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2. Cardigan (sweater) - Wikipedia

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   Coco Chanel is credited with popularizing cardigans for women because "she hated how tight-necked men's sweaters messed up her hair when she pulled them over her head." [ 7 ] The garment is mostly associated with the college culture of the Roaring Twenties and early 1930s, being also popular throughout the 1950s, 1970s, 1990s, 2000s and into ...

3. 1970s in fashion - Wikipedia

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   This was primarily based on tracksuits, jumpsuits, velour or terry cloth shirts (often striped and low-cut), [15] sweaters, cardigans, sweatshirts, puffer vests, [344] flare jeans, [15] straight-leg jeans, and collared shirts, both long sleeve and short sleeve.

4. Draped garment - Wikipedia

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   A draped garment (draped dress) [1] is a garment that is made of a single piece of cloth that is draped around the body; drapes are not cut away or stitched as in a tailored garment. Drapes can be held to the body by means of knotting , pinning , fibulae , clasps , sashes , belts , tying drawstrings , or just plain friction and gravity alone.

5. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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   Raw silk—35 to 40 mm (heavier silks appear more "wooly") Organza—4 to 6 mm; Charmeuse—12 to 30 mm; The higher the weight in mommes, the more durable the weave and the more suitable it is for heavy-duty use. Also, the heavier the silk, the more opaque it becomes. This can vary even within the same weave of silk: for example, lightweight ...

6. Kimono - Wikipedia

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   Kimono are traditionally made from a single bolt of fabric known as a tanmono, which is roughly 11.5 metres (38 ft) long and 36 centimetres (14 in) wide for women, [1] and 12.5 metres (41 ft) long and 42 centimetres (17 in) wide for men.

7. Draped turban - Wikipedia

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   While earlier portraits show examples of the turban in women's dress – notably Vermeer's 1665 portrait Girl with a Pearl Earring – the draped turban is first recorded as a widespread fashion in Britain in the late 18th century, rising to even greater popularity during the Regency era; this was a fashion said to be inspired by increased trade with India for the import of cottons. [1]