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The uniforms differ by school and age level. Generally, boys wear a white dress shirt and a pair of shorts. The colour and length of the shorts varies at each school. Male college students wear the same kind of uniform, but instead of shorts, they wear black dress trousers. Girls usually wear white blouses and a skirt.
The combination of neat blouses and sensibly tailored suits became the distinctive attire of the working woman, college girl, and young society matron. [29] The shirtwaist dress, an all-purpose garment, also emerged during the 1930s. The shirtwaist dress was worn for all occasions, besides those that were extremely formal, and were modest in ...
The Manhattan Trade School for Girls was a New York City public high school founded in 1902 by Mary Schenck Woolman, [1] and was the first vocational school for female students established in the United States. [2] It was established by philanthropic reformers to provide training for young women to work in trades such as garment factory work.
Working Girls is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner and written by Zoë Akins, based on the play Blind Mice, written by Vera Caspary and Winifred Lenihan. The film stars Judith Wood, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Paul Lukas, Stuart Erwin, and Frances Dee. The film was released on December 12, 1931, by Paramount Pictures ...
Meanwhile, working-class women looked for modern forms of dress as they transitioned from rural to urban careers. Taking their cue from wealthier women, working women began wearing less expensive variations on the day suit, adopting a more modern look that seemed to suit their new, technologically focused careers as typists and telephone operators.
The 62-year-old "Working Girl" actress took to Instagram to promote celebrity stylists Simone Harouche and Jamie Mizrahi's new line of undergarments called The Kit, sharing a mirror photo of ...
Girls' fashion for this time period imitated older women of the same period. Girls wore dresses of knee length, with trimmings at the hem such as lace and embroidery similar to women's lingerie dresses. Normally, black shoes or button up / lace up boots and woolen stockings went with the dress as well as kidskin or crochet gloves. Their hair ...