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  2. Clothing terminology - Wikipedia

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    Shirt and skirt are originally the same word, the former being the southern and the latter the northern pronunciation in early Middle English. Coat remains a term for an overgarment, its essential meaning for the last thousand years (see Coat).

  3. Skirt - Wikipedia

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    T-skirt: A skirt made from a tee-shirt. The T-skirt is generally modified to result in a pencil skirt, with invisible zippers, full length two-way separating side zippers, as well as artful fabric overlays and yokes. Tiered skirt: A skirt made of several horizontal layers, each wider than the one above, and divided by stitching.

  4. List of garments having different names in American and ...

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    Sleeveless one-piece outfit worn over a shirt, with long legs dungarees [20] overalls, [17] bib overalls, farm overalls Long leg bottoms made out of thick sweatshirt fabric with elastic at the bottom joggers, [21] jogging bottoms, tracksuit bottoms [22] sweatpants, [23] joggers [24] Track suit trousers

  5. Shirts versus skins - Wikipedia

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    A stickball game in progress in 1999 in Havana, Cuba. In sports, shirts vs skins (or shirts and skins) is a common form of denoting team affiliations in a pick-up game or in school; typically, when played by boys on a public court or field, such as in a city park or schoolyard, or during physical education class or intramural sports at school.

  6. Tunic - Wikipedia

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    The tunic or chiton was worn as a shirt or gown by all genders among the ancient Romans. The body garment was loose-fitting for males, usually beginning at the neck and ending above the knee. A woman's garment could be either close fitting or loose, beginning at the neck and extending over a skirt or skirts.

  7. Clothing - Wikipedia

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    Women wore dresses all day, every day. Day dresses had a drop waist, which was a sash or belt around the low waist or hip and a skirt that hung anywhere from the ankle on up to the knee, never above. Day wear had sleeves (long to mid-bicep) and a skirt that was straight, pleated, hank hemmed, or tiered. Jewelry was not conspicuous. [46]

  8. Dress shirt - Wikipedia

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    A dress shirt, button shirt, button-front, button-front shirt, or button-up shirt is a garment with a collar and a full-length opening at the front, which is fastened using buttons or shirt studs. A button-down or button-down shirt is a dress shirt with a button-down collar – a collar having the ends fastened to the shirt with buttons. [1]

  9. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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    Sizing systems vary based on the country and the type of garment, such as dresses, tops, skirts, and trousers. There are three approaches: Body dimensions: The label states the range of body measurements for which the product was designed. [1] (For example: bike helmet label stating "head girth: 56–60 cm".)