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Image: How a British Woman Dresses in Wartime- Utility Clothing in Britain, 1943 D14784

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Description: How a British Woman Dresses in Wartime- Utility Clothing in Britain, 1943 A model sits on a wall as she poses for the camera on a rooftop in Bloomsbury to show off her scarlet and white spot-printed Utility rayon shirt dress with front-buttoning. This dress costs 7 coupons and 53/-. She is wearing the dress with a white turban (also featured in D 14782, D 14786 and D 14798) and white gloves. She is also sporting a pair of sunglasses, her gloved hand holding the wire arm of the glasses.
Title: How a British Woman Dresses in Wartime- Utility Clothing in Britain, 1943 D14784
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//43/media-43150/large.jpg This is photograph D 14784 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
Permission: This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The image was catalogued by the IWM as created for the Ministry of Information, which was dissolved in 1946. Consequently the image and faithful reproductions are considered Crown Copyright, now expired as the photograph was taken prior to 1 June 1957.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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