tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8816469959412140243.post2426182378547011095..comments2023-05-28T08:29:04.327-04:00Comments on Style Snatcher: Boned and Gored: Dior's New Look and the Death of Rosie the RiveterSuzanna Marshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14608476858881481560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8816469959412140243.post-15847041158067757552008-01-02T10:52:00.000-05:002008-01-02T10:52:00.000-05:00Exactly! The copies didn't require as much fussine...Exactly! The copies didn't require as much fussiness with the undergarments, but still relied on facsimile fussiness--not as fetish-like. And this held on for years. It was really dressing to play a role, one that was very traditionally American (home and hearth) and one that had been threatened or weakened by the war. Or it could just have been a case of "pretty things" after a period of deprivation. <BR/><BR/>There's a dissertation in here somewhere.Suzanna Marshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608476858881481560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8816469959412140243.post-64661889039744326952008-01-02T04:19:00.000-05:002008-01-02T04:19:00.000-05:00Having just caught the last few days of the Age of...Having just caught the last few days of the Age of Couture exhibition at the V&A, I'm glad someone has bought up the oddities of the New Look. Fact is though, the look was widely adopted, copied and perhaps weakened somewhat (high street copies at the time didn't require such rigorous underwear and cinching in...). I think it speaks volumes about the need to conform and the relief to have rules and codes of conduct again after a chaotic war-era..... <BR/>This was especially the case in the USA, Dior's biggest country client...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com