But as the war situation worsened and the homeland defense war drew near, the Japan Women's Association was dissolved to prepare for it, and people began running out of goods rapidly and cotton became impossible to come by; as a result, women began to wear monpe (women's work pants).
しかし、戦況が悪化し本土決戦が近づくと、それにそなえて大日本婦人会は解散、また、急速に物資が欠乏して木綿も入手できなくなったため、婦人の服装ももんぺ姿へと変わっていった。