Silk Shirt Dress Biography
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A shirtdress is a style of dress that borrows details from a man's shirt. These can include a collar, a button front, or cuffed sleeves. Often, these dresses are made up in crisp fabrics including cotton or silk, much like a men's dress shirt would be. As they are typically cut without a seam at the waist, these dresses often have a looser fit, usually relying on a belt to define the waist. Button fronts and a forgiving fit make this a flattering look for most body types.
History: Shirt dresses were sometimes called "shirtwaist dresses" when they first became fashionable during the 1950s. The 1950s version of the shirtdress was launched as part of Christian Dior's post–World War II "New Look" couture designs, with a full skirt held up by wearing a crinoline. They often featured a notched collar, and elbow-length sleeves with cuffs. More informal versions of the shirtdress, made of cotton, but retaining the full skirt and collar, became a staple part of many women's wardrobes during the 1950s, with designers such as Anne Fogarty becoming known for their versions of this style. A 1957 issue of Life magazine includes a photo of a typical cotton shirtdress selling for $25 in New York City. A variation of the original shirtdress is the "T-shirt dress". T-Shirt dresses began being produced in the 1960s, and are simply an elongated version of a T-shirt.
History:
Although a light corporate color blue should now be a staple of any man’s wardrobe, it was originally a sign of workers who did manual labor. Indeed, the term blue-collar is derived from 19th century uniform dress codes of industrial workplaces. Industrial and manual workers wear durable clothing that can be dirty, soiled, or scrapped at work. A popular element of such clothing has been, and still is, a light or navy blue work shirt.
In contrast, the adjective 'white collar' was first used by Upton Sinclair in relation to modern clerical, administrative and management workers during the 1930s. Sinclair's usage is related to the fact that, during most of the 19th and 20th centuries, male office workers in European and American countries almost always had to wear dress shirts, which had collars and were usually white.
The “banker’s collar white shirt” had its origin in the 19th century detachable collar, first invented in 1827 in Troy NY, by Mrs. Hannah Montague, a housewife who was having difficulties with her husband's "ring-around-the-collar." Her husband showed off his wife's invention to the guys around town, and soon all the wives of Troy embraced this new invention. Soon after, merchants followed suit, and manufactured collars in mass quantities for sale to the outside world. By 1897, twenty-five manufacturers in Troy were producing a total of eight million dozen collars and cuffs a year. Linen collars were offered in a breathtaking variety of styles and had become the status-symbol of the growing office-worker class (i.e. "white collar" workers). Mail order catalogs like Sears-Roebuck, Montgomery-Ward, and Bloomingdale's sent detachable collars to every part of America, along with the often colorful collarless shirts with which they were worn.
The button-down collar is an ad-hoc remedy hastily cobbled together during a "chukka" in a heated polo match in Great Britain A frustrated player realized that by ingeniously anchoring ends of his collar points with a button not only prevented their wild flailing about in his face but completely eliminated the bedeviling problem that tormented his concentration as he galloped full-speed, down-field. Oddly enough, the button-collared shirt was originally imported to the United States by Brooks Brothers. Ironically, it was intended for sale to blue collar workers.
Collar Styles:
It’s important in today’s business environment to wear crisp, professional shirts that put your best foot forward. The spread of your collar, or the gap between the points, should fit the shape of your face.
The further the points of your collar are from one another, the thinner your face should be. The closer the points are, the rounder your face should be.
But personal preference should be allowed to have some role in your decisions. For instance, I started wearing a slightly modified spread collar last summer. I think it frames my face very well, and holds a thick woven tie in place just right.
Wide spreads or even cutaways (shirts with gaps in the collar in the area where the tie is located) look great on Brad Pitt, but not so good on the rest of us. And you’re taking quite a professional risk with such a shirt, unless you own the company or are a highly paid consultant.
Shirt Styles:
In this economic downturn I wouldn’t wear any kind of white collared shirt, banker or not. Likewise for spread collars beyond a medium, or modified spread. Depending on your office environment, it may not even be proper to wear button-downs. You’re best staying to the conservative points and medium spreads. For colors stick to conservative white or corporate blue.
Fit:
Many “out of the box” shirts are exactly that. They are made for the average man in your size- collar size, sleeve size, body size. Problem is- what if you’re not the average man? Take for example if your shirt’s too blousy- the body’s too big. It will keep coming out of your pants and irritate you to no end.
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Silk Shirt Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos
Silk Shirt Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos
Silk Shirt Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos
Silk Shirt Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos
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