Bes-Ben Hatlet
The TFC has just acquired the original print of the photo below, which shows a member of the Chicago Ballet Company wearing a hat that is the same basic model as a hat in the TFC. The photo also shows Mr. Green-Field, the designer for Bes-Ben hats, with three other members of the Chicago Ballet Company. To see a photo and more information about this Bes-Ben hat in the Digital Library, please click here.
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World War II Ration Stamp Print Dress
![[img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_img_7552.jpg"]David Crystal (Label) c. 1940Shirtwaist style dress of brown rayon, featuring a war savings stamp print.](http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/img_7552.jpg){kind=link}
Shirtwaist style dress of brown rayon, featuring a war savings stamp print. [img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_img_7565.jpg"]David Crystal (Label) c. 1940
![[img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_img_7565.jpg"]David Crystal (Label) c. 1940Shirtwaist style dress of brown rayon, featuring a war savings stamp print.](http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/img_7565.jpg){kind=link}
Shirtwaist style dress of brown rayon, featuring a war savings stamp print. [img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_img_2773.jpg"]
![[img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_img_2773.jpg"]This bouquet of ration stamps is similar to that mimicked in the print of the dress.](http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/img_2773.jpg){kind=link}
This bouquet of ration stamps is similar to that mimicked in the print of the dress.[img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_back.jpg"]
![[img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_back.jpg"]This bouquet of ration stamps is similar to that mimicked in the print of the dress.](http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/back.jpg){kind=link}
This bouquet of ration stamps is similar to that mimicked in the print of the dress.[img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_img_1305.jpg"]David Crystal (Label) c. 1940
![[img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_img_1305.jpg"]David Crystal (Label) c. 1940Due to wartime restrictions, less luxurious fabrics were dressed up with prints. This shirtwaist style dress of brown rayon features a war savings stamp print.](http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/img_1305.jpg){kind=link}
Due to wartime restrictions, less luxurious fabrics were dressed up with prints. This shirtwaist style dress of brown rayon features a war savings stamp print. [img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_wss.jpg"]WWII Ration Stamp
![[img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_wss.jpg"]WWII Ration Stamp](http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/wss.jpg){kind=link}
[img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_dmn-nm-adv-1942.jpg"]Neiman Marcus Ad
![[img alt="" src="http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/thumbs/thumbs_dmn-nm-adv-1942.jpg"]Neiman Marcus Ad The dress in this advertisement is the same as the one owned by the Texas Fashion Collection.](http://www.tfc.unt.edu/wp-content/flagallery/world-war-ii-ration-stamp-print-dress/dmn-nm-adv-1942.jpg){kind=link}
The dress in this advertisement is the same as the one owned by the Texas Fashion Collection.
Collection Manager Edward Hoyenski researched the history behind this ration stamp print dress that was recently shown in the exhibition Adrian: Glamour in the Age of Austerity, 1940-1947. Please click “I” in the upper right hand corner to read more information about each image.
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