Da Vinci Workwear

Do you remember the ding of the service station bell, which signaled a uniformed service station attendant to appear and offer to "fill-er-up"? After pumping your gas at pennies per gallon, the attendant would wash the windshield, check the oil, battery and other fluids, and tire air pressure. Do you remember pulling a cold bottle of soda from the icy water in the soda cooler and using the bottle opener to pull off the soda cap, or using the restroom without asking for the key? If these things seem familiar, then you remember the heyday of the American Gas Station.

As competition between refineries grew, the 1930s and 1940s were a time of new marketing strategies. Service station attendants in "snappy" company uniforms that offered a variety of auto services became common. The Da Vinci Workwear Collection of shirts is inspired by these mostly bygone days of excellent full-service gas stations uniforms.