becky morrison: we didn't find anything like that.tion is the mail carriers and police officers. we did not find anything on religious exemptions. but in the u.s., they are not rationed clothing, it is just new clothing can't have those things. does that make sense? >> [indiscernible] irene winchester: those were what you bought for making. it is just what you are purchasing. that is why the manufacturers were getting in trouble because they were making the clothing. that is a good question. resurgence in canning, did we see a resurgence are the.s. are u.k. traditional women's roles of weaving? irene winchester: they do a lot of mending. that was huge. especially with nylons or they tried to repair as much as you could. i didn't find a whole lot of. becky morrison: they talk about corsets going by the wayside peered it is extra fabric. and without one, i can breathe. that was one of the things that we noticed that fell away were corsets. [laughter] >> did you look into how much at all this led ration of new materials, stuff like polye

becky morrison: they talk about corsets going by the wayside .xtra fabric, extra points, and without one, i can breathe. that was one of the things that we noticed that fell away were corsets. [laughter] >> did you look into how much at , if at all, this led to the creation of new materials, stuff like polyesters? irene winchester: the bulk of what they were restricting in the u.s. was wool. that is why your shoes that had cotton and cork were not rationed. so, we didn't get into too much about new materials. >> one thing that happened is hemlines never went back down. so if you notice that. >> polyester is later? >> yeah. >> great presentation. two quick questions. did the u.s. ever find another source for silk or no? irene winchester: no. >> and then the follow-up about food. did they just assume that everyone knew how to sew or did you find evidence that women's groups or community groups had courses and things to teach women how to repair the ir clothing and such? becky morrison: i didn't find a lot of propaganda to imply this is how you do i

. >>> next on "american history tv," virginia high school teachers becky morrison and irene winchester talk about world war ii and clothes rationing. they ocean employexplored gover restrictions on styles and colocolo colors and its impact on innovations in fashion such as cork wedge heels, shorter hemlines and glow in the dark buttons. held by friends of the national world war ii memorial, this is half an hour. >> so, really excited to invite becky morrison and areen winchester to tell us about fashion innovation in world war ii. they both teach in virginia. becky is one of our community service superstars and we're so stoked that you brought another teacher from her school this year. this is a model, like, bring -- tell your friends to come to our conference. okay. please join me in welcoming them up for their presentation. [ applause ] >> she stole my line because i was going to say this is probably the best teacher conference you can ever go to and that's why i brought irene this year. this is my third year. and i just want you guys to go back to your school and encourage all your

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. >>> next on american history tv, virginia high school teacher becky morrison and irene winchester talk about world war ii and clothes rationing. they explore government restrictions on styles and colors and impact on innovations in fashion such as cork wedge heels and glow in the dark buttons. this is half an hour. >> really excited to invite becky to come up here and irene. they teach in virginia. we're so stoked that she brought another teacher from her school this year. this is a model. tell your friends to come to our conference. okay. please join me in welcoming them up for their presentation. >> she stole my line. tell your friends and teachers to come. irene and i will talk about but fashionen t fashi fashion on the ration. in the united states we did not ration clothing as much as the british did. we had restrictions. 50% of japan's exports are fabric and silk. 32% of that comes to the united states. they were our only source of silk. this is where all your restriction, not all, but most come in. we want to reduce by 15% domestic fabric production and also wool by 40%. this is

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. >>> next on american history tv, virginia high school teachers, becky morrison and irene winchester talk about world war ii enclosed rationing. they explore government restrictions on style and color and impact on inhibitions such as cork wedge heels, shorter hemlines and glow-in-the-dark buttons. this is one half hour. >>> i'm excited to invite jackie morris and irene winchester to tell about passion innovation. becky is one of the community service superstars. we are stoked that she brought another teacher from her school. this is a model. tell your friends to come. please join me in welcoming up for the presentation. that is why i brought irene this year. this is my third year. i just want you guys to go back to your school and encourage all of your teacher friends to come because this is such a valuable conference. thank you friends of the world war ii memorial for inviting me back again. for your number three. irene and i are going to talk about, and we will say this in a video later on, but fashion on the ration. in the united states, we did not ration clothing as much as the

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