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2. Liberty bodice - Wikipedia

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   A liberty bodice was a simply shaped sleeveless bodice, often made of warm, fleecy fabric, usually with suspenders (US garters) attached. It might be straight or slightly curvy, and sometimes had buttons to fasten on other underwear: drawers (knickers or US panties) or petticoat/slip. A vest (US undershirt) might be worn underneath. The bodices ...

3. Slip (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   A slip is a woman's undergarment worn beneath a dress or skirt. A full slip hangs from the shoulders, usually by means of narrow straps, and extends from the breast to the fashionable skirt length. A half slip (or waist slip) hangs from the waist. The word petticoat may also be used for half slips.

4. Petticoat - Wikipedia

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   Silk embroidery on petticoat, Portugal, c. 1760 Washer woman petticoat inspired skirt and jacket by Sybil Connolly. In the 14th century, both men and women wore undercoats called "petticotes". [3] The word "petticoat" came from Middle English pety cote [4] or pety coote, [5] meaning "a small coat/cote". [6] Petticoat is also sometimes spelled ...

5. Mantua (Kimberley Hall) - Wikipedia

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   A mantua from the collection at Kimberley Hall in Norfolk is the earliest complete European women's costume in the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Also known as the Kimberley Gown , this formal dress is a mantua , a two-piece costume consisting of a draped open robe and a matching underskirt or petticoat, and ...

6. 1860s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Croquet players of 1864 loop their skirts up from floor-length over hooped petticoats. Small hats with ribbon streamers were very popular for young women in the mid-1860s. Day dresses featured wide pagoda sleeves worn over undersleeves or engageantes. High necklines with lace or tatted collars or chemisettes completed the demure daytime look.

7. English medieval clothing - Wikipedia

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   Wealthier women would use fabrics and materials such as silk and fine linen; the lower classes would use wool and coarser linen. [13] The skirt was developed during this period, and quickly eclipsed the petticoat in both popularity and use; [13] [14] use of a headdress, in various forms, (culminating in the hennin) was now an important element too.