in the 1940s bakes while wearing a sign of the times: the victory dress.
Rationing of fabric, like so many other items, occurred during World War II. New cloth was limited to 1 3/4 yards, which brought changes to fashion. This week’s Throwback Thursday photo by Leeland Sudlow features a victory dress. The victory dress was a simple, pretty and useful dress. Some of the characteristics of the dress include a shortening of sleeves, thinning of lapels, a raising of the hemline and often a simple belt embellished it. The dress is void of any other significant embellishment. As seen in the photo, dressing for victory was still pretty.
To see a replica victory dress and other World War II artifacts, visit the exhibit, "On the Farm Front, Agriculture During WWII," at the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum.
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