Fashion Tricks - 3

This is a sad joke of fashion, but anyway, it teaches us how important it is to appreciate everything we have nowadays. Even smallest things, even... underwear and stockings. Because there was time when they were a real problem to get.

Photo represents a fight and triumph of victory: women in London in 1941 have found a flash sale of artificial stockings. 'Coupon FREE!' note had precious meaning. British civilian women were allocated sixty-six coupons per year for buying clothes, for complete wardrobe. Sixty-six was not much, if one pair of stockings took two of them. Every garment - dress, coat, shoes - has its value not only in money, but also took a number of precious coupons, depending on the value of the garment.
A sale of coupon-free stockings was a very exciting event.

Fashion Tricks - 2

Lovely swimsuit invented in 1960th - monokini.

Ladies having fun and men trying their best NOT TO LOOK.

The first thing I see on the photos is FUN ladies had with this extravagant garment.

Sales assistant showing monokini to a customer, both laughing happily.
It is a staged photo though.

Monokini was created by fashion designer Rudi Gernreich in 1960th. It was proclaimed immoral and tasteless, banned in the USA, and became a symbol of Western decay in Soviet Union. It found its way to Europe though, and despite everybody thought that monokini was nothing more than a fashion stunt, it was sold in surprisingly big quantities. About 3000 monokinis were sold in the summer they were introduced to public. Monokini cost 24 American dollars, which made a good profit to designer,  for the insignificant amount of fabric. 
The trick is... monokini was sold but was not put on. Very few monokinis have ever been worn in public. It was a fashion trick and it brought ladies much fun.

Fashion Tricks - 1

One of the greatest fashion inventions of 1960th was a miniskirt. And not only skirt. For the first time so mush of the body was presented uncovered. Probably some ladies didn't feel comfortable in unusually naked outfit. And there came a solution: body paint! Painted body doesn't look undressed at all.
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Have you noticed that arms and legs covered with tattoos provide the same  'dressed' effect?