LEE MILLER FASHION IN WARTIME BRITAIN
British Vogue , August 1942, P34-35
05 London Collection, Vogue Studio, London 1941 06 PLAN FOR SPRING SHOPPING - Shetland Tweed suit, Vogue Studio, London 1941
23 CHECKMATE. Checks cleverly placed…, London 1943 24 PORTFOLIO OF WARTIME ECONOMIES SEVEN PAGES. Choice of the Month: Because it’s grey flannel, Spring favourite, Vogue Studio, London 1943
25 Fresh as paint - white on navy. Jumper suit, Rima at Finnigan’s, Vogue Studio, London 1944
26 Petersham on wool, Vogue Studio, London 1944
31 MULTIPLICATION TALE, These are four base outfits from John Lewis, A, Vogue Studio, London 1943
32 PERSONAL APPEARANCES. Mrs William Fiske, London 1943
43 Beat the Tax Axe, Wine velveteen dress…
Cresta: rust red suit, Dickens and Jones , Vogue Studio, London 1941
Bathing feature, Vogue Studio, London 1941
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In the British Film ‘Demi Paradise’, summer dinner dress by Mosca, modelled by Penelope Dudley-Ward, D & P Studios, Denham 1943
73 Fashion study with slinky and chairs, Vogue Studio, London c1943
90 Man dressed in Camouflage, Vogue Studio, London 1940
91 Polo-neck sweater & ribbed socks, Vogue Studio, London c1940
LEE MILLER
FASHION IN WARTIME BRITAIN
Lee Miller’s photography of British fashion for Vogue during World War 2 was prolific yet few are aware of the full extent of this body of her work.
Many know Lee Miller’s name in connection to her inspirational World War 2 reportage. Few are aware of the multitude of her British fashion images that graced British Vogue’s pages from 1939 to 1944. This beautiful book of wartime fashion addresses her contribution to the fashion industry in these war years and her significant service to the survival of British Vogue magazine.
‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’. Wrote Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, in 1941.
Containing over 130 images, with the majority printed full page this book also contains accompanying text by Lee Miller’s granddaughter, Ami Bouhassane, Co-Director of the Lee Miller Archives, who provides insights into Lee Miller’s work process. In two additional essays, fashion historian Amber Butchart writes on the fashion of the period and Robin Muir, contributing editor to British Vogue, discusses Lee Miller’s work for Vogue
