GB. ENGLAND. London. Young lady models "Utility", blackout and ARP (Air Raid Precaution) outfit. 1940.

Utility was the term used for the immediate cutting down of all commodities to bare essentials in both material and quality. Girls on the ARP patrols adopted boiler suits, or cloaks with woolen hoods, woolen scarves and mufflers, and gloves with white palms (sometimes luminous) to show up in the dark of black out which was imposed every night at sundown. 1940.