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Sleeveless dress worn over a shirt Pinafore, pinny, pinafore dress [5] Jumper, jumper dress, dress Old-fashioned style of apron Pinafore apron [6] Pinafore, pinafore apron [6] Sleeveless padded garment used as outerwear Gilet, body warmer [7] Vest, puffer vest [7] [8] Sleeveless garment used as outerwear Waistcoat [9] Vest, [8] tailored vest
1. A dressmaker is a person who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. Also called a mantua-maker (historically) or a modiste. 2. Dressmaker as an adjective denotes clothing made in the style of a dressmaker, frequently in the term dressmaker details which includes ruffles, frills, ribbon or braid trim.
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 The Wellington boot was a cavalry boot devised by the Duke of Wellington , originally made from leather, but now normally rubber.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 dress (also known as a frock or a gown) is a one-piece outer garment that is worn on the torso and hangs down over the legs and is primarily worn by women or girls. [1] [2] Dresses often consist of a bodice attached to a skirt. Dress shapes and silhouettes, textiles, and colors vary.
The dress, which was originally used as an undergarment or chemise for the holokū, lacked a yoke [3] [2] and may have featured short sleeves or no sleeves at all. [4] The muumuu was made of lightweight solid white cotton fabric and, in addition to being an undergarment, served Hawaiian women as a housedress, nightgown, and swimsuit. [ 4 ]
Court dress with long train. Portugal, c.1845. In clothing, a train describes the long back portion of a robe, coat, cloak, skirt, overskirt, or dress that trails behind the wearer. It is a common part of ceremonial robes in academic dress, court dress or court uniform. It is also a common part of a woman's formal evening gowns or wedding dresses.
As English loanwords, both "cheongsam" and "qipao" describe the same type of body-hugging dress worn by Chinese women, and the words could be used interchangeably. [5]The term cheongsam is a romanization of Cantonese word chèuhngsāam (長衫; 'long shirt/dress'), which comes from the Shanghainese term zansae.
A jumper (in American English), jumper dress, or pinafore dress [1] [2] is a sleeveless, collarless dress intended to be worn over a blouse, shirt, T-shirt or sweater. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Hemlines can be of different lengths and the type of collar and whether there is pleating are also variables in the design.