Posted on Oct 15, 2020
Take Off Your Sweats And Step Into 'Silk And Steel' — French Fashions In WWI
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In 1939, anticipating the German invasion of Paris in World War II, designer Coco Chanel closed up shop. "This is no time for fashion," she said. And, to put it delicately, she shacked up at the Ritz with her lover — a Nazi intelligence officer.
In World War I, however, Chanel was selling hats, and kept selling them throughout that war.
In World War I, however, Chanel was selling hats, and kept selling them throughout that war.
Take Off Your Sweats And Step Into 'Silk And Steel' — French Fashions In WWI
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Fashion
Fashion and Apparel
WWI
Kansas City
France
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Interesting. The Mongols wore silk shirts under their armor. Sometimes the shirts helped stop arrows. Sometimes the shirts stopped the spinning motion of the arrows which prevented further injury and facilitated pulling out the arrows easily.
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