Dressed for war: the return of utilitarian clothing

From Boiler Suit, to Overall or Jumpsuit, in English there are different words to designate the same garment, the monkey.As Pucci did in the 60s, there by 1939 Elsa Schiaparelli took out his own version, with a belt and zipper pockets to save valuable belongings.In addition to work uniform, in full conflict it became one of the most common garments for its ease of putting it and removing it on clothes.The one that included zipper, called Siren Suit, was one of the favorites of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, especially the gray of wool with diplomatic line that used to lead to the bombing.

However, beyond war and factories, the origin of this garment lies in several experiments of the avant -garde art of the twentieth century.In fact, several artistic currents of this and west ended up converging in what is probably the most democratic piece of the closet.In Europe we would have to go back to the Italian futurism of the designer Ernesto Michahelles, also known to the Palindromo Thayaht.

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The first reference to the garment that this artist devised in the newspaper Florentino la Nazione in 1919.Playing with several words, he ended up calling Tuta, and fell so much that it is the Italian term with which the monkey is currently designated.It was washable cotton and above all, the most versatile.The initial idea, explains in a very complete essay Flavia Loscialpo, fashion academic at Solent University of Southampton, was formulated as a summer piece in 1919.A "universal" garment suitable for everyone and very cheap: if a current cotton piece needed about 100-150 liras in fabric, "the preparation of the tuta required less than 50".In addition, it excluded any detail, simply including four pockets, seven front buttons and a neck.For futurists, says theialpo, elegance had nothing to do with the quality of fabrics, so "women had to eliminate any external detail and concentrate on the beauty of absolute simplicity".