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Historically, camisole referred to jackets of various kinds, [10] including overshirts (worn under a doublet or bodice), [11] women's négligées, and sleeved jackets worn by men. [12] In modern usage, a camisole or cami is a loose-fitting [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] sleeveless undershirt which covers the top part of the body but is shorter than a ...
An undershirt in American English (vest in British and South African English, banyan in the Indian Subcontinent, or singlet in Australia and New Zealand), is an article of underwear worn underneath a dress shirt so as to protect it from body sweat and odors. More generally, the term refers to an upper-body garment worn next to the skin ...
British English American English Longsleeve knit top jumper [1] sweater [2] [3] Sleeveless knit top sleeveless jumper, slipover, [4] knit tank top sweater vest [3] Sleeveless dress worn over a shirt Pinafore, pinny, pinafore dress [5] Jumper, jumper dress, dress Old-fashioned style of apron Pinafore apron [6] Pinafore, pinafore apron [6]
The union suit makes an appearance in Louisa May Alcott's 1875 book Eight Cousins, as a preferred alternative to corsetry under the name 'Liberty Suit' . In Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon, private-eye Sam Spade "put(s) on a thin white union-suit".
Temu (/ ˈ t iː m uː / ⓘ TEE-moo) is an online marketplace operated by the Chinese e-commerce company PDD Holdings, which is owned by Colin Huang. [10] [9] [11] It offers heavily discounted consumer goods [12] mostly shipped to consumers directly from China.
A banyan is a garment worn by European men and women in the late 17th and 18th century, influenced by the Japanese kimono brought to Europe by the Dutch East India Company in the mid-17th century. [1] "Banyan" is also commonly used in present-day Indian English and other countries in the Indian subcontinent to mean "vest" or "undershirt".
A wrestling singlet (or simply singlet) is a one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex/lycra or nylon, used in wrestling. The uniform is tight-fitting so as not to get grasped accidentally by one's opponent, and allows the referee to see each wrestler's body clearly when awarding points or a pin .
Soviet Pacific Fleet sailor in full dress, including a dark-blue telnyashka Soviet marines in the mid-1980s. The Russian telnyashka originated in the distinctive striped marinière blouse worn by merchant sailors and fishermen of Brittany, [1] who adopted this style to distinguish them from other sea-going nationalities.