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Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, is a family of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to the British marine artist Norman Wilkinson, though with a rejected prior claim by the zoologist John Graham Kerr, it ...
1930–1945 in Western fashion. The most characteristic North American fashion trend from the 1930s to 1945 was attention at the shoulder, with butterfly sleeves and banjo sleeves, and exaggerated shoulder pads for both men and women by the 1940s. The period also saw the first widespread use of man-made fibers, especially rayon for dresses and ...
Upper surfaces of aircraft operating from carrier decks were painted a similar shade of blue. Sailors were ordered to wear dungarees rather than white uniforms when topside, and white "Dixie cup" hats were dyed blue. [6] USS Texas is, as of 2017, painted in Measure 21 as she was in 1945. [20] USS Pennsylvania wearing measure 21. Measure 22
Hat by D. B. Fisk & Co. of Chicago, 1917; 1910s fashion drew inspiration from "exotic" countries including Spain and China. 1917 hat by Sinclair, Rooney & Co. of Buffalo, New York; Fall 1918; San Francisco society women wearing face masks during the "Spanish Influenza" pandemic, October 1918. Cartoon depicting holiday shoppers during the 1918 ...
May 6, 2023 at 2:02 PM. If ever there was a banner day for hats — wild and colorful hats — it was Saturday, the dual spectacle of King Charles III's coronation and the celebration that IS the ...
August 13, 2024 at 9:30 AM. NEW YORK (AP) — Alyssa Milano hopes to charm audiences when she makes her Broadway debut this fall in the musical “Chicago,” adding her celebrity to a show that ...
A fedora made by Borsalino, with a pinch-front teardrop-shaped crown. A fedora made by Borsalino with a gutter-dent, side-dented crown, the front of the brim "snapped down" and the back "snapped up". A fedora (/ fəˈdɔːrə /) [1] is a hat with a soft brim and indented crown. [1][2] It is typically creased lengthwise down the crown and ...
The Dazzle ships of the 14–18 NOW project are artworks created to commemorate the work of the artists and artisans who developed and designed the dazzle camouflage used in the First World War by ships as a defence against U-boat attack. Dazzle camouflage involved covering a ship's hull with bespoke geometric patterns in contrasting colours ...