Hitler's Influence On The Fashion Houses Of Paris

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Most of the fashion houses of Paris were shut down in 1940 because the Germans took over the factories and for the first time, the creation and art of fashion was happening in other countries than in France. Hitler detested Paris fashions and considered them to be pro-Jewish, anti-German, and corrupt. Digby Morton and Irish fashion designer took a traveling fashion show to Bristol, England. He would design Utility clothing for the British government. The Utility Clothing Scheme (CC41) was a British rationing scheme during rationing that they hope was an answer to the shortage of clothing materials, and factories, available for manufacturing. The process of manufacture was reorganized and streamlined, and every element was limited. Strict rules

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