Fashion Nerds

The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Vera Maxwell, 1947. Object record

Uniform

1942

Materials

cotton

House / label

Vera Maxwell

Collection

1942

Archive reference

C.I.47.60.1

Behind the design

Sperry Gyroscope commissioned Maxwell's 1942 uniform for women working in heavy industry. The Met describes a practical jumpsuit intended to combine utility with an attractive silhouette. Its cotton fabric, front openings and integrated trousers place a work garment within the broader development of functional American sportswear.

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