enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. 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 ...

3. Ruffle (sewing) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffle_(sewing)

   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.

4. 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]

5. Cravat (early) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cravat_(early)

   The Steinkirk was a long, narrow, plain or lightly-trimmed neckcloth worn with military dress, wrapped once about the neck in a loose knot, with the lace of fringed ends twisted together and tucked out of the way into a button-hole, either of the coat or the waistcoat. It was designed to be worn in deliberate disarray.

6. Dress shirt - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dress_shirt

   In the US, ready-to-wear sizes of dress shirts traditionally consist of two numbers such as 15½ 34, meaning that the shirt has a neck 15 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (390 mm) in girth (measured from centre of top button to centre of corresponding buttonhole) and a sleeve 34 inches (860 mm) long (measured from midpoint of the back and shoulders to the wrist).

7. AOL Style News, Trends and Advice - AOL.com

   www.aol.com/style

   Get lifestyle news, with the latest style articles, fashion news, recipes, home features, videos and much more for your daily life from AOL.