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Skirt lengths, on their way up during the latter part of the 1930�s, were helped in their upward rise by
shortages of fabric during the war. Government regulations eliminated details like flaps and cuffs from
clothing, fullness was reduced and maximum lengths were dictated. With the interruption of silk supplies
from the east and the diversion of the newly developed nylon fiber, women often wore ankle socks for dressy
occasions as well as for sportswear.
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A long, turned under hair style called �pageboy� was worn during the 1940�s.
Women who worked in factories
adopted a variety of headwear to keep their hair covered while working on machinery. College girls favored
loose hair styles, while older women rolled up the sides and back in what was known as the �upsweep.�
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"One Hundred Years of Stevens Point Style Vol I-V,"
Exhibition by Patricia Williams in Agnes Jones Gallery, UWSP, 1995.
Photographs were reproduced from University materials and the Portage County Historical Society,
as well as family albums.
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