In the 1940’s, when the “global war” started restricting civilian access to imported fabrics and colors, it would show up in how fashion and art mediums would display. When you look at the fashion and packaging of that time, everything looked drab.
Read – https://www.meer.com/en/85710-1940s-fashion-wartime-necessity-and-modern-sustainability
Global access would contribute to depression era glass, limited American art expansion, and music (Black music too) hitting a creative wall. Many of the metal resources would be repurposed for artillery, woman’s stockings for parachutes, etc.
With America’s White Men only mindset, this would ship many of them off to war, leaving America’s economy in the hands of Women, immigrant teens, and even gave the Black community some breathing room to grow. Eventually Black men (and women) would be included in the wars too.
Culture Shift
Once the war was over America’s creativity exploded with colors and patterns creating themes we take for granted today. Even music expanded by soldiers gaining inspiration from Europe and Europe being exposed to all things American. The gangs got more sophisticated with the inventions of new weapons (semi automatic), drugs like heroin became popular, and an even interest in “exotic” foods like bananas.
Still to this day there are things Americans don’t realize we’re inspired by international culture and vice versa. Maybe it’s ego that have people dismissive but, items like Mambo Sauce changing after Korean Gojujang introductions (don’t play dumb), 7up cake and Red Velvet cake, Jazz Music trading classical arrangement notes; Valantino inspired poodle skirts; even European athletic apparel inspiring casual ready-wear. On the flip, would instantly see Motown’s inspiration and blue jean culture shift European mentality. And Japan’s obsession with anything American is epic.
Strait Of Hormuz Scales It Back
With the Strait shutdown from Operation Epic Fury, this is now leading to increased limitations of things like cooking imports and color dyes. It’s been reported many businesses are making production limitations and resorting back to local resources and priorities.
India’s President Modi noted scaling back on Gold items and cooking to protect the country’s limited supplies. Many foreign relied items that have becomes a cultural zeitgeist of Indian culture, now resort back to old school ways. American Ketchup has had them in a chokehold btw (who knew).
Many Asian countries, that were already limited in Western items are now turning back time and relying on local production to fill service gaps, revisiting pre 1980s social norms.
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