Is this dress a uniform of some kind?

[fuzzylizzie]

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Early 30s dress with net collar and cuffs. It appears to be some kind of uniform. Did nurses always wear white? The label seems to hint at a medical use.

Thanks!
Lizzie

 

[BagDiva]

it reminds me of the lyons tea/coffee shops early outfits, possibly a maid's uniform, or housekeeper or nanny, would be my guess. HTH

sara x

 

[pinky-a-gogo]

I was thinking the same thing as Sara....maybe a nanny or a worker in an orphanage.

I saw a similiar outfit in a Shirley Temple movie--I'm not kidding

 

[vintageclothesline]

I am thinking an orphanage or a matron of something. I think I saw that same movie.

 

[pastperfect2]

Is it cotton? I would guess a nurse undiform would have to be washable.

Hollis

 

[BagDiva]

a pic

you can just make this out, with an apron over the top...CLICK ON FULL SIZE IMAGE

maid

 

[fuzzylizzie]

Well, it is a maid's uniform. I found an ad for Dix-make in a 1925 Vogue!

 

[listitcafe]

Could be nurses uniform. I pulled out my Grandmothers nursing school year book (Early 30's) There was a faculty picture. most werewearing white but 6 of them were wearing a colored uniform. Looking further there were some student shots with colored uniforms.

-Chris