Fashion Through History: The 1940s

Join Fashion Historian Dr Serena Dyer at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens in South Yorkshire to explore the impact of the Second World War on fashion.

Find out about Brodsworth’s lady of the house, Sylvia Grant-Dalton, and her experience of the war through her fashion. From the impact of rationing of fashionable dress, to the uniforms worn by the women working to support the war effort at Brodsworth, to post-war fashion.