• Basic Costuming,  Costuming

    The Anatomy of a Men’s Dress Shirt

    Let’s take a closer look at the anatomy of a men’s dress shirt!  A dress shirt is one of the most basic pieces of clothing–one you will probably find to some extent in any show that takes place as early as the Victorian era to the present day.   When you break a dress shirt down into pieces, you will find that although the shirts in different periods look different, all of the dress shirts have pretty much the same build, just with different variations in style.   We will dive further into different variations of collar, cuff, pocket, fabric, etc in a later article.  This post may contain affiliate links. We…