p.128 fig.1 - light blue batiste shirt with starched collarMinh wrote:Beforehand, in the 1910s and 20s, clothes were excessively trim. The effect was rigid, formal, and confining, especially when paired with the hard, starched collars of the time.
p.128 fig.2 - white pleated bosom shirt with wing collar
p.128 fig.4 - grey oxford shirt white starched collar
p.104 - blue striped broadcloth shirt with white separate starched collar
p.114 The soft shirt is made in a neckband style, worn with a starched collar
p.103 Upper right - shirt with colored body and white starched bosom, collar and cuffs
p.103 center - soft pink shirt with black stripe (starched matching collar)
p.106 - white broadcloth shirt and starched collar
p.106 - narrow bosom starched plain linen dress shirt with two studs, a white winged collar of medium height with large tabs
p.115 - even striped, soft madras shirt and matching stiff collar
p.122 - the shirt has a starched demi-bosom, with blue and white horizontal stripes, plain white starched cuffs and a starched wing collar
At p.122 I had to stop. A starched collar was the standard option well after the 20s, the 30s and even the 40s. As more than one person told me*, most of the garments were ironed using some sort of starch. I think my mum, well trained by her mother, used spray-on starch for my dad's shirts (and not only for the collar) until the 1990s.
*None of the people interviewed are fashion bloggers.