The shirt comes in white and has three contrasting fabrics: a color block one, a stripe and a paisley one, all in black and white on the interior collar, reversible cuffs and interior button placket, that blend together beautifully
Basically, it can work for a bunch of different occasions
More 40s fashion and suspense
Milford-Cottam explains the evening options throughout the decade: Evening dress consisted of a black coat and coordinating trousers, often worn with an expanse of crisp, starched white shirt-front and a low-cut waist-coast, which could be in either black, matching the suit, or white to coordinate with the shirt. (41) He continues to explain that the bow tie would be coordinated with the waistcoat, with white ties and waistcoats seen as more formal
Printing on cotton typically employed wooden blocks, which were hand-cut so as to leave raised surfaces bearing the desired pattern