... short for safety reasons. Short, neatly rolled hair was also a service standard as it suited the formal uniforms. Women who would not cut their hair put it up into a topknot / doughnut. Snoods were also worn to keep their hair tidied away; these became very fashionable, especially with the Pompadour style, worn by Maureen O'Hara. The Pompadour style was drag set with large, feminine curls at the front and sides away from the face and longer curls at the back, usually wrapped within the snood. Although the war caused low morale, there was escapism, cinema! Hollywood films like Gone with the Wind and Casablanca starred some of America's most glamorous actresses including Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Veronica Lake and Marlene Dietrich. Women longed to be glamorous like these actresses and copied their looks. Veronica Lake's long curly locks, seductively draped across one eye, the peek-a-boo style, became one ...

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