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2. Gilet - Wikipedia

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   A gilet (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ l eɪ /) or body warmer is a sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat or blouse. [1] It may be waist- to knee-length and is typically straight-sided rather than fitted; however, historically, gilets were fitted and embroidered. [2] In 19th-century dressmaking a gilet was a dress bodice shaped like a man's waistcoat. [3]

3. Clothing terminology - Wikipedia

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   In Medieval and Renaissance England gown referred to a loose outer garment worn by both men and women, sometimes short, more often ankle length, with sleeves. By the 18th century gown had become a standard category term for a women's dress , a meaning it retained until the mid-20th century.

4. Basque (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Coat - Wikipedia

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   Man wearing a coat, painting by Julian Fałat, 1900. A coat is typically an outer garment for the upper body, worn by any gender for warmth or fashion. [1] Coats typically have long sleeves and are open down the front, and closing by means of buttons, zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners (AKA velcro), toggles, a belt, or a combination of some of these.

6. Sheath dress - Wikipedia

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   Sheath dress. In fashion, a sheath dress is a fitted, straight cut dress, often nipped at the waistline with no waist seam. [1] When constructing the dress, the bodice and skirt are joined together by combining the skirt darts into one dart: this aligns the skirt darts with the bodice waist dart. [2]

7. Ebenezer Butterick - Wikipedia

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   Eventually, women's patterns would be offered in 13 sizes for dresses, coats and blouses, and five sizes for skirts. The Delineator , August 1894 cover In 1867 Butterick began publishing a magazine to promote their patterns, the Ladies Quarterly of Broadway Fashions , which was followed, in 1868, with the monthly Metropolitan .