The Fashion Sourcebooks series charts the development of women`s and men`s clothing from 1900 onwards, with a volume devoted to the fashions of each decade. Fashion of the 1940s divides into two parts--pre-New Look and post-New Look. The era of the Second World War, with rationing and shortages, saw little change in clothing design. People had more important concerns. But after the war, Christian Dior`s 1947 New Look ushered in a focus on fashion that remains today. 329 illustrations.