How did the Second World War influence the British Fashion?

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Cultural Studies - European Studies, grade: 2,7, Dresden Technical University (Großbritannienstudien), course: "You've never had it so good" Post-War-Britain: Prosperity, Consensus and Relative Decline, language: English, abstract: Dominated by the Second World War, Britain was rather fortunate. It was neither experienc-ing significant combats on their own land nor occupied by enemy forces. But during the years between 1939 and 1945, the British civilian life was heavily influenced. Besides the general civilian life, also instances like fashion were affected. Britain had a traditional concept of fashion for a long time. After the year of 1940 there was little time for fashion, the clothes became less formal and more functional (Shrimpton 8). The British government controlled the textile and garment production and decided what should and what could be worn and this "attempted the nation's whole perception of fashion, not only during the war but in the years of shortages and inflation that followed" (Shrimpton 7).