Item 2022.27.3 - Arrow Dectolene Shirt with Tab Collar

2022.27.3

Arrow Dectolene Shirt with Tab Collar

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Short sleeved shirt with a tab collar. Shirt is fastened at the front by six mottled white opaque plastic buttons and a tab with a popper fastening that runs across the collar closure partway between the collar button and the points of the shirt. Shirt has two patch pockets on either side of the chest and a rounded hem. Made from a polyester and nylon mix, the shirt has fine, blue, vertical stripes on a white background. Near the hem on the front left is printed "9835 TABBER TP S /ARROW TAPER / A7006M5 16 14" with an American Union Label printed underneath.

Label: Arrow / Dectolene / Wash and Wear / 82% Polyester - 18% Nylon / Tapered / Made in USA
Printed on Inside Collar: 16-S (If pressed use cool iron)
Measurements: 59cm [Chest], 79cm [Length]
Details: Short sleeves, Patch pockets
Physical Condition: Good

Donor purchased shirt from a flea market in USA, unworn and in original packaging.

On tab collar shirts, the tab fastens under the tie knot in order to keep the top of the tie knot close against the collar whilst pushing the bottom of the knot away from the body, creating an elegant roll at the top of the tie blades.

Arrow Dectolene shirts were advertised in a television advertisement from 1962-1964 and issues of Life magazine in 1965 and 1966 (see digital Object File).