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British English American English Longsleeve knit top jumper [1] sweater [2] [3] Sleeveless knit top sleeveless jumper, slipover, [4] knit tank top sweater vest [3] Sleeveless dress worn over a shirt Pinafore, pinny, pinafore dress [5] Jumper, jumper dress, dress Old-fashioned style of apron Pinafore apron [6] Pinafore, pinafore apron [6]
Toile is the British English term for a test garment. The equivalent American English term is muslin. trim Trim or trimming in clothing and home decorating is applied ornamentation such as gimp, passementerie, ribbon, ruffles, or, as a verb, to apply such ornament. twill tape Twill tape is a flat twill-woven ribbon of cotton, linen, polyester ...
Edward VI in a red fur-lined gown with split hanging sleeves, a men's fashion of the mid-16th century. Despite the constant introduction of new terms by fashion designers, clothing manufacturers, and marketers, the names for several basic garment classes in English are very stable over time.
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The word comes through Portuguese banian and Arabic بنيان, banyān, from the Gujarati વાણિયો, vāṇiyo, meaning "merchant". European women wore banyans in the 18th century as dressing gowns in the morning, before robing for the day, or in the evening before bed over undergarments, as described by the Victoria and Albert Museum ...
A hooded down gilet featuring seamless quilted pockets filled with down.. A gilet (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ l eɪ /) or body warmer is a sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat or blouse. [1] It may be waist- to knee-length and is typically straight-sided rather than fitted; however, historically, gilets were fitted and embroidered. [2]
Coat is one of the earliest clothing category words in English, attested as far back as the early Middle Ages. (See also Clothing terminology.) The Oxford English Dictionary traces coat in its modern meaning to c. 1300, when it was written cote or cotte. The word coat stems from Old French and then Latin cottus. [2]
Chemise, linen, c.1790-1810. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute: 2009.300.392.. A chemise or shift is a classic smock type of women's undergarment or dress. . Historically, a chemise was a simple garment worn next to the skin to protect clothing from sweat and body oils, the precursor to the modern shirts commonly worn in Western