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Factory Chic: Overhauling the Overalls
20 days ago | By Life
In April 1953 about 16 million Americans worked in manufacturing jobs -many more than today, where the number is about 11 million. And roughly a quarter of those workers back then were women.
Enter noted designer Tina Leser , who debuted a fashion line that year for the burgeoning female lunchpail set.
In a story titled “Overhauled Overalls” in its April 13, 1953 issue , LIFE broke down the new look and also the logic behind it:
What to wear to work is not a matter of much choice to the 4.5 million women in U.S. factories. Many work near moving machinery or poisonous dusts and acids, and...
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