How the fashion industry was affected in WW2

fashion changed tremendously  in World War 2 one of the changes was that women would where there are in a style called the peekaboo where your hair was shorter with a curl in front of the head this was copied by the Hollywood  movie stars. after the depression demands where high for silk and wool.
the ladies worn clothes like:

Peplum :This was an overskirt attached to the waist of a skirt.

Trench Coat : A military style coat typically stretched head to toe with large collars and flat color. It was not a new style but, it became prominent.

Monastic Dress : A more ancient take, this voluminous, shapeless dress was contoured with a belt.

Peasant Dress :The style of dress was characterized with Mexican and Hawaiian influences. It typically had off-the-shoulder blouses, drawstring necklines, puffed sleeves, and printed skirts.

Jersey Shift Dress – Made of jersey wool of course, this dress was straight and loose with no intent to sculpt the figure.

It was almost like they didn't have to make much of a effort know more as the men where  away and the women where working this gave the women a free impact to change there styles. they also shortened skirts and dress to save the materials for the in to use in the war. 

while the war was going on women had to take on men roles such as tractoring and making weopans for the men who where fighting, the women couldn't really work in dresses and skirts as they would get caught in the machines as such so they where required to wear trousers this introduced part of the post war fashion.

Coco Chanel  and Christian Dior was a big part of the fashion change in world war 2 with big, broad shoulders and slacks, practical knee length skirts and strict tailoring. Smart suits, simple frocks, sensible shoes and a  shoulder bag there was lots of gathers to show the women curves   Christian Dior brought out a new range called the New Look, very small waists and hugely full, almost circular skirts.


women didn't really have much clothes to wear as everything was rationed so the style was pretty much plain Jane and simple there weren't much creativity in the styles.