John Milton once wrote of “bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry figures”. The woad in question was a deep blue plant extract, worn by ancient Britons to signify tribal alliance during battle. In the South, Queen Boudicca’s army faced their enemies with blue faces whilst further North the Picts painted their bodies (and thereby gained their very name, Pict being Celtic for “painted”).
What were your favorite designers doing during the Nazi occupation of France?