Shirt and Collar Tips
1940s (designed), 1990s (made)
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Polycotton shirt with shiny stripes, with steel collar tips.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Polycotton and steel |
| Brief description | Shirt, polycotton shirt, designed by H Bar C in 1940s, made in 1990s, United States ; Collar tips, steel, United States, 1990s |
| Physical description | Polycotton shirt with shiny stripes, with steel collar tips. |
| Object history | Registered File number 1993/2054, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called 'Cowboy and Western USA - Late 1940s' (includes the Western suit, jacket T.606-1993 and trousers T.607-1993, the tie T.609-1993, the hat T.611-1993 and the boots T.612-1993 and toe caps T.613-1993). Part of a Western-style outfit that would have been worn as an evening outfit in America, and was displayed in the Street Style Exhibition of 1996 as a Cowboy and Western Revival outfit. The polycotton shirt would have been cotton. |
| Bibliographic reference | Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties
Described in the exhibition publication, part of an outfit called 'Cowboy and Western USA - Late 1940s'. |
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| Accession number | T.608, 610:1, 2-1993 |
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| Record created | November 22, 2010 |
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