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Eventually Sikorsky sold the S-29-A to Roscoe Turner in 1927 (some sources state 1926), and it had a varied career in merchandising (Curlee Clothing) and acting as a flying cigar store (among other roles). [3] On April 3, 1928 Turner sold the aircraft to the Caddo Company, Inc. of Hollywood, CA.
The drafting history of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing; American Women's History: A Research Guide Archived 15 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Clothing and Fashion; All Sewn Up: Millinery, Dressmaking, Clothing and Costume; Gallery of English Medieval Clothing from 1906 by Dion Clayton Calthrop
Fashion plate, 1835. Journal des demoiselles. Dress history is the study of history, which uses clothing and textiles to understand the past. Through analyzing modes of dress, different garment types, textiles, and accessories of a certain time in history, a dress historian may research and identify the social, cultural, economic, technological, and political contexts that influence such ...
The practice of wearing clothes decorated with mother-of-pearl buttons [1] is first associated with Henry Croft (1861–1930), an orphan street sweeper who collected money for charity. At the time, London costermongers (street traders) were in the habit of wearing trousers decorated at the seams with pearl buttons that had been found by market ...
Culottes are an item of clothing worn on the lower half of the body. The term can refer to either split skirts , historical men's breeches , or women's underpants ; this is an example of fashion-industry words taken from designs across history, languages and cultures, then being used to describe different garments, often creating confusion ...
Gabardine Closeup view of gabardine fabric. Gabardine is a durable twill worsted wool.It is a tightly woven waterproof fabric and is used to make outerwear and various other garments, such as suits, overcoats, trousers, uniforms, and windbreakers.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary (online, subscription required) [11] The first use of kurta in English is attributed to W.G. Lawrence in T. E. Lawrence, Home Letters, 1913, "Me in a dhoti khurta, White Indian clothes." According to Cannon and Kay's The Persian Contributions to the English Language: A Historical Dictionary, 2001, [12 ...