The shirt or red jacket [1] [2] was chosen to be the hallmark of Giuseppe Garibaldi and his volunteers since 1843, when the patriot 500 Italians gathered in Montevideo to defend the Republic of Uruguay by Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas, who wanted to conquer it.
Garibaldi, relying on little funding for his business, he found the red woolen cloth, usually used for coats of butchers to cover his troops.
The red shirts became one of the leaders of the birth of the Kingdom of Italy. The Museum of Garibaldi
Mentana displaying some examples of coats Garibaldi. The shape of a blouse, the blouse from work used by workers and artisans [3] of resistant cloth, in different guises and red points of each other. Garnish with twisted cords and presumably Upholstery, were clearly handmade. The collar is typical of modern popular shirts, which was then used only for work clothes or sportswear, or raised, what is today called 'Mandarin'. Some pockets are similar to those currently used in the casual wear, others are 'sblusate' in life and held with a ring of dark leather, some are more members.
