enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Poet shirt - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet_shirt

   A man wearing a ruffled white satin poet blouse. The famous Seinfeld "puffy shirt", an example of a poet shirt blouse.. A poet shirt (also known as a poet blouse or pirate shirt) is a type of shirt made as a loose-fitting blouse with full bishop sleeves, usually decorated with large frills on the front and on the cuffs. [1]

3. 1930–1945 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930–1945_in_Western_fashion

   Most women wore skirts at or near knee-length, with simply-cut blouses or shirts and square-shouldered jackets. Popular magazines and pattern companies advised women on how to remake men's suits into smart outfits, since the men were in uniform and the cloth would otherwise sit unused. Eisenhower jackets became popular in this period.

4. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_sewing_terms

   1. A dressmaker is a person who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. Also called a mantua-maker (historically) or a modiste. 2. Dressmaker as an adjective denotes clothing made in the style of a dressmaker, frequently in the term dressmaker details which includes ruffles, frills, ribbon or braid trim.

5. Ruff (clothing) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruff_(clothing)

   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 ...

6. 1700–1750 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700–1750_in_Western_fashion

   Sleeves were bell- or trumpet-shaped, and caught up at the elbow to show the frilled or lace-trimmed sleeves of the shift beneath. Sleeves became narrower as the period progressed, with a frill at the elbow, and elaborate separate ruffles called engageantes were tacked to the shift sleeves, in a fashion that would persist into the 1770s.

7. Sack-back gown - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack-back_gown

   Scalloped ruffles often trimmed elbow-length sleeves, which were worn with separate frills called engageantes. The casaquin (popularly known from the 1740s onwards as a pet-en-l'air) was an abbreviated version of the robe à la française worn as a jacket for informal wear with a matching or contrasting petticoat.