Gay dungarees

Dungarees &#; or overalls &#; have lived many lives. The word “dungarees” originally referred to the fabric that was first used for them, which came from the Indian village of Dongri and was named “dungri.” When, necessitated by the industrial revolution and enabled by the British Empire, the fabric was exported to England to be made into workwear, the name “dungaree” evolved. At this point, the dungarees/overalls that we picture today were still a thing of fantasy; the garments being made from dungaree fabric were instead sturdy functional trousers.¹ The addition of the bib was designed for practicality, particularly for farming and other forms of manual work. While they were mostly worn by men, this changed when women entered the farm and factory floor en masse during World Wars I and II.²

Dungarees in their most basic, denim form, to be worn layered rather than on their own as a fashionable jumpsuit, sprung out of the working world into everyday wardrobes in the s and 80s. At various points, they’ve been in fashion. At others, they’ve very much been out of it. Their most vi