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Clothing and Accessories
Women's Clothing ➔ Suit
Identifier:
131212Description:
This two-piece blue women's suit, also called the victory suit consists of a jacket and skirt and is made of rayon. The jacket has a notched lapel and two flap pockets on the lower portion. There are three plastic buttons down the center front and the shoulders are padded. The jacket has two separate labels. The first reads "Customed by Tailorbrooke". The second reads "National Recovery Board, Coat and Suit Industry" on one side and "Consumers Protection Label, Manufactured Under Fair Labor Standards" on the other side. The skirt has a metal Talon zipper on the proper left side of the waist. Features that are indicative of the 1940s suit style are the sharp angles and the padded shoulders.Date:
circa 1940 – 1950Materials:
RayonCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Gift Of Mrs. Elvira BivinsRelated Entities:
Mrs. Elvira Bivins (donor) Tailorbrooke (creator) National Recovery Administration (is related to)Alternate names: National Recovery Board, NRA
The National Recovery Administration was created in 1933. It was a trade organization that was put into place to guarantee that garments were being made in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards. If the label was found in a garment, it assurer the purchaser that it was made by workers who were being paid a good wage and working manageable hours. This label is seen in clothing from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Talon International, Incorporated (is related to)
Alternate names: Talon, Talon Zipper, Universal Fastener Company
Talon International, Inc., sometimes referred to as Talon Zipper was founded in Chicago in 1893 as the Universal Fastener Company. The company moved to Meadville, Pennsylvania and thrived in the zipper business, due to being the first zipper manufacturing company. In 1968 the company was acquired by Textron and faced many difficulties. The Japanese company YKK was also producing quality zippers but for less money which caused the company's market share to fall to 35% by 1981. In 1981, the company was sold to Nucor Holdings. Production was moved to Mexico but the company still suffered. In 1996 the Universal Fastener Company was acquired by Tag-It-Pacific. Production moved to Asia and in 2007 the company name was changed to Talon International, Incorporated.
