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Free-lance designer Sidney Blue has worked out a new men's shirt collar claimed to be more comfortable than the traditional kind. It's being producted(...)
Free-lance designer Sidney Blue has worked out a new men's shirt collar claimed to be more comfortable than the traditional kind. It's being producted(...)

Free-lance designer Sidney Blue has worked out a new men's shirt collar claimed to be more comfortable than the traditional kind. It's being producted(...)

Date9/16/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Free-lance designer Sidney Blue has worked out a new men's shirt collar claimed to be more comfortable than the traditional kind. It's being producted for the first time in Kitchener and sells at premium price. Now about age 70; Blue started his career working on men's shots and I worked up.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0023247F
Traditional formality: The peak lapel tuxedo, above, in pure worsted wool is teamed with pleated wing collar shirt, satin tie and black cummerbund
Traditional formality: The peak lapel tuxedo, above, in pure worsted wool is teamed with pleated wing collar shirt, satin tie and black cummerbund
2/10/1982
Morris Gay, After more than 30 years in the men's clothing business, and a reputation as the tailor to the Arts, 59-year-old Gay found himself retired(...)
Morris Gay, After more than 30 years in the men's clothing business, and a reputation as the tailor to the Arts, 59-year-old Gay found himself retired(...)
11/30/1982
Traditional style: Left, wool tweed blazer, $119, tops blue shirt, $32, silk tie, $20, argyle sweater, $44, and brown wool pants, $52
Traditional style: Left, wool tweed blazer, $119, tops blue shirt, $32, silk tie, $20, argyle sweater, $44, and brown wool pants, $52
8/23/1982
Checking plants in one of Humber College's greenhouses, Russ Geddes says right now, there are more jobs than graduates of the college's two-year retail floracultural program he runs - the only one of its kind in Canada. Geddes, who has two sons, says he c
Checking plants in one of Humber College's greenhouses, Russ Geddes says right now, there are more jobs than graduates of the college's two-year retail floracultural program he runs - the only one of its kind in Canada. Geddes, who has two sons, says he c
5/15/1978
Very formal: Oxford gray cutaway tailcoat, striped trousers, wing collar shirt and ascot rent for $75 at Classy Formal Wear, top hat, $20, gloves, $3
Very formal: Oxford gray cutaway tailcoat, striped trousers, wing collar shirt and ascot rent for $75 at Classy Formal Wear, top hat, $20, gloves, $3
2/11/1983
Donato Mendoza, left, a designer of men's and women's clothing, wears a big coat of his own design slit high in the back
Donato Mendoza, left, a designer of men's and women's clothing, wears a big coat of his own design slit high in the back
1/13/1986
Roomy styling: Men's suit at Design Studio show of 40 designers' work featured oversized jacket and long baggy pants
Roomy styling: Men's suit at Design Studio show of 40 designers' work featured oversized jacket and long baggy pants
3/18/1986
Reaching out: Barry Christie, 41-year-old member of a men's conciousness raising group, says men have been restrained too long by the fear of being labelled homosexual It's instilled in men when they're growing up.
Reaching out: Barry Christie, 41-year-old member of a men's conciousness raising group, says men have been restrained too long by the fear of being labelled homosexual It's instilled in men when they're growing up.
12/10/1982
Designer copies: Right, Pearl Chan, in the showroom of her business Chansfield Clothing, wears a Byblos-inspired, portrait-collar jacket
Designer copies: Right, Pearl Chan, in the showroom of her business Chansfield Clothing, wears a Byblos-inspired, portrait-collar jacket
2/14/1989
Designer Michelle Lloyd, above, who believes that lace makes everything look prettier, wore a lace tie collar with her Norma Kamali skater's top [Incomplete]
Designer Michelle Lloyd, above, who believes that lace makes everything look prettier, wore a lace tie collar with her Norma Kamali skater's top [Incomplete]
10/4/1982
Louis-Guy Giroux: Designer is back in Montreal after more than two years in New York
Louis-Guy Giroux: Designer is back in Montreal after more than two years in New York
3/9/1987
Picture-pretty: Blue lace tiered dress, above, with Bertha collar, $130 at Simpsons
Picture-pretty: Blue lace tiered dress, above, with Bertha collar, $130 at Simpsons
1/30/1981