Shirt

Eagle Shirtmakers, Inc.

1975 · synthetic · Costume Institute

Menswear at this time was colorful and body-conscious and designs often drew upon nostalgic themes. This shirt, with its close fit and bright colors is enlivened with images of the '21 Club', the notorious restaurant-cum-speakeasy that epitomized New York glamour from Prohibition to well beyond the post-WWII years.

Artist

Eagle Shirtmakers, Inc.

Date

1975

Medium

synthetic

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Eagle Shirtmakers, Incorporated, 1975