Could be. My husband's father and uncle were immigrants from Greece in
the 10s, and dressed very properly all their lives. Their sons seemed to
have been more inclined to "hep cat-ness". ;-)
On my father's side, seems more a case of "farm/conservative" vs
"townie/newest fashion".
Interesting! Time for more photo-hunting!
Liadain
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Lynn Downward
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:20 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Shirt collars outside 40s coats?
The difference between farmers/immigrants and city people/first generation
citizens?
My immigrant grandfather who had been a farmer in the old country and in his
youth here in the US, always wore a tie and a hat outside the house, even
walking the dog, even in his 90s.
My father, San Francisco born in 1930, was very American as a first
generation person would be. He only visited the farm in Fresno for summer,
never worked there. There are lots of pictures of Dad, the dandy of his
family, in the 1940s and into the 50s with his collar outside his jacket.
LynnD
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