About 50,000 shirtwaist dresses were sold, and Ultrasuede became for many years a fashion staple.

Franklin Simon, on 38th Street, was the place for shirtwaist dresses and polo coats.

Others - like poodle skirts, maybe, and shirtwaist dresses - looked cute back in the day, but they're definitely relics from the past.

We did an easy shirtwaist dress in a blue and white crush-dyed cotton with a smart little barbecue apron.

"They gave us each a blue shirtwaist dress and white gloves," she said.

There are not likely to be many mousy shirtwaist dresses or sack suits parading around town either, say people who think about these things.

From the doorway he could see her leg extended toward the concrete floor, and the hem of a bright floral shirtwaist dress.

Anna wore a light-colored shirtwaist dress and had a sweater over her shoulders.

Away down below now, single file on the path, comes a woman with four girls in tow, all of them in shirtwaist dresses.

In her short shirtwaist dress and white winklepicker shoes she was the height of fashion.