The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-18 00:00:00

THE APOLLO SHIRT,

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)ISCOVERY

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Prices, C

J. WAGGOTT,
SHIRT MAKER, HOSIER, GLOVER, &c.,
59, BERRY-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

It is generally admitted that amongst the
various articles of clothing, there is nothing
so difficult to procure as a perfect fit in Shirts ;
in fact it is impossible, according to the pre-
sent mode of the shape and manufacture, that
it should be otherwise; every movement of
the body of the Shirt affects the position and
cleanliness of the breast, even in the mere
process of putting it on, as the body of the
common- Shirt is so intimately connected with
the breast that the action cracks the starch,
and lays the first foundation of creases and
soiled lines ; and when on, the action of the
arms and ordinary movements of the person,
without affecting the correct fit and appear-
ance of the breast, is quite unprovided for,
from there being no firm line of demarkation
between the breast and body, and also from
its improper form.

After the close attention and practical obser-
vance of several years to' Shirt making, the
subscriber feels confident in the merits of the
discovery he is now offering to the public ; he
has derived the name from the general resem-
blance which the shape of the breast bears• to
that classic and symbolic figure of antiquity,
the Lyre of Apollo, the breast being in that
form, is contained within a beautifully
stitched and p.m band, cut out of one piece
of cloth entirely surrounding it and the collar;
the band resting in fair balance on the neck
and shoulders, acts upon the collar and breast
in the same manner as a frame to a picture,
,thus completely preventing the continual ac-
tion of the other parts of the Shirt affecting
the position of the breast in the slightest man-
ner, whilst the peculiar shape of the breast,
forming an apex at the bottom, marks its pro-
per place, which, upon putting it on, it imme-
diately assumes and maintains; here the un-
necessary surplus length of plaits occasioned
by the square bottom of the common Shirt is
avoided, thus removing, in a great measure,
one of the chief difficulties in fitting a Shirt.
The indentation on the sides of the breast of
the APOLLO SHIRT, allows complete room
for the play of the arms and braces without
interfering with the position of the breast, an
object most unaccountably overlooked in all
the Shirts at present in use, in short, the
most violent exercise may be resorted to,
without hazarding the chance of removing the
breast from the position it ought to maintain,
coupled with this advantage, that the APOLLO
SHIRT, from its inability to crease, will be
perfectly clean, when the common Shirt is
completely soiled from the same amount of
wear.

In a Shirt that fits, the economy of wear
must be self-evident ; with this is combined
the BEST MATERIALS that inoney and
judgment can select, whilst the prices charged
for the APOLLO SHIRTS bear no relation to
those charged for many qualities of the com-
mon Shirts in use.

—Parties imitating WAGGOTT'S APOLLO
SHIRT will render themselves liable to
prosecution.
15.6 d.,. Is. 6d., Bs. 6d. Inspection invited.