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Blue denim long sleeve tailored shirt with button front, two buttoned patch pockets and red sti…
shirt
Blue denim long sleeve tailored shirt with button front, two buttoned patch pockets and red sti…
Shirt
c. 1940
Cotton chambray
Museum purchase
Object numberP89.10.5
The chambray shirt has been a workwear staple for as long as blue jeans. Made from plain-weave blue and white threads, it serves as a lighter-weight equivalent to denim. Where denim is sturdy, chambray is breathable, making it a perfect fabric for work shirts. The chambray work shirt was an unofficial uniform for laborers by the 1940s, and the term “blue collar” had become a euphemism for “working class.”
DescriptionShirt: blue denim; tailored shirt; two patch pockets; long sleeve
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