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Science and controlled environments

Clothing that exists to protect the work from the worker, rather than the other way round.

The Coat that Was Borrowed

The white coat is the most borrowed garment in this archive — doctors took it from chemists, and everyone else took it from doctors. It is also the only professional uniform here that was never re-cut for women.

Two chemists in a 1940s laboratory, a bacteriologist around 1950, and a geneticist in 2012 — all in white coats

Collection: Science and Controlled Environments

Every type of science and controlled environments in one place — 4 chapters, Laboratory and research, Cleanroom and semiconductor, Biocontainment and hazmat and the rest, with the plates and an inventory to download.

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Every Research post and every Essay, free to read.

All Research posts — one uniform at a time, in archive photographs
All Essays — the long-form arguments
The fortnightly letter

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Collections

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The complete archive for one family of uniform at a time — every subtype as a chapter, with the full plate set and an inventory to download.

All 16 Collections in full
Every uniform subtype as its own chapter
An inventory spreadsheet with holding collection, date, creator, rights and source
Free for personal and commercial use — no attribution required
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