"' Canadian Battledress "'never had a 1940-type pattern introduced, though the collar closure did change from a set of hooks and eyes to a flap and button in about 1943.
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Sundback successfully redesigned Judson's fastener into a more streamlined and reliable form called " Talon . " Automatic Hook and Eye Company then changed its name to the Hookless Fastener Company.
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It was made of two long pieces of steel, one with loops and the other with posts, that functioned in the same way as hook and eye fastenings on a garment.
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Many garments before the 1920s were fastened with buttons and lacing, however, during this decade, the development of metal hooks and eyes meant that there were easier means of fastening clothing shut.
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Imbuing the old with the new, she also showed pale pink blouses that closed with hook and eyes, and simple skirts made interesting with fabrics like crinkled taffeta resembling crushed aluminum foil.
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These bodices generally fastened in back by means of hooks and eyes, but a new fashion for a [ jacket ] bodice appeared as well, buttoned in front and worn over a chemisette.
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Many high-quality examples show apparent fastenings of gold or silver tape at the front, however, these were merely decorative, the real fastenings being hidden hooks and eyes attached to the inside of the join.
38.
After that date, either kirtles or petticoats might have attached bodices or " bodies " that fastened with lacing or hooks and eyes and most had sleeves that were pinned or laced in place.
39.
In 2001, Posen constructed a gown entirely made from thin leather strips and dressmaker hooks and eyes that was displayed by the Victoria and Albert Museum and featured in their " Curvaceous " exhibition.
40.
As a fitted style emerged under Spanish influence, the gown was made as a separate bodice and skirt; this bodice usually fastened at the side or the side-back with hooks and eyes or lacing.
