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*** The New York Times Bestseller *** 'Lucy Adlington tells of the
horrors of the Nazi occupation and the concentration camps from a
fascinating and original angle. She introduces us to a little known
aspect of the period, highlighting the role of clothes in the
grimmest of societies imaginable and giving an insight into the
women who stayed alive by stitching' - Alexandra Shulman, author of
Clothes...and other things that matter 'Compelling... Adlington
tells the stories of the women with clarity and steely precision' -
Jewish Chronicle 'An utterly absorbing, important and unique
historical read' - Judy Batalion, NY Times bestselling author of
The Light of Our Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance
Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos 'Powerful... a fascinating account.' -
Woman The powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing
skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an
extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most
notorious WWII death camps. At the height of the Holocaust
twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau
concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls - were selected
to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in
a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them
from the gas chambers. This fashion workshop - called the Upper
Tailoring Studio - was established by Hedwig Hoess, the camp
commandant's wife, and patronized by the wives of SS guards and
officers. Here, the dressmakers produced high-quality garments for
SS social functions in Auschwitz, and for ladies from Nazi Berlin's
upper crust. Drawing on diverse sources - including interviews with
the last surviving seamstress - The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
follows the fates of these brave women. Their bonds of family and
friendship not only helped them endure persecution, but also to
play their part in camp resistance. Weaving the dressmakers'
remarkable experiences within the context of Nazi policies for
plunder and exploitation, historian Lucy Adlington exposes the
greed, cruelty, and hypocrisy of the Third Reich and offers a fresh
look at a little-known chapter of World War II and the Holocaust.
Imagine stepping into someone else's shoes. Walking back in time a
century ago, which shoes would they be? A pair of silk sensations
costing thousands of pounds designed by Yanturni of Paris, or
wooden clogs with metal cleats that spark on the cobbles of a
factory yard? Would your shoes be heavy with mud from trudging
along duckboards between the tents of a front-line hospital or
stuck with tufts of turf from a football pitch? Would you be
cloaked in green and purple, brandishing a 'Votes for Women'
banner, or would you be respectably dressed, restricted by your
thigh-length corset? Great War Fashion opens the wardrobe of women
in the years before the outbreak of war to explore the real woman
behind the stiff, mono-bosomed ideal of Edwardian society, and
closes it on a new breed of women who have donned trousers and
overalls to feed the nation and work in munitions factories and
who, clad in mourning, have loved and lost a whole generation of
men. The journey through Great War Fashion is not just about the
changing clothes and fashions of the war years - it is a journey
into the lives of the women who lived under the shadow of war and
were irrevocably changed by it. Using material from her own
extensive collection, renowned costume expert Lucy Adlington brings
an inspiring generation of women to life with rare and stunning
images alongside a narrative that is both deeply poignant and
laugh-out-loud funny.
'Captivates, inspires and ultimately enriches' Heather Morris,
author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz Nominated for the CILIP
CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 Rose, Ella, Mina and Carla. In another life we
might all have been friends together. But this was Birchwood. For
fans of The Diary of Anne Frank and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
As fourteen-year-old Ella begins her first day at work she steps
into a world of silks, seams, scissors, pins, hems and trimmings.
She is a dressmaker, but this is no ordinary sewing workshop. Hers
are no ordinary clients. Ella has joined the seamstresses of
Birkenau-Auschwitz, as readers may recognise it. Every dress she
makes could mean the difference between life and death. And this
place is all about survival. Ella seeks refuge from this reality,
and from haunting memories, in her work and in the world of fashion
and fabrics. She is faced with painful decisions about how far she
is prepared to go to survive. Is her love of clothes and creativity
nothing more than collaboration with her captors, or is it a means
of staying alive? Will she fight for herself alone, or will she
trust the importance of an ever-deepening friendship with Rose? One
thing weaves through the colours of couture gowns and camp mud - a
red ribbon, given to Ella as a symbol of hope.
*** The New York Times Bestseller *** 'Lucy Adlington tells of the
horrors of the Nazi occupation and the concentration camps from a
fascinating and original angle. She introduces us to a little known
aspect of the period, highlighting the role of clothes in the
grimmest of societies imaginable and giving an insight into the
women who stayed alive by stitching' - Alexandra Shulman, author of
Clothes...and other things that matter 'Compelling... Adlington
tells the stories of the women with clarity and steely precision' -
Jewish Chronicle 'An utterly absorbing, important and unique
historical read' - Judy Batalion, NY Times bestselling author of
The Light of Our Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance
Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos 'Powerful... a fascinating account.' -
Woman The powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing
skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an
extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most
notorious WWII death camps. At the height of the Holocaust
twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau
concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls - were selected
to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in
a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them
from the gas chambers. This fashion workshop - called the Upper
Tailoring Studio - was established by Hedwig Hoess, the camp
commandant's wife, and patronized by the wives of SS guards and
officers. Here, the dressmakers produced high-quality garments for
SS social functions in Auschwitz, and for ladies from Nazi Berlin's
upper crust. Drawing on diverse sources - including interviews with
the last surviving seamstress - The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
follows the fates of these brave women. Their bonds of family and
friendship not only helped them endure persecution, but also to
play their part in camp resistance. Weaving the dressmakers'
remarkable experiences within the context of Nazi policies for
plunder and exploitation, historian Lucy Adlington exposes the
greed, cruelty, and hypocrisy of the Third Reich and offers a fresh
look at a little-known chapter of World War II and the Holocaust.
Riffling through the wardrobes of years gone by, costume historian
Lucy Adlington reveals the rich stories underlying the clothes we
wear in this stylish tour of the most important developments in the
history of fashion, from ancient times to the present day. Starting
with underwear - did you know Elizabeth I owned just one pair of
drawers, worn only after her death? - she moves garment by garment
through Western attire, exploring both the items we still wear
every day and those that have gone the way of the dodo (sugared
petticoats, farthingales and spatterdashers to name but a few).
Beautifully illustrated throughout, and crammed with fascinating
and eminently quotable facts, Stitches in Time shows how the way we
dress is inextricably bound up with considerations of aesthetics,
sex, gender, class and lifestyle - and offers us the chance to
truly appreciate the extraordinary qualities of these, our most
ordinary possessions.
What would you wear to war? How would you dress for a winter
mission in the open cockpit of a Russian bomber plane? At a fashion
show in Occupied Paris? Singing in Harlem, or on fire watch in
Tokyo..? Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2 is a unique, illustrated
insight into the experiences of women worldwide during World War
Two and its aftermath. The history of ten tumultuous years is
reflected in clothes, fashion, accessories and uniforms. As
housewives, fighters, fashion designers or spies, women dressed the
part when they took up their wartime roles. Attractive to a general
reader as well as interesting to a specialist, Women's Lives and
Clothes in WW2 focuses on the experiences of British women, then
expands to encompass every continent affected by war. Woven through
all cultures and countries are common threads of service, survival,
resistance and emotion. Historian Lucy Adlington draws on
interviews with wartime women, as well as her own archives and
costume collection. Well-known names and famous exploits are
featured and many never-before-told stories of quiet heroism.
You'll indulge in luxury fashion, bridal ensembles and enticing
lingerie, as well as thrifty make-do-and-mend. You'll learn which
essential garments to wear when enduring a bomb raid and how a few
scraps of clothing will keep you feeling human in a concentration
camp. Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2 is richly illustrated
throughout, with many previously unpublished photographs, 1940s
costumes and fabulous fashion images. History has never been better
dressed.
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