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2. Bell sleeve - Wikipedia

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   Bell sleeves end anywhere from the elbow to the wrist. Flared sleeves ending at the upper bicep are similarly shaped, but are instead called butterfly sleeves. The effect is reminiscent of a bell in its shape. If the sleeve is relatively full in circumference and is gathered or pleated into both the armhole and at the bottom, it is called a ...

3. Engageante - Wikipedia

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   In the 18th century, engageantes took the form of ruffles or flounces of linen, cotton, or lace, tacked to the elbow-length sleeves then fashionable. [1] In the mid-19th century, the term engageante was used for separate false sleeves, usually with fullness gathered tight at the wrist, worn under the open bell-shaped "pagoda" sleeves of day ...

4. Sleeve - Wikipedia

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   Batwing sleeve: A long sleeve with a deep armhole, tapering toward the wrist. Also known as a "magyar" sleeve Bell sleeve: A long sleeve fitted from the shoulder to elbow and gently flared from elbow onward Bishop sleeve: A long sleeve, fuller at the bottom than the top, and gathered into a cuff: Butterfly sleeve

5. 1700–1750 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Sleeves were bell- or trumpet-shaped, and caught up at the elbow to show the frilled or lace-trimmed sleeves of the shift beneath. Sleeves became narrower as the period progressed, with a frill at the elbow, and elaborate separate ruffles called engageantes were tacked to the shift sleeves, in a fashion that would persist into the 1770s.

6. Reviewers Dish on Cocktail Dresses They Love for Women ... - AOL

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   Cocktail dresses for women over 50 bring style, comfort, and sex appeal. ... a tasteful 3/4-sleeve length with its elegant flared bell sleeves. ... pattern floats atop a slip dress with elbow ...

7. 1840s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort at home, 1841. Her dress shows the fashionable silhouette, with its pointed waist, sloping shoulder, and bell-shaped skirt. 1840s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by a narrow, natural shoulder line following the exaggerated puffed sleeves of the later 1820s and 1830s ...