The Hard-Boiled Shirt
Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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Shirt studs?
OH THOSE THINGS. Yeah, I’ve used them a handful of times, a couple of weddings and chamber singers.
They’ve moved from “stuff that stuffy old people wear” to “stuff that young people wear when they’re pretending to be stuffy” in my head.Report
iirc, this was a plot point more than once on Downton Abby.
The internet says that Brooks Brothers first introduced button down shirts into the (Western) men’s clothing world in 1896, but were considered ‘sportswear’ (i.e. not suitable for the office or evenings) until post- WW2.Report
Until post-WW2?!?!?!?
You had to use studs in the 30’s?
This is insanity.Report
Now I had to go look. I still have a couple of pair of cuff links stashed away, but no studs.Report