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2. Nightwear - Wikipedia

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   Chemise - a delicate, loose-fitting, sleeveless, shirt-like lingerie garment for women, typically intended to feature a provocative appearance. Negligee - loose-fitting women's nightwear intended to have sensuous appeal, usually made of sheer or semi-translucent fabrics and trimmed with lace or other fine material and bows.

3. 1650–1700 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   English court dress from the 1660s, made of silver tissue and decorated with applied parchment lace. [4] From the Fashion Museum, Bath. Peter Lely portrays Two Ladies of the Lake Family wearing satin dresses over shifts or chemises with voluminous sleeves. Their hair is worn in masses of ringlets to the shoulders on either side, and both wear ...

4. Nightgown - Wikipedia

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   The length of a nightgown may vary from hip-length to floor-length. A short nightgown can be called a "shortie" or a "babydoll", depending on the style. The sweep (taper from top to bottom) of the night gown can vary from virtually straight, to full circle sweep, like the Olga gown. A slip nightgown may be used as a nightgown or as a full slip.

5. Chemise - Wikipedia

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   Chemise, linen, c.1790-1810. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute: 2009.300.392.. A chemise or shift is a classic smock type of women's undergarment or dress. . Historically, a chemise was a simple garment worn next to the skin to protect clothing from sweat and body oils, the precursor to the modern shirts commonly worn in Western

6. 1600–1650 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   In England from the 1630s, under the influence of literature and especially court masques, Anthony van Dyck and his followers created a fashion for having one's portrait painted in exotic, historical or pastoral dress, or in simplified contemporary fashion with various scarves, cloaks, mantles, and jewels added to evoke a classic or romantic mood, and also to prevent the portrait appearing ...

7. Negligee - Wikipedia

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   It is a form of nightgown intended for wear at night and in the bedroom. It was introduced in France in the 18th century, where it mimicked the heavy head-to-toe style of women's day dresses of the time. By the 1920s, the negligee began to mimic women's satin single-layer evening dress of the period.