The move to all-white uniforms for nurses—what many consider the traditional look—did not happen overnight. Historical photographs reveal that many nurses were wearing entirely white uniforms in the ...

The feelings of most nurses who remember the traditional white nurse's uniform fall somewhere in the middle. At one time, they wore their uniforms proudly, and speak of them with fondness today.

The black taffeta dress bears the name tag “Nurse Grimm, Night Nurse.” Clinging to a dressmaker’s dummy, the funereal version of a uniform no longer in demand includes details from decades of designs: ...