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Utility fashion, a consequence of wartime fabric and clothing rationing, made its appearance in the 1940s, with all-purpose suits that could be worn in any circumstance and which were very warm to cope with the harsh winters of the time.

Fashion poster from 1941 from Costumes-Manteau, a French fashion magazine. (Nordiska museet)

Cover of Les Dimanches de la Femme, a French fashion and beauty magazine issued from 1930 to 1939. (Bibliothèque nationale de France)

A photograph showing members of the Nazi paramilitary during the failed Beer Hall Putsch in Munich in November 1923. (German Federal Archives)

Grave goods from a male burial in the necropolis of Pydna, c. 330 BCE. Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, acc. no. Py4285. The ancient city of Pydna (near today's small town of Makrygialos) was a semi-independent harbour...

Gold ivy wreath from Nea Apollonia, Thessaloniki, 350-325 BCE. Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. Ceremonial wreaths were among the most prestigious adornments in the ancient Greek world. Probably a predecessor of later...

A photograph showing the use of the Nazi flag at the Nuremberg Rally of 1938, the annual rally of the German Nazi party. (German Federal Archives)

A photograph showing a procession and flag ceremony at the Nuremberg Rally of 1934, the annual rally of the Nazi party. (German Federal Archives)

A photograph showing the leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) about to speak to the crowds at the Nuremberg Rally of 1936. (German Federal Archives)

A 2018 photograph showing the ruins of what was once the stage area for the Nuremberg rallies in Nazi Germany (1927-38).