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Exhibition at Gallery Contempra
Date: November 2 – December 1, 2006
Location: 35 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Free admission 416.929.8209
Reception:
Date: Saturday 11 November 2006. 2 – 4 p.m.
Location: 35 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
 Featuring War Songs performed by Catherine Morrow and Norman Gabriel Nurmi with paintings by Bonnie Czegledi.
The Second World War had a profound impact on women’s fashions in the 1940s. The military uniform, the Sew ... Save ... Serve campaign, and the influx of women into the workforce all contributed to changes in style. View women’s wartime fashions and see how military influences shaped design.
Fashion: Carmelita Blondet, Divine Decadence Originals, presenter of Canada’s first Art Deco fashion show at the ROM in 2003.
Military uniforms: Royal Canadian Legion
1940s magazine ads and decorative period picture frames: Jacques Lavoie and Bill Swanson
Offered in conjunction with an evening of lectures by Alison Mathews David, Katherine Cleaver and Kim Wahl, School of Fashion, Ryerson University. Go to www.rom.on.ca, click Programs, click ROMLife lectures, keyword WARfashion
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