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Damask. Damask ( /ˈdæməsk/; Arabic: دمشق) is a woven, reversible patterned fabric. Damasks are woven by periodically reversing the action of the warp and weft threads. [ 1] The pattern is most commonly created with a warp-faced satin weave and the ground with a weft-faced or sateen weave. [ 2] Fabrics used to create damasks include silk ...
A traditional hat of Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine and Central Asia. Made primarily of lamb fur, it comes in a variety of regional styles. Karakul (Qaraqul) A hat made from the fur of the Qaraqul breed of sheep, typically worn by men in Central and South Asia and popular among Soviet leaders. Keffiyah or Ghutrah.
Website. www .stetson .com. Stetson is an American brand of hat manufactured by the John B. Stetson Company. "Stetson" is also used as a generic trademark to refer to any campaign hat, particularly in Scouting . John B. Stetson gained inspiration for his most famous hats when he headed west from his native New Jersey for health reasons.
Tyrolean hat. The Tyrolean hat ( German: Tirolerhut, Italian: cappello alpino ), also Tyrolese hat, Bavarian hat or Alpine hat, is a type of headwear that originally came from the Tyrol in the Alps, in what is now part of Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. It is an essential and distinctive element of the local folk costume, or tracht .
Bazin (or basin) is a West African fabric with its origin in Europe imported in Mali, made from hand-dyed cotton, resulting in a damask textile known for its stiffness and vibrant sheen. It is primarily recognized as the most commonly used fabric for crafting a Boubou, a long, loose traditional outerwear worn by both men and women, particularly ...
Bonnet (headgear) Old woman in sunbonnet (c. 1930). Photograph by Doris Ulmann. A bonnet decorated with lace and tulle from the 1880s. Bonnet has been used as the name for a wide variety of headgear for both sexes—more often female—from the Middle Ages to the present. As with "hat" and "cap", it is impossible to generalize as to the styles ...
1830s in Western fashion. In the 1830s, men wore dark coats, light trousers, and dark cravats for daywear. Women's sleeves reached their ultimate width in the gigot sleeve. Here, the boys (on holiday in the mountains) wear buff-colored belted knee-length tunics with yokes and full sleeves over trousers. The girls wear white dresses with colored ...
Women generally wore a kerchief, called tubatub if it was pulled tight over the whole head; but they also had a broad-brimmed hat called sayap or tarindak, woven of sago-palm leaves. Some were evidently signs of rank: when Humabon's queen went to hear mass during Magellan's visit, she was preceded by three girls carrying one of her hats .