Take Off Your Sweats And Step Into ‘Silk And Steel’ — French Fashions In WWI

French woman conductor for the Paris Trolley Company, 1917

An exhibition at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., explores what wartime women wore — from overalls to evening gowns — and how military uniforms have affected fashion.

(Image credit: Excelsior – L’Equipe/Roger – Violett/National WWI Museum and Memorial)

An exhibition at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., explores what wartime women wore — from overalls to evening gowns — and how military uniforms have affected fashion.