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In British English, a haberdasher is a business or person who sells small articles for sewing, dressmaking and knitting, such as buttons, ribbons, and zippers; [1] in the United States, the term refers instead to a men's clothing store that sells suits, shirts, neckties, men's dress shoes, and other items.
Hat-making or millinery is the design, manufacture and sale of hats and other headwear. [1] A person engaged in this trade is called a milliner or hatter . Historically, milliners made and sold a range of accessories for clothing and hairstyles. [ 2 ]
A felt hat with a corded band and feather ornament, originating from the Alps. Umbrella hat: A hat made from an umbrella that straps to the head. Has been made with mosquito netting. Upe: A Bougainvillean headdress made from tightly wound straw. Ushanka: A Russian fur hat with fold-down ear-flaps. Utility cover
A haberdasher's shop or the items sold therein are called haberdashery. header tape Drapery header tape is a stiff fabric band sewn along the top edge of a curtain to provide stiffness and stability to the fabric so that it does not sag. [13] To simplify the task of gathering pleats across the panel, the tape can be made with pleat pockets. [14]
The Oxford English Dictionary cites a use of the word (in quotation marks) from the Australian Women's Weekly of January 1979, but here it appears to have been used in a slightly variant sense, to describe a woman's hat incorporating a small veil (in other words, a cocktail hat). [6] However, the term was certainly in use in its modern sense by ...
strictly a shop owner or shop that sells newspapers, usu. refers to a small shop, e.g. corner shop, convenience store, newsstand, or similar (US: newsdealer) newsreader someone who reads the news on TV or radio. nice one * (slang) a way of thanking someone, or congratulating them. nicker
In parts of the English-speaking world, this type of knitted hat is traditionally called a beanie. However, in parts of Canada and the US, the word 'beanie' can additionally be used to denote a different design of brimless cap, which is floppy and made up of joined panels of felt, twill, or other tightly woven cloth rather than being knitted.
In the early 1900s, an alternative word for barber, "chirotonsor", came into use in the U.S. [2] Different states in the US vary on their labor and licensing laws. For example, in Maryland and Pennsylvania, a cosmetologist cannot use a straight razor, strictly reserved for barbers. In contrast, in New Jersey both are regulated by the State ...