Word: collarses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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John B. Bolton, expert in fabrics, invented the cloth out of which semisoft collars are made. Then there was John M. Van Heusen, who vainly tried to sell the material to collar manufacturers until one day he talked to Isaac ("Iky") Phillips, a shirt manufacturer. Mr. Phillips arranged to give...
The collar manufacturers whom Mr. Van Heusen had solicited were surprised at this quick sweep to popularity. So, no laggards, they at once produced semisoft collars of goods like the Van Heusen material. He sued them for infringement of patents and got $3,000,000 upon compromise. John B. Bolton...
During the last 15 years the U. S. collar industry has become highly concentrated. Whereas in 1910 there were 35 manufacturers, there now are but 10 concerns, whose annual business totals $25,000,000,* half in stiff collars, half in soft. Cluttt, Peabody's Arrow collars are the best...
My shirts, and wherewithal and collars
The man about town, from time immemorial, the beau ideal of tailors, is fast yielding his place to the college man. As one scans the magazine and newspaper advertisements one is soon struck with the high opinion which Fashion Park holds concerning the collegiate mode--that is collegiate in the...