Navy Bodice with Red Yoke

VC1992048

Navy Bodice with Red Yoke

Bodice of navy blue wool faille with square yoke of red wool, trimmed with stripes of black braid and edged with curved black braid trim.Front sections overlap with hook and eye closures; standing collar hooks at CB.

1905 (circa)

Clothing and dress

33.5 inches (chest), 23 inches (waist), 18 inches (center back length), other measurements: across back shoulders = 11", neck = 13.25"

Physical Object

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33.5

23

18

across back shoulders = 11", neck = 13.25"

33.5 inches (chest), 23 inches (waist), 18 inches (center back length), other measurements: across back shoulders = 11", neck = 13.25"

tag: MJ -?, very faintly printed on inside waistband at CB

Arnold (2), 48 (1898) - sleevesWaugh ???, The Cut of Women's Clothes, 280Malonff ???, 59 (1902)

1900

1910

costume

clothing

Vassar Girls and Other Women

These two bodices represent the development of sportswear in the early twentieth century. 1992.48, of navy blue silk faille with a yoke of red wool trimmed with horizontal stripes of black braid, is a youthful, sporty version of the sailor or middy blouse, fitted to the silhouette of 1900-1905. While separate gymsuits existed by that time for private single sex sports activities (see #7 and #8), more public events, especially those at which men would be in attendance, would require a look more in keeping with the prevailing fashions of the day. This bodice, neither middy nor fashionable waist, is a compromise between the two.1992.138, however, of black wool with a white pinstripe and black velvet ribbon trim, is a more sophisticated, slightly less casual approach to similarly informal events. Designed in a less sporty nature, it may well have been worn for classes or other such day-to day situations. While both bodices express participation in the 'compartmentalized day' discussed above, they simultaneously express a breaking down of certain formalities: the achievement of a compromise between certain activities, traditions, and styles.

good

fraying trim at waistline, braid coming loose on cuff of right sleeve

E3

4black and white striped wool waist, c. 19021992.1385sailor style waist of navy wool, 1900-19051992.48These two bodices represent the development of sportswear in the early twentieth century. 1992.48, of navy blue silk faille with a yoke of red wool trimmed with horizontal stripes of black braid, is a youthful, sporty version of the sailor or middy blouse, fitted to the silhouette of 1900-1905. While separate gymsuits existed by that time for private single sex sports activities (see #7 and #8), more public events, especially those at which men would be in attendance, would require a look more in keeping with the prevailing fashions of the day. This bodice, neither middy nor fashionable waist, is a compromise between the two.1992.138, however, of black wool with a white pinstripe and black velvet ribbon trim, is a more sophisticated, slightly less casual approach to similarly informal events. Designed in a less sporty nature, it may well have been worn for classes or other such day-to day situations. While both bodices express participation in the 'compartmentalized day' discussed above, they simultaneously express a breaking down of certain formalities: the achievement of a compromise between certain activities, traditions, and styles.