shirtwaist

How To Use shirtwaist In A Sentence

• She was wearing a neat green shirtwaister and lace-up walking shoes. NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
• They made decorative items like hemstitched tablecloths and garments as complicated as a fitted shirtwaist, even when someone of their social class could have purchased such things ready - or dressmaker-made. "Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930
• Maybe it was their shirtwaist dresses and comfortable shoes and tight perms that made all of them look old.
• Do not give us shirt or raglan sleeves, or ‘shirtwaister’ styles with blousy tops, or flared or pleated skirts in boring patterns.
• Below: A study in subdued femininity -- a tailored oxford cloth shirtwaist dress with a surprise: a hand crocheted butterfly lace collar. Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine
• Jackets would have a tailored body with army-drill sleeves; a gray sweatshirt-material top would be worn over a rich brocade dirndl; a full-skirted shirtwaister would come in blue military fabric with a small turn-down collar unexpectedly embroidered with silver Indian thread. Style.com: Daily Fashion Show Pictures
• Her shirtwaist was a soft, feminine shade of lavender, trimmed with lace, but her skirt was no-nonsense black. Surrender A Dream
• Why," he exclaimed, in a lowered voice, "that lown tore your pretty shirtwaist! Mountain Blood A Novel
• Out of the steamer-trunk she pulled a heavy black silk moire skirt, and a high-necked, long-sleeved black silk shirtwaist trimmed in black silk embroidery and jet beads. Red dust
• in Britain they call a shirtwaist a shirtwaister