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Then, like many other originally practical items in the history of men's wear, from the late 15th century onward it became elaborated enough to be seen on its own. Throughout the 250 years of its use, the doublet served the same purpose: to give the fashionable shape of the time, in order to add padding to the body under armour in war, to ...
List of men's doubles Grand Slam tournament champions in tennis: [1]. Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman are the only doubles players and team to achieve a Grand Slam, doing so in 1951, [2] (the Bryans won four consecutive majors, but over the course of two calendar years), and their seven consecutive major titles remain the longest title streak in men's doubles major history.
The inaugural US Open men's doubles tennis tournament, in 1881, was reserved for United States National Lawn Tennis Association (USNLTA) club members and was won by Clarence Clark and Frederick Winslow Taylor. [1] The following year, 1882, the championships opened to international competitors.
Year Champions Runners-up Score [1]; 1968: John Newcombe Tony Roche: Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle: 3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 14–12, 6–3 1969: John Newcombe Tony Roche
For viewers watching from their screens, Masayuki Ino’s fall show for his brand Doublet may have seemed relatively ordinary, save for his usual quirkiness that made its appearance both in the ...
In the 1650s, sleeves of the doublet ranged from above to below the elbow. The sleeves could be slashed, unslashed, or dividing into two parts and buttoned together. The length of the doublet reached the waist but by the late 1650s and early 1660s, the doublet became very short, only reaching the bottom of the rib cage, much like a bolero jacket.
The ruff, which was worn by men, women and children, evolved from the small fabric ruffle at the neck of the shirt or chemise. Ruffs served as changeable pieces of cloth that could themselves be laundered separately while keeping the wearer's doublet or gown from becoming soiled at the neckline. The stiffness of the garment forced upright ...
Whole-cloth quilt, 18th century, Netherlands.Textile made in India. In Europe, quilting appears to have been introduced by Crusaders in the 12th century (Colby 1971) in the form of the aketon or gambeson, a quilted garment worn under armour which later developed into the doublet, which remained an essential part of fashionable men's clothing for 300 years until the early 1600s.
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