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A peasant girl wearing a sarafan (1909), by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. A sarafan (Russian: сарафа́н, IPA: [sərɐˈfan], from Persian: سراپا sarāpā, literally "[from] head to feet") [1] is a long, trapezoidal Russian jumper dress (pinafore dress) worn by girls and women and forming part of Russian traditional folk costume.
The term "gymslip" primarily refers to the school uniform; otherwise the term pinafore dress (British English) or jumper dress (American English) is usually preferred. The introduction of the gymslip as female athletic wear is credited to Mary Tait, a student of Martina Bergman-Österberg , a pioneer of women's physical education in Britain. [ 1 ]
Girl wearing pinafore, Denver, Colorado, circa 1910 Two girls wearing pinafores, Ireland, circa 1903 Candy stripers in training in Tallahassee, 1957.. A pinafore / ˈ p ɪ n ə f ɔːr / (colloquially a pinny / ˈ p ɪ n i / in British English) is a sleeveless garment worn as an apron.
Contemporary outfit including a black jumper or pinafore dress Navy woolen pinafore with velvet yoke , worn by students of Dunfermline College of Physical Education c. 1910–1920. 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.
In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, American entertainer Judy Garland wore a blue-and-white dress in her seminal role as Dorothy Gale throughout the film. Also nicknamed the "Dorothy dress", [1] [2] [3] it was designed for the film by MGM costume designer Adrian, who based it on L. Frank Baum's description of Dorothy's dress in his children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).
A pinafore is a sleeveless garment worn as an apron. Pinafore may also refer to: Pinafore dress, sleeveless, collarless dress intended to be worn over a blouse, shirt or sweater; Pinaforing, forced cross-dressing for erotic purposes; H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert and Sullivan opera; USS Pinafore (SP-450), United States Navy launch in commission from ...
Theatre poster, 1879. H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert.It opened at the Opera Comique in London on 25 May 1878, and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time.
16 Inch Shirley doll with a dress with a white top half and a bottom blue skirt section. This skirt section has a white pinafore lied over it with one blue bird on the side of the bottom of the pinafore. On top is a red tie up vest/bodice. Again with the white/off white oil cloth shoes and whitish socks the same as the 13 inch. [12]