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  2. Ribbon work - Wikipedia

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    In 1789, the regime of the French Revolution decreed that clothing should be plain, so silk ribbons fell out of fashion in France and were exported to North America. [1] Consequently, the people of the northern plains who traded furs with the French became known for their ribbon work. They include Métis, Ojibwe, and Cree. Later, the art spread ...

  3. Close-bodied gown - Wikipedia

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    Close-bodied gown or robe à l'anglaise of purple and white striped silk, French, 1785-90, LACMA, M.2007.211.931. A close-bodied gown, English nightgown, or robe à l'anglaise was a women's fashion of the 18th century.

  4. 1820s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    A wide ribbon sash is fastened with a gold buckle. German, 1827. Sarah Stanton Blake wears a frilled indoor cap trimmed with sheer ribbon and a high-necked chemise or chemisette under her black dress and scarlet shawl. Massachusetts, c. 1827. Dress of silk and cotton gauze, dyed chrome yellow and block printed with a chinoiserie pattern, Europe ...

  5. 1795–1820 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    The morning dress has back gathers and long sleeves, and like the walking costume, has trim at the hemline and new detail at the upper sleeve. During the first two decades of the 19th century, fashions continued to follow the basic high-waisted empire silhouette , but in other respects, neoclassical influences became progressively diluted.

  6. Sleeve garter - Wikipedia

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    Today, sleeve garters are part of the costume of poker dealers and other card dealers in casinos.While this is widely understood to make it more difficult for the dealer to cheat by concealing a card in his sleeve, the sleeve garter is usually accompanied by a vest and bow tie (and sometimes a visor), suggesting this usage might date to late 19th and early 20th-century fashion as much as it ...

  7. Grosgrain - Wikipedia

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    A close-up of a piece of grosgrain ribbon. Note the ribs that go across the ribbon. Grosgrain ribbons in various colors and widths. Grosgrain (/ ˈ ɡ r oʊ ɡ r eɪ n / GROH-grayn, [1] also sometimes / ˈ ɡ r ɒ s ɡ r eɪ n / GROS-grayn) is a type of fabric or ribbon defined by the fact that its weft is heavier than its warp, creating prominent transverse ribs.