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2. British country clothing - Wikipedia

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   Tweed suits, normally consisting of a jacket, waistcoat and trousers (or skirt) have been an icon of the English country gentleman and lady since the 1840s when Catherine, Lady Dunmore began to provide for the British aristocracy and landed gentry; it soon proved popular as it provided a practical but also smart-casual style. [8]

3. 1900s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   The shirtwaist, a costume with a bodice or waist tailored like a man's shirt with a high collar, was adopted for informal daywear and became the uniform of working women. Wool or tweed suit (clothing) called tailor-mades or (in French) tailleurs featured ankle-length skirts with matching jackets; ladies of fashion wore them with fox furs and ...

4. Tweed - Wikipedia

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   Harris Tweed woven in a herringbone twill pattern, mid-20th century. Tweed is a rough, woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven. It is usually woven with a plain weave, twill or herringbone structure. Colour effects in the yarn may be obtained by mixing dyed wool before it is spun ...

5. 29 times royals recycled their favorite outfits - AOL

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   Princess Diana found two ways to wear a floral skirt in 1981 and 1985. ... again in 2017 during a visit to Mitchell Brook Primary School in the UK. ... this Anderson & Sheppard tweed coat since ...

6. 1910s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   A new monochrome look emerged that was unfamiliar to young women in comfortable circumstances. Women dropped the cumbersome underskirts from their tunic-and-skirt ensembles, simplifying dress and shortening skirts in one step. [8] By 1915, the Gazette du Bon Ton was showing full skirts with hemlines at calf length. These were called the "war ...

7. Victorian fashion - Wikipedia

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   For women, the styles of hats changed over time and were designed to match their outfits. During the early Victorian decades, voluminous skirts held up with crinolines, and then hoop skirts, were the focal point of the silhouette. To enhance the style without distracting from it, hats were modest in size and design, straw and fabric bonnets ...