Objects of Substance- White Blouse

1953 Nola Welch and Marilyn Huxley

Across the 1950s and 60s the blouses became shorter and more fitted, which is illustrated by the sweet 1953 Box Brownie snap of Nola Welch (1955), and friend, Marilyn Huxley (1955), and in Christine Purvis’s (1965) uniform prospectus dated 1958, clearly picturing a short sleeve blouse. The 1970s saw shorter skirts, long socks, and longer, looser blouses in preparation for the big hair and big shoulders of 1980s.