Navy Bodice with Red Yoke
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC1992048
Title
Navy Bodice with Red Yoke
Description
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.
Creator
MJ
Date
1905 (circa)
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
33.5 inches (chest), 23 inches (waist), 18 inches (center back length), other measurements: across back shoulders = 11", neck = 13.25"
Medium
boning
braid
faille
metal
wool
Type
Physical Object
Temporal Coverage
1900s
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Source Identifier
VC1992048
Color Main
navy blue
Color Secondary
red
black
Closure Type
hooks and eyes
Dimensions Chest
33.5
Dimensions Waist
23
Dimensions CB Length
18
Dimensions Other
across back shoulders = 11", neck = 13.25"
Dimensions All
33.5 inches (chest), 23 inches (waist), 18 inches (center back length), other measurements: across back shoulders = 11", neck = 13.25"
Label
tag: MJ -?, very faintly printed on inside waistband at CB
References
Arnold (2), 48 (1898) - sleevesWaugh ???, The Cut of Women's Clothes, 280Malonff ???, 59 (1902)
Date Earliest
1900
Date Latest
1910
Gender
womenswear
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Tops
Exhibitions
Vassar Girls and Other Women
Public Information
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.
Condition Term
good
Condition
fraying trim at waistline, braid coming loose on cuff of right sleeve
Storage Location
E3
Repository
Vassar College Costume Collection, Drama Department, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Exhibition Notes
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.
Work Type
bodice
Pattern
stripes
Comments