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Panniers or side hoops are women's undergarments worn in the 17th and 18th centuries to extend the width of the skirts at the side while leaving the front and back relatively flat. This provided a panel where woven patterns, elaborate decorations and rich embroidery could be displayed and fully appreciated.
She is wearing a voluminous white gown, with lace trimming the low, square neckline and sleeves, which are gathered at the elbow. Her red velvet mantel is lined with ermine. The portrait was painted in 1717. Ulrika Eleonora, Queen Regnant of Sweden 1718–1720 wears a typical royal robe and gown.
Mary Magdalene in cilice. Polychrome wood carving by Pedro de Mena, Church of San Miguel and San Julian, Valladolid. A cilice / ˈ s ɪ l ɪ s /, also known as a sackcloth, [1] was originally a garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair (a hairshirt) worn close to the skin.
Union suits, especially the rear flap, are used for comedic effect in 'Back to the Future Part III (1990), in the 1999 movie adaptation of The Wild Wild West, in 'the TV series Rugrats (1991-2021), and in the Family Guy episode "No Meals on Wheels" which originally aired in 2007.
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It was adopted as mess dress by British military officers, leading to the name mess jacket. It was also soon adopted as a popular women's fashion on both sides of the Atlantic during the 1790–1820 Regency style period [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The spencer was worn as a cardigan , or as a short, fitted jacket cut to just above waist level, or, in ...
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The dudou's original development is sometimes credited to Yang Yuhuan, the curvy consort of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang still remembered as one of China's Four Beauties, [16] at that time, dudou was called hezi (), but the importance of the stomach as the origin of the body's blood and qi in traditional Chinese medicine [17] has meant that variations of the undershirt are found as early as ...