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The style was characterised by its full skirts. The bodice could be fitted, or straight-cut in the chemise manner, with a dropped waist, but it was the full skirt that denoted the robe de style. Sometimes the fullness was supported with petticoats, panniers, or hoops. The robe de style was a signature design of the couturier Jeanne Lanvin. [1]
The sack-back gown or robe à la française was a women's fashion of 18th century Europe. [1] At the beginning of the century, the sack-back gown was a very informal style of dress. At its most informal, it was unfitted both front and back and called a sacque, contouche, or robe battante. By the 1770s the sack-back gown was second only to court ...
The Bloomer Costume was a type of women's clothing introduced in the Antebellum period, that changed the style from dresses to a more male-type style, which was devised by Amelia Bloomer. The Wellington boot was a cavalry boot devised by the Duke of Wellington, originally made from leather, but now normally rubber.
A basque is an item of women's clothing. The term, of French origin, originally referred to types of bodice or jacket with long tails, and in later usage a long corset, characterized by a close, contoured fit and extending past the waistline over the hips. It is so called because the original French fashion for long women's jackets was adopted from Basque traditional dress. In contemporary ...
against the blow. This word describes the repercussion of a physical or mental shock, or an indirect consequence of an event. Contre-jour contre-jour against daylight. This word (mostly used in art namely photography, cinema or painting) describes the light that illumines an object from the other side of your own point of view. contretemps
A tasting of a group of wines from the same vintage or representing the same style of wine (such as all Pinot noirs from different wineries in a region), as opposed to a vertical tasting which involves of the same wine through different vintages. In a horizontal tasting, keeping wine variety or type and wine region the same helps emphasize ...
The Bohemian style, often termed 'Boho chic', is a fashion and lifestyle choice characterized by its unconventional and free-spirited essence. While its precise origins are debated, Bohemian style is believed to have been influenced by the nomadic lifestyle of the Romani people during the late 19th century to the early 20th century.
A peignoir (/ ˈ p ɛ n w ɑːr, ˈ p eɪ n w ɑːr / PEN-war, PAY-nwar, US also / p ɛ ˈ n w ɑːr, p eɪ ˈ n w ɑːr / pen-WAR, pay-NWAR, [1] [2] [3] French: ⓘ) is a long outer garment for women which is frequently sheer and made of chiffon or another translucent fabric.