The National Dress, 1918
Mrs Allan Hawkey, inventor of the national standard dress, modelling its versatility exclusively for The Sketch magazine in 1918, and showing off a number of harnesses (combined collars and pockets) made by shell shocked soldiers at Lady Neville's work shops for the disabled. The national standard dress was an attempt to introduce a low-cost, economical and simple form of dress, easily sewn and adaptable
Picture No
13991331
Media ID
45429164
Size
3300px x 5027px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photographs specially taken by Topical for The Sketch, 12 June 1918
Date
1918
