Billy Berg was a nightlife impresario in the 40s and 50s. The Berg brand meant music and dancing and drinking, a hip crowd and hipper bands. Berg owned at least six different clubs in the Los Angeles area, and his flagship was Billy Berg’s in the heart of Hollywood. It was one of the first nightclubs to disregard the color barrier onstage and at the tables, and he booked big jazz musicians including Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.

DEFUNCT: 1955

• Brand: Gilden
• 100% cotton
• Pre-shrunk
• Boxy fit
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Seamless double-needle 7⁄8″ (2.2 cm) collar
• Double-needle stitched sleeves and bottom hem
• Quarter-turned to avoid crease down the middle