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| Picture No | 10718007 |
| Date | 1918 |
| Description | The National Dress, 1918 |
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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.
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| Source | Photographs specially taken by Topical for The Sketch, 12 June 1918 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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