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Portrait of a woman wearing a heavily ruffled cap, 1789 Mechanical ruffler by Singer, used on domestic sewing machines. In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textile as a form of trimming.
In the 18th century, engageantes took the form of ruffles or flounces of linen, cotton, or lace, tacked to the elbow-length sleeves then fashionable. [ 1 ] In the mid-19th century, the term engageante was used for separate false sleeves, usually with fullness gathered tight at the wrist, worn under the open bell-shaped "pagoda" sleeves of day ...
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 ...
Bishop sleeve: A long sleeve, fuller at the bottom than the top, and gathered into a cuff: Butterfly sleeve: Usually found on Filipiniana, the national costume for women of the Philippines, and dresses or formal blouses that start at the shoulder and get wider toward the end of the sleeve but usually do not go longer than 4–5 inches.
A wide, flat, round collar, sometimes with a ruffle, usually worn with a floppy bow tie, characteristic of boys' shirts from c. 1880–1920. Butterfly collar: The same as the wing collar, but with rounded tips. Popularised by fictional detective Hercule Poirot. Button-down collar
For Christmas this year, Kaylee Hulse and her family decided to prank her grandma by "borrowing" items from her house and gifting them to her
Nicole Kidman's new movie 'Babygirl' is in theaters Dec. 25. "At some point I was like, I don’t want to be touched. I don’t want to do this anymore, but at the same time I was compelled to do it.
2. KFC Chicken. The "original recipe" of 11 herbs and spices used to make Colonel Sanders' world-famous fried chicken is still closely guarded, but home cooks have found ways of duplicating the ...