The cover is by by Horst P Horst.
The huge diamond dress clip was at a time when taxes were introduced to fashion in the UK during the war. The editorial leads off with a portrait of the Chancellor of the Exchequer as the war effort was kicking in taxes were to be added to luxury purchases. Readers were advised to buy quality and contribute to the war effort.
Paris Fashions editorial photographed by Lee Miller, 4 pages.
Lee Miller also photographs more fashion content within this issue; e.g. "Suits - No Margin For Error"
Propaganda posters fashion shoot by Cecil Beaton. CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES!
Mountains of aluminium pots and pans and clothes as backdrops for more fashion editorials as Vogue's remit in the war effort is to advise and influence to promote recycling etc
The daughter of Prime Minister Winston is in a young debs shoot; Mary Churchill models in the countryside.
Several pages of fashion illustrations including drawings by Roger Descombes.
Smart fashions for limited incomes.
LYNN FONTANNE and ALFRED LUNT photographed for a 2 page feature
Garnet ELIZABETH ARDEN advert with the addition of a note advising delayed sale due to wartime supply issues
GIRDLES and CORSETS LINGERIE feature
VOGUE KNITTING BOOK is sewn in
A truly fantastic historically important and extremely rare issue.
During World War 2 British Vogue was kept in print as a part of the war effort. One of its influences was to encourage people to recycle and contribute paper to the war effort. They sent their archives to be pulped and had features on taking part in the war effort. As a result any British Vogue pre 1945 are some of the rarest magazines on the planet.
