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How very British to use a system like this. I think it's just in our bones from a lifetime of scrappy existence. I always think of this: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/make-do-and-mend-0


Thats's a great site, thanks for the link! I'm chuffed to learn from it about IncSoc:

> The Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers (IncSoc) was founded in 1942 to represent the collective interests of the fashion industry in Britain, promote exports and develop standards of design.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-clothes-rationing-affecte...

Not to be confused with IngSoc, coined in 1949:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_geography_of_Ninetee...




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