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  2. Sleeve garter - Wikipedia

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    Sleeve garter. A sleeve garter is a garter worn on the sleeve of a shirt. It came into wide use, especially in the US, in the latter half of the 19th century when men's ready-made shirts came in a single (extra long) sleeve length. Sleeve garters allow individuals to customize sleeve lengths and keep their cuffs from becoming soiled while ...

  3. Guayabera - Wikipedia

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    Guayabera. The guayabera ( / ɡwaɪ.əˈbɛrə / ), also known as camisa de Yucatán ( Yucatán shirt), is a men's summer shirt, worn outside the trousers, distinguished by two columns of closely sewn pleats running the length of the front and back of the shirt. Typically made of linen, silk, or cotton, and appropriate for hot and/or humid ...

  4. Clothing in the ancient world - Wikipedia

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    The clothing of men and women at several social levels of Ancient Egypt are depicted in this tomb mural from the 15th century BC. The preservation of fabric fibers and leathers allows for insights into the attire of ancient societies. The clothing used in the ancient world reflects the technologies that these peoples mastered. In many cultures ...

  5. Dickey (garment) - Wikipedia

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    Dickey (garment) In clothing for men, a dickey (also dickie and dicky, and tuxedo front in the U.S.) is a type of shirtfront that is worn with black tie (tuxedo) and with white tie evening clothes. [1] The dickey is usually attached to the shirt collar and then tucked into the waistcoat or cummerbund. Some dickey designs have a trouser-button ...

  6. Dress shirt - Wikipedia

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    Dress shirt. A folded white dress shirt with French double cuffs. A dress shirt, button shirt, button-front, button-front shirt, or button-up shirt is a garment with a collar and a full-length opening at the front, which is fastened using buttons or shirt studs. A button-down or button-down shirt is a dress shirt with a button-down collar – a ...

  7. Clerical clothing - Wikipedia

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    Clerical waistcoat or rabat: Clerical waistcoats or rabats are the most traditional and formal item of clerical costume. They are almost always black and are made of worsted wool. Clerical waistcoats generally sport silk backing. They are worn over a neckband shirt and a detachable collar to create a cassock-like appearance about the neck.

  8. Things Boomers Took for Granted That are Obsolete Now

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    AT&T and Verizon both estimated that less than 1% of their service still runs on 3G networks — so the choice was clear. Devices that rely on 3G, including old smartphones, some medical and ...

  9. Doublet (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    Doublet (clothing) The unidentified tailor in Giovanni Battista Moroni 's famous portrait of c. 1570 is in doublet and lined and stuffed ("bombasted") hose. A doublet (/ˈdʌblɪt/; [1] derived from the Ital. giubbetta [2]) is a man's snug-fitting jacket that is shaped and fitted to a man's body. The garment was worn in Spain, and spread to the ...