shirtwaist
noun
shirt·waist
ˈshərt-ˌwāst 
: a woman's tailored garment (such as a blouse or dress) with details copied from men's shirts
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But rather than an imitation of life as it was depicted in Sirk’s films, all mannered transatlantic speech and swishing shirtwaist dresses, Moore takes the assignment dead seriously.
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
The first display greeting viewers showcases three shirtwaists embroidered with the names of three women who perished in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Sep. 2023
An opening scene shows Gold swapping her designer dress with a refugee’s dirty shirtwaist to allow the woman to blend more easily into society.
—Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
Despite the prim shirtwaist dresses on her characters, the playwright wasn’t talking about a distant past.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 May 2022
But her shirtwaist of wool-silk weave, mantled in white cotton, is 1870 Shaker.
—Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 15 May 2022
Those workers persisted, though: women formed strike committees in the mid-19th century, and carried out reforms in the garment industry following both a 1909 strike and the 1911 Triangle shirtwaist factory fire.
—Julianne McShane, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2019
Holding hands, the terrifying Grady twins from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining strolled by in shirtwaist dresses printed with childlike drawings of girls faces and pastel Mary Jane heels.
—Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2019
Triangle, which was New York’s largest blouse factory and distributed 2,000 shirtwaist garments a day, was one of the lone holdouts to union recognition.
—Elizabeth Yuan, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2019
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
The first display greeting viewers showcases three shirtwaists embroidered with the names of three women who perished in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Sep. 2023
An opening scene shows Gold swapping her designer dress with a refugee’s dirty shirtwaist to allow the woman to blend more easily into society.
—Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
Despite the prim shirtwaist dresses on her characters, the playwright wasn’t talking about a distant past.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 May 2022
But her shirtwaist of wool-silk weave, mantled in white cotton, is 1870 Shaker.
—Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 15 May 2022
Those workers persisted, though: women formed strike committees in the mid-19th century, and carried out reforms in the garment industry following both a 1909 strike and the 1911 Triangle shirtwaist factory fire.
—Julianne McShane, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2019
Holding hands, the terrifying Grady twins from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining strolled by in shirtwaist dresses printed with childlike drawings of girls faces and pastel Mary Jane heels.
—Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2019
Triangle, which was New York’s largest blouse factory and distributed 2,000 shirtwaist garments a day, was one of the lone holdouts to union recognition.
—Elizabeth Yuan, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2019
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shirtwaist
noun
shirt·waist
-ˌwāst
: a woman's tailored garment (as a dress or blouse) with details copied from men's shirts
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