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Glamor and safety don't mix, according to Lieut. Cmdr. R.R. Darron of the Alameda U.S. Naval Air Station. Naomi Parker, Ada Parker, and Frances Johnson, (left to right) show what goes and what doesn't go in war work fashions. Ada's costume is taboo, in a defense plant. Naomi and Frances, wearing heavy shoes, buttoned, zipped and wrapped-around coveralls, and hair-covering turbans show what's acceptable, speaking of clothes of course, in the factory.

Glamor and safety don't mix, according to Lieut. Cmdr. R.R. Darron of the Alameda U.S. Naval Air Station. Naomi Parker, Ada Parker, and Frances Johnson, (left to right) show what goes and what doesn't go in war work fashions. Ada's costume is taboo, in a defense plant. Naomi and Frances, wearing heavy shoes, buttoned, zipped and wrapped-around coveralls, and hair-covering turbans show what's acceptable, speaking of clothes of course, in the factory.