The lab coat is a knee-length heavy cotton (usually white) unlined
coat/jacket, with side seams split to allow access to trousers pockets,
possibly two front pockets with angled openings, and a pocket on the
left chest. You could probably use a raincoat pattern along
Chesterfield lines (narrow lapels, somewhat high closing) and come
pretty close, back kick opening and all.
Many doctors still wear these, and so do many college lab instructors.
And so did they when I was in college (late '60s), and I imagine well
into the past with little change. The set designer in my college
theater program also wore them.
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
On Jul 20, 2005, at 10:30 PM, Kristalor wrote:
It's not a nehru jacket?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] lab coats
Does anyone know where I can find more information about these? Or
even
a
pattern. Are they real or just a mythical garment?
A quick stab at Google and Froogle shows chef's double breasted chef
coats which might be like this, although the early selections were
too
short. If you keep looking, you might find longer ones.
No, it's close but they have two lines of buttons down the front and
the
ones I am thinking of have one line or none. I was hoping there was a
history of lab coats website out there that someone knews about that I
can't
find.
I don't suppose you're a Girl Genius fan, too? (Online cartoon with
mad
scientists.)
Oddly enough, while I've known Kaja (and by extension Phil) off and
on for
years I'm not a fan.
This has two roots - one is that someone on another of my lists was
asking
what a female doctor would be wearing in the 20's and I was wondering
what
lab coats looked like then. And the other is that I've got a friend
with
perfect mad scientist hair and I was thinking of offering to make him
a
coat.\
But thanks, Susan
--
Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent
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