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2. Sheath dress - Wikipedia

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   Sheath dress. In fashion, a sheath dress is a fitted, straight cut dress, often nipped at the waistline with no waist seam. [1] When constructing the dress, the bodice and skirt are joined together by combining the skirt darts into one dart: this aligns the skirt darts with the bodice waist dart. [2]

3. Pleated linen - Wikipedia

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   The earliest form of pleated linen dates from ancient Egypt and can be seen in a garment known as the Tarkhan dress, which is over 5000 years old and is believed to be one of the oldest dresses in existence. [1] Other examples of pleated linen from ancient history include pleated linen from the tomb of queen Neferu. [2]

4. Egyptian cultural dress - Wikipedia

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   In Al Gadida, the dress is a black flared T dress of black cotton with narrow sleeves. Older dresses were once made of blue fabric. The embroidery is similar to Al Musheyya, but the chest has vertical columns in the wing area, and echoed lines in the point area. There are shoulder bands of diamond patterns.

5. Black Givenchy dress of Audrey Hepburn - Wikipedia

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   The model is a Givenchy black Italian satin sheath evening gown. Christie's describes it as "a sleeveless, floor-length gown with fitted bodice embellished at the back with distinctive cut-out décolleté, the skirt slightly gathered at the waist and slit to the thigh on one side, labelled inside on the waistband Givenchy; accompanied by a pair of black elbow-length gloves". [9]

6. Clothing terminology - Wikipedia

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   Modern terms such as Bermuda shorts, Hawaiian shirts, and Fair Isle sweaters are the latest in a long line that stretches back to holland (linen), damask ("from Damascus"), polonaise ("in the fashion of Polish women"), basque, jersey (originally Jersey frock), Balaclava, Capri pants, mantua, and denim ("serge de Nîmes" after the city).

7. Chiffon (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Chiffon (French:; English: / ʃ ɪ ˈ f ɒ n /, shif-ON, from the French word chiffe which means "cloth or rag"; [1] is a lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns.