European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                People in the can still dress almost As they did in but they pay More for what they get and Quality has by Burgess Scott yank staff writer the Only people in the states who Are really having a Tough time getting clothing Are much too Young to give a Damn about in childrens and infants Wear there Are but men and women have no trouble dressing themselves As adequately As they did before the in most Quality has gone Down while prices have mens underwear and pyjamas Are often hard to come chiefly because manufacturers Are Busy with army Navy orders for 60 million shirts and women often cant get a House dress for less than and their Gams dont look quite so Good in Cotton or Rayon stockings As they did in silk and when the War first started and manufacturers faced the problem of producing for a vastly in creased army and Navy As Well As a civilian it was thought that All clothing might have to be Only shoes have been put on the ration credit for staving off general rationing goes partly to patriotic american which came through with bigger of Wool when All foreign sources were Cut and partly to government restrictions on Man fac such cloth consuming embellishments As pleats and cuffs on mens suits and extra Width in women garments were double breasted mens suits were sold without vests the tails on mens shirts became almost too Short to tuck into a pair of pants the length and Width of women skirts were and by and were Cut the War production kept its hands off wedding maternity clothes and these examples of no intervention were approved in most native circles As a sign that our officials were still capable of the absence of cuffs and vests prewar styles in mens clothing Are still a Man can get herringbone and All sorts of weaves in Gray and All the various pastel the bestselling suits and overcoats Range from to which is a bit higher than the Price of suits of comparable Quality before the both prices and shortages May increase during 1945 As a result of expected heavy government orders for uniform the greatest shortage right now is in Cotton not Long ago the office of civilian requirements asked housewives nobody seems to know Why the Agency didst query just one More housewife in order to get a easy round number what clothing was hardest to the most consistent shortages were reported in House a recent government or Der for 90 million Yards of herringbone twill can be cited As a probable cause of the to help Correct the government is working on a plan cinder which a larger percentage of Avail Able cloth will be earmarked for production of scarce lowermost with women underwear of the serv Reable Runof Hemill variety hard to the depart ment stores report a run on Black sheer Negligee with a lot of most of these exciting articles seem to be bought by overseas the girls in the stores theres not too much even of the fancy stuff because the makers of sheer stuff and lace Are turning out camouflage nets and Mosquito the designers of women outer garments Are producing something they Call the new Pencil Silhouette because they cant use gathers and the Pencil Silhouette is supposed to show off a woman As she really and the name int Well chosen because most women  look anything like a Pencil even if they were foolish enough to want women generally have had to make great changes in their dressing in the first the shortage of rubber has raised hell with the or foundation most of the elastic is gone from the Metal attachments have been removed and All but two stocking supports have been taken the girls who used to have trouble Only in keeping their Girdle Down Over their shall we now also have Trou ble keeping their stockings and the stockings Are something the and the think much nylons Are just about Cotton is Apt to make the legs look and Rayons fall Down and Bunch at the the girls zippers Are far from As common As they used to and women again have to contend with gaps and bulges Between the fur business is having the greatest season in its with Moje women than Ever Wear ing fur Rabbit is still the Staple for Low priced Coats Selling for to the shoe rationing plan used to give every body two pairs of leather shoes a but the As the result of mounting army Navy has decided to lengthen the period in which a single pair must the exact length of time Hast been announced but it will probably be eight months instead of the average who gives his shoes harder Wear than has found it harder to make his quota to get More mileage out of each ration Many men Are buying a better and More expensive shoe than they used women have it easier because Many types of no rationed shoes have been developed for a new and profitable Industry has sprung up for the production of this Type of soles Are made of several made by flex Ible crisscross chemically treated ply Glycere unsaturated treated Canvas and coiled rope soaked in reclaimed reclaimed rubber was used for a while As a substitute shoe sole for but housewives complained that it left Black Marks on the designers Are now introducing wider toes in both mens and women because War work has broadened the american childrens shoes Are because manufacturers can make More Money with less trouble by producing shoes the Small Fry seem to be getting the worst of men have some trouble getting at least socks they want to hosiery knitters Are working overtime filling military require and the loud socks once popular with younger men Are getting incidental Are younger men in a position to Wear loud the imported fancy French Lisle and English rib socks have the designers and manufacturers Are staying up nights planning for the returning some believe that Brown and Blue clothes will be sell after the War because no Soldier will want anything Brown and no Sailor will want anything Blue others say these colors will be As popular As Ever because they flatter most Stirtan Slack based on the army summer Are becoming Well liked for civilian and the army new Battle modelled after the British Battle has been copied for civilian sports the hat makers Hope the army and Navy will Tiave done away with their biggest habit Young men used to have of going Bare they think that after several years in organizations where hats Are a Man will bring the headgear habit Back to civilian skirts go up and necklines Down for evening mens shirt tails Are being worn High this it 11 pc