Shirt
Brand
Stanley
c.1894
Cotton
Museum purchase
Object numberP91.33.1
In the late nineteenth century, inexpensive ready-to-wear like this shirtwaist made fashion accessible to greater numbers of people. However, increased factory mass production brought with it a host of concerns, including pollution and poor labor practices. Unions were formed to combat low wages, extremely long hours, and the often unsafe conditions faced by garment workers.
DescriptionWhite cotton shirt printed with alternating blue, tan triple pinstripe, diagonal stippled lines; shirtwaist; shirt collar on wide separate band; monobosom bodice gathered into front neckline, fitted at waist with left and right front waist pintucks; pointed back shoulder yoke; gathered at center back yoke point tucked at center back waist under three eyelet half belt tab extra-wide long shaped sleeve tightly gathered at cap with two button cuff; center front buttons on bandCollections
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