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  2. Mod (subculture) - Wikipedia

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    Paul Jobling and David Crowley argued that the definition of mod can be difficult to pin down, because throughout the subculture's original era, it was "prone to continuous reinvention." [ 10 ] They claimed that since the mod scene was so pluralist, the word mod was an umbrella term that covered several distinct sub-scenes.

  3. Dickey (garment) - Wikipedia

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    An advertisement for an interlined shirt-bosom (dickey) made of Fiberloid, a trademarked plastic material. (1912) In clothing for men, a dickey (also dickie and dicky, and tuxedo front in the U.S.) is a type of shirtfront that is worn with black tie (tuxedo) and with white tie evening clothes. [1]

  4. Upturned collar - Wikipedia

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    Lacoste's design called for a thick piqué collar that one would wear turned up to block the sun from one's neck skin. Thus, the tennis shirt's upturned collar was originally designed by the inventor of the tennis shirt, himself, for ease and comfort on the tennis court, aiding the player by helping to prevent sunburn.

  5. Why shirts bunch up in the back & an easy way to fix it - AOL

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    Women's dress shirts are generally cut and/or seamed to follow the natural curves of the body, i.e. full at the bust and hip, whittled down at the waist. Where the dress shirt has been slimmed for ...

  6. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    A stitch is a single turn or loop of the thread or yarn in sewing, knitting, and embroidery. All stitches made with a sewing needle with an "eye" or hole are variations on seven basic stitches: running stitch , backstitch , overcast stitch , cross stitch , buttonhole or blanket stitch , chain stitch , and knot stitch . [ 30 ]

  7. Shirt - Wikipedia

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    Polo shirt (also tennis shirt or golf shirt) – a pullover soft collar short-sleeved shirt with an abbreviated button placket at the neck and a longer back than front (the "tennis tail"). Rugby shirt – a long-sleeved polo shirt, traditionally of rugged construction in thick cotton or wool, but often softer today

  8. Donkey jacket - Wikipedia

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    That same year, Key designed a new type of coat made of a hard-wearing material developed for those who were working on the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. Some of the navvies worked on donkey engines (a steam-powered winch or logging engine), providing the inspiration for the name of George Key's new coat: the donkey jacket. [1]

  9. Oilskin - Wikipedia

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    Oilskin jacket and sou'wester. Oilskin is a waterproof cloth used for making garments typically worn by sailors and by others in wet areas. The modern oilskin garment was developed by a New Zealander, Edward Le Roy, in 1898.