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  2. Basque (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    A basque is an item of women's clothing. The term, of French origin, originally referred to types of bodice or jacket with long tails, and in later usage a long corset, characterized by a close, contoured fit and extending past the waistline over the hips. It is so called because the original French fashion for long women's jackets was adopted from Basque traditional dress. In contemporary ...

  3. The Great British Sewing Bee series 4 - Wikipedia

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    Pattern Challenge (Colour Block Shift Dress) Alteration challenge (PVC Raincoat) Made-to-measure (Tailored Jacket) Angeline: 4: Cut Out Dress: 6: Psychedelic Coat Charlotte: 2: Halter Dress: 5: Jackie Kennedy Jacket Jade: 5: Crop Top & Shirt: 4: Cropped Jacket Joyce: 1: Smock: 1: Peacoat Jacket Rumana: 3: Gathered Top: 2: A-Line Coat Tracey: 6 ...

  4. Janet Arnold - Wikipedia

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    Janet Arnold (6 October 1932 – 2 November 1998) was a British clothing historian, costume designer, teacher, conservator, and author.She is best known for her series of works called Patterns of Fashion, which included accurate scale sewing patterns, used by museums and theatres alike.

  5. Clothing terminology - Wikipedia

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    The Nehru jacket is a uniform jacket without lapels or collars, popularized by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India. The Bloomer Costume was a type of women's clothing introduced in the Antebellum period, that changed the style from dresses to a more male-type style, which was devised by Amelia Bloomer.

  6. Corset - Wikipedia

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    Corsets were an essential undergarment in European women's fashion from the 17th century to the early 20th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries they were commonly known as "stays" and had a more conical shape. This later evolved into the curvaceous 19th century form which is commonly associated with the corset today.

  7. Pattern (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    Three patterns for pants (2022) Pattern making is taught on a scale of 1:4, to conserve paper. Storage of patterns Fitting a nettle/canvas-fabric on a dress form. In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled.

  8. 1860s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    Feminine undergarments, including a linen chemise with cotton broderie anglaise and lace (c. 1850–1870); a bustle cage crinoline made of wool twill, cotton plain weave with stamped grid pattern, cotton twill tape, cotton-braid-covered steel, and metal (c. 1862–1870); and a cotton corset with cotton lace trim (c. 1865–1875)

  9. Busk (corsetry) - Wikipedia

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    Front Claps for corsets. A busk (also spelled busque) is a rigid element of a corset at the centre front of the garment. [1] Two types exist, one- and two-part busks. [2]Single-piece busks were used in "stays" and bodices from the sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries and were intended to keep the front of the corset or bodice straight and upright.