#The Donut Dollies

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For more on Black Week, be sure to read this article from the National WWII Museums archives, linked here, and on our Instagram.

-The Donut Dollies

Winnie & G

[sexilene]

you smell like a candystore!

🍭 Aquolina Pink Sugar (ofccc!)

🍭 Perlier Vanilla Strawberry

🍭 Dolce&Gabbana Dolce&Gabbana Pour Femme (marshmallows)

🍭 Mariah Carey Dreams (those caramel apple lollipops)

🍭 Britney Spears Midnight Fantasy

🍭 Aquolina Simply Pink by Pink Sugar

🍭 Somethin Special Pink Coconuts

🍭 I Smell Great Angel Cake (like icing yummm)

🍭 Moschino Toy 2 Bubble Gum

🍭 Faberlic Candy Story

🍭 Nobile 1942 I Zucchero Candito

🍭 Circus Fantasy

🍭 Demeter Fragrance Cotton Candy

🍭 Lush Snow Fairy (sooooo goooood omg and the lotion/powder makes yonger guys 'at least the ones i know' go crazy for u idkkk)

🍭 Tutti Délices Barbe a Papa

🍭 Thierry Mugler Womanity Eau pour Elles

🍭 Montale Sweet Oriental Dream

🍭 Montale Mukhallat (strawberry bubble gum)

🍭 MAC Candy Yum-Yum

🍭 Aquolina Pink Sugar Berry Blast

🍭 Michel Germain Sugarful (i love this oneee!)

🍭 Victoria's Secret Tease Sugar Fleur

🍭 Casaniche Bubble Gum and Caramel

🍭 Britney Spears Radiance (bubblegum)

🍭 Britney Spears Rainbow Fantasy

🍭 Parfums de Coeur Body Fantasies Signature Cotton Candy

🍭 Gale Hayman Delicious Cotton Candy

[huellitaa]

the goal is to smell like a strawberry donut

[musingsofahistorymajor]

Okay I watched episode 1 and 2 of Masters of the Air and I loved them! And since I have a special interest in women in WWII, I'd like to look deeper at the show to see how historically accurate it is for people who may be into the show but might not know much of the history

So let's talk about the women!!

Put under a read more because I got way to into it and it got long

First up let's look at the civilian women we see. There's a lot of background women and they all look fantastic. Their dresses, the cardigans, the patterns on the blouses, skirts, and dresses, the hairstyles, the jewelry are all so good. I love that you see a variety of updos and longer hairstyles yet they've all got the curls correct. I see rolls and pin curls and even milkmaid braids. Fantastic!

But for some reason, Marge and her friend? Not so much. Marge is obviously a major character being the love interest of Gale Cleven. Their dresses are both fine. It's their hair that bothers me. It's like they tried a wet set curl but forgot to use setting lotion so the curls fell halfway through filming.

This is bad. Especially Marge's hair. This is a modern slightly wavy hairstyle and nothing like a 1940s hairstyle should be. They should have gone more like this. 1940s, especially early 1940s, was all about the curls. Wet sets and victory rolls. Updos were the go to for evening but if you wanted to wear your hair long it'd be more like this:

Why can't tv dress main characters as well as the background women? I don't get it.

Next up is the Women's Land Army. We only see them in the background but there's enough there for me to say that they look absolutely fantastic. I'm so happy.

First off, let's talk about what they're wearing.

We see the corduroy trousers, khaki dungarees, green headscarf, and black wellies that are a part of the WLA uniform. Several of them are wearing the tan shirt sleeve uniform shirt as well and I see at least two wearing the green jumper. The rest are wearing civilian sweaters and blouses which was allowed. The hair styles are perfect too. Love seeing the scarves, gibson rolls, and turbans.

For an even closer look we can take a look at the behind the scenes photos shared by Danni Philips. You can see the Women's Land Army pin on their uniform which pleases me so much you have no idea. And you can further see that the forest green sweater they're wearing is utter perfection.

Some original WLA photos:

Now what about the work they're doing? We can see the women driving cattle and harvesting what I believe is wheat but crops are not my specialty so I might be wrong there but both of which are two jobs done by much of the Land Army. Here's some side by side examples of the show vs original photos:

So good!!

Okay now let's talk about the Red Cross women we see. The first time we see them is this scene after the bomber crews get back from a flying mission. These ladies are a part of a Red Cross Clubmobile which you can get a quick glimpse of the Clubmobile here:

We see them handing out donuts and coffee to the men as they come in for interrogation which ABSOLUTELY was something the Red Cross did!! They established aeroclubs and had Clubmobiles stationed on air bases to provide relaxation and coffee and donuts for the base. Here's an example of them giving coffee and donuts to returning airmen on their way to interrogation which so closely resembles the show I nearly lost it.

One of my favorite details is the jacket that one Red Cross woman on the left wears. She's got a whole bunch of patches sewn on the sleeve of her jacket which is something a lot of women did when they served overseas. I've seen a bathrobe with dozens of patches sewn on and a large piece of fabric one WAC hung in her tent.

Now how about the uniforms they wear? The ladies above are wearing the uniform of the American Red Cross Clubmobile Service. Those who served in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) were provided with special uniforms consisting of a battledress-styled jacket with trousers and a matching visored ARC cap. The Clubmobile uniform was made of RAF blue-gray wool.

We get a good look at their service uniforms during the dance. They wear the American Red Cross Military Welfare Corps winter service uniform with the specific Clubmobile service patch in their sleeve. It's an oxford gray wool winter suit with a specially designed overseas cap.

Here are some Red Cross Clubmobile pictures for comparison:

And finally, my specialty, during the narrated montages we see two members of the WAC (Women's Army Corps) stationed with the 8th Air Force Headquarters. It looks like the same woman playing both WACs but they've put her in an officer's uniform for one scene and an enlisted uniform for the other.

One is WAC officer working at a teletype machine. She wears the officers service jacket with the officers lapel pins which are two US above two Pallas Athene pins. I can also see her 8th Air Force service patch on her left sleeve and Lieutenant bars on her shoulders. I can't quite tell if they silver or gold though so I'm not sure if she's a 1st or 2nd Lt. She's working as a teletype operator.

Next we see an enlisted WAC preparing for the debriefs the men will receive. She's a T3 or Technician 3rd Grade. You can see the rank patched on her shirt which has 3 chevrons and a T. There's also the 8th Air Force patch on her left sleeve. She's doing the work of a plotter. Placing the models of the planes into the locations of the formations that will be formed in the next mission.

Both WACs have perfect hair. Perfect. WACs were required to keep their hair neat and off their collar. If your hair was longer than your shoulders then you needed to put it up and the back gibson roll was the most popular way to do it. They've also kept their top rolls more to the side and smaller than usual victory rolls to accommodate their caps should they need to wear them (WACs were not required to wear their caps indoors)

In summary: I'm so damn impressed with the women in this show!!!! Overall the uniforms and costumes and hairstyles are SO GOOD! They clearly did their research when including the women and I'm so grateful for it. I'm fairly certain we'll be seeing the ATS in a future episode if the on set photos I've seen are any indication so if that happens I'll totally add that in a reblog. As well as any other glimpses of the women we get. I'm excited to see more of them!!

[dolliciousbarb]

skincare tips

[ragsandrascals]

“She wont last to Tuesday night”

Marcella wishes the words meant anything that they filled her fragile heart with dread but at the end of the day telling a sinking boat that it will be sunk isn't a grand revelation.

“Surely there must be something you can do”

And still the captain insist it will sail, it will survive, he clings desperately on to the mast heedles of the fact that when it sinks he will drown too

Marcella if anything is a boat, half drowning in her thoughts, drifting languidly between the shores of consciousness, lapping at her elbows

Waiting to sink into darkness

[winniemaywebber]

new moodboard for Honeysuckle Rose by my beautiful wonderful friend @hephaestn <3 isn't it GORGEOUS

[sleebyconfy]

[ifelllikeastar]

In the 60s and 70s the “Donut Dollies” were a group of women who volunteered with the Red Cross as part of a program called Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas. The Dollies brought sweets, treats, and their own brand of wholesome entertainment to the soldiers who definitely appreciated this unique taste of hometown America.

These young women made huge sacrifices and made a positive difference in the lives of the servicemen they worked with. It’s their attempts at raising morale that likely kept many of the soldiers going throughout this long war in Vietnam.

[mydreamfeast]

x

[donutdollie]

my villain origin story is that not a single clubmobile girl, their uniform, or clubmobile has appeared in any of the set and bts photos for masters of the air. and i know we haven't for certain because even without the hat, i haven't seen any women in raf wool, let alone other arc uniforms. not even waafs!

at least one is confirmed to appear in the show... WHERE ARE THEY??????

[blakelysco-pilot]

WELCOME TO THE CLUBMOBILE

Hi friends! @winniemaywebber and I want to welcome you to The Donut Dollie’s podcast! If you’re over on Instagram, and feel so inclined, please give us a follow. We hope you’ll join us as we dive into the history of Women during Wartime both at home and on the front lines, as well as the military history that surrounds them. We’ll be covering topics from books, films and the different branches of the military that women served in to help pave the way for women today. You’ll also get special guest episodes from us with friends of the pod, as they join us to talk their favorite topics and what makes them tick when it comes to history.

So, The Clubmobile is open folks, and we hope you stop by and join us for coffee and a donut or two!

[sexilene]

donut shoppe!

🍩 Demeter Fragrance Jelly Doughnut

🍩 Tomorrow Avon (cinnamon dount)

🍩 Bake My Day Zoella Beauty

🍩 Jeux de Peau Serge Lutens

🍩 Cinnamon Bun Demeter Fragrance

🍩 Tendre Madeleine Laurence Dumont

🍩 Almond Cookie Carol's Daughter

🍩 Chocolate Greedy Montale

🍩 Crema di Latte Hilde Soliani (so yummy!)

🍩 Delicious Chocolat

🍩 Fantasy Britney Spears (fruity cake dount....)

🍩 Fantôme Kuidaore

🍩 Bath & Body Works Raspberry Jam Donut

[67-romeo]

[sweetdeedra]

we're u lyin all the time.. was it just a game to you?🍒

[wellesleybooks]