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Vintage Workwear

Dinerman

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mattfink

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Oddly, some of the 1930's chinstrap chore jackets depicted in the drawings have a larger collar than in reality. I noticed this in the 30's 40's issue of Free & Easy.
 

Feraud

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I've observed catalog illustrations also tend to show a skewed sense of body shapes. Many suit illustrations show men with tiny heads on broad shouldered tiny waisted bodies. Workwear illustrations show men of a blockier body type.
Illustrations pushing social ideals? I'll leave it to the experts to debate.. ;)
 

Feraud

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I think I have that Sears catalog. Is it the 1897 reprint?
Check out the pocket watches, fobs, and chains if you have the entire catalog. Way too much good stuff to drool over. :)
 

Mike1973

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Dinerman said:
Nice collar on this one. It sold for under $10.

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I'm pretty certain that is a British Army shirt Dinerman, used from the '30's through to the '40's. Very like an 'Other Ranks' in design and material, but collarless... I'm wondering if this may be an officers field shirt with the collar...

I have a very similar collarless Other Ranks shirt, with a collar made from the long shirt tail! A well done job! Very common at the end of the war when Other Ranks could get away with wearing a collar and tie, rather than have thier tunics done up to the neck.
 

BellyTank

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Uniform and work shirts were made just like that into the '60s.
Early in the '60s it was common for the fabric/cloth to be synthetic/mix
but the styling, even the collar shape remained much the same.

I have a Police uniform shirt, which I'm sure is late '60s/early '70s
but it could "effectively" be 30 years older.


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