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The expression literally means "before the letter", i.e., "before it had a name". A French modern alternative form of this expression is avant l'heure. avoirdupois used in Middle English, avoir de pois = commodities sold by weight, alteration of Old French aveir de peis = "goods of weight".
Names for new styles or fashions in clothing are frequently the deliberate inventions of fashion designers or clothing manufacturers; these include Chanel's Little Black Dress (a term which has survived) and Lanvin's robe de style (which has not). Other terms are of more obscure origin.
' striped sweater '), is a cotton long-sleeved shirt with horizontal blue and white stripes. Characteristically worn by quartermasters and seamen in the French Navy , it has become a staple in civilian French fashion and, especially outside France, this kind of striped garment is often part of the stereotypical image of a French person. [ 1 ]
The purpose of this supplementary manual is to create guidelines for editing articles in the English-language Wikipedia which relate to France or the French language to conform to a neutral encyclopedic style and to make things easy to read by following a consistent format. The following rules do not claim to be the last word.
In 1929 René Lacoste, the French 7-time Grand Slam champion, decided that the stiff dress shirts and ties usually worn by tennis players were too cumbersome and uncomfortable for the tennis court. Instead, he designed a loosely-knit piqué cotton shirt with an unstarched, flat protruding collar and a longer shirt-tail in back than in front.
Twenty20. Elize is a French variant of Elizabeth, and therefore befitting a queen. It means “my God is an oath.” 21. Solene. Ultra hip yet under the radar, like Solange—this name means ...
1. A placket is an opening in the upper part of trousers or skirts, or at the neck or sleeve of a garment Plackets allow clothing to be put on or removed easily. [23] 2. A stomacher. Also spelled placard. 3. A slit to allow access to a hanging pocket, or a petticoat or skirt pocket. [23] pleat
Finally, after a two-year effort, the French EDM duo became part of the Beat Saber world, thanks in large part to Vickie Nauman, founder of CrossBorderWorks, an L.A.-based music tech consulting ...