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For women, skirts became longer and the waist-line was returned up to its normal position. Other aspects of fashion from the 1920s took longer to phase out. Cloche hats remained popular until about 1933 while short hair remained popular for many women until late in the 1930s and even in the early 1940s. The Great Depression took its toll on the ...
A type of gown-like apron; first designed to protect kimono from food stains, it has baggy sleeves, is as long as the wearer's knees, and fastens with strips of cloth ties that are tied at the back of the neck and the waist. Particularly used when cooking and cleaning, it is worn by Japanese housewives, lunch ladies, and cleaners. Kanzashi
The wooden parts of the sanshin - the neck (sao), head/body (dou), and head (ten - can be made with any of a large variety of hardwoods. Traditionally, the neck is crafted with the solid black core of the Okinawan Ebony tree, a species native to Okinawa, and the only ebony in the whole of Japan.
Neck: Aventail or camail: Detachable mail hung from a helmet to protect the neck and shoulders, often worn with bassinets. Bevor: Worn with a sallet to cover the jaw and throat (extending somewhat down the sternum). May also cover the back of the neck if worn with a bassinet rather than a sallet. May be solid or made of lames. Sometimes worn ...
Until about 1950, apart from short-sleeved, open-necked sports wear, day shirts always had a long sleeve with cuffs, closed by links or buttons, and with a neck-band with separate collar fastened by studs, or an attached collar. The attached collar is now dominant. [14]
Susanna" is almost identical to that of "Rose of Alabama". Moreover, the story lines of both "Oh! Susanna" and "The Rose of Alabama" involve a lover going from one Deep Southern state to another with his banjo in search of his sweetheart, which suggests that Foster got the inspiration for his lyrics from Steele's song. [13] [self-published source]
The Jazz Banjo of Cynthia Sayer Vol. 1 (New York Jazz, 1987) More Jazz Banjo Vol. 2 (New York Jazz, 1989) Forward Moves (Yerba Buena, 1992) Jazz at Home (Jazzology, 1997) String Swing (Jazzology, 2000) Souvenirs (Plunk, 2002) Attractions with Bucky Pizzarelli (Plunk, 2007) Joyride (Plunk, 2013) With the New York Banjo Ensemble. Plays Gershwin ...
Banbi (Chinese: 半臂; lit. 'half-arm'), [1] also known as banxiu (Chinese: 半袖; lit. 'half-sleeves') [2] and sometimes referred as beizi (Chinese: 褙子) or half-beizi (i.e. short-sleeved beizi) before the term beizi eventually came to refer to a long-sleeved beizi in the Song dynasty, [3] and referred as dahu in the Yuan dynasty, [2] is an upper garment item in Hanfu.