With food and clothing still being rationed in postwar Britain, royal dressmaker Norman Hartnell sought to convey a message of national renewal, instead of focusing on opulent materials.

在战后的英国粮食和布匹仍旧实行配给制的情况下，当时的御用服装设计师诺曼·哈特奈尔就寻求的是传达出国家新生的讯息上而不是把注意力集中在奢华的材质上。

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In 1947, Britain established the Overseas food Corporation, mainly aiming to solve the postwar economic difficulties, such as the shortage of food and the lack of dollar.

1947年，英国成立海外粮食公司，主要是为解决战后初年面临的经济困难，如食品短缺和美元荒。

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The 1970s marked the climax of Britain's postwar decline, in which "the English disease" overweening trade-union power was undermining the economy by strikes and inflationary wage settlements.

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