Fashion week 1943, the first one ever. Thanks to “Threaded,” the sartorially inspired blog of Smithsonian Magazine, for this fun post.

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While interviewing my ladies for my new book, 
"The Girls of Atomic City," I heard countless stories about nylon shortages. Wonderful to come across this Smithsonian piece today.