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2. Ruff (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   The ruff, which was worn by men, women and children, evolved from the small fabric ruffle at the neck of the shirt or chemise. Ruffs served as changeable pieces of cloth that could themselves be laundered separately while keeping the wearer's doublet or gown from becoming soiled at the neckline. The stiffness of the garment forced upright ...

3. Ruffle (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   Portrait of a woman wearing a heavily ruffled cap, 1789 Mechanical ruffler by Singer, used on domestic sewing machines. In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textile as a form of trimming.

4. Collar (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Collar stiffeners, bones or stays – strips of baleen, metal, horn, mother of pearl, or plastic, rounded at one end and pointed at the other, inserted into a man's shirt collar to stiffen it and prevent the points from curling up; usually inserted into the underside of the collar through small slits but sometimes permanently sewn in place.

5. Gusset - Wikipedia

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   Late medieval shirt with gussets in the seams at shoulder, underarm, and hem.From a copy of the Tacuinum Sanitatis, 14th century.. In sewing, a gusset is a triangular or rhomboidal piece of fabric inserted into a seam to add breadth or reduce stress from tight-fitting clothing. [1]

6. AOL Style News, Trends and Advice - AOL.com

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   Get lifestyle news, with the latest style articles, fashion news, recipes, home features, videos and much more for your daily life from AOL.

7. The Great British Sewing Bee series 9 - Wikipedia

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   (Crochet Blanket Outfit) Asmaa 1 1 Flower Power Coat Fauve 8 6 Swinging 60's Dress Lauren 5 9 Culotte & Crop Top Set Lizzie 6 2 Striped Dress & Hooded Bomber Matthew 7 5 Nan's A-Line Dress Mia 3 3 Box Jacket & Mini Skirt Tony R 9 4 Festival Two Piece Tony W 4 7 Stripes & Chevron Two Piece Vicki 2 8 Bohemian Dress

8. Sewing - Wikipedia

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   American tailor and manufacturer Ebenezer Butterick met the demand with paper patterns that could be traced and used by home sewers. The patterns, sold in small packets, became wildly popular. Several pattern companies soon established themselves. Women's magazines also carried sewing patterns, and continued to do so for much of the 20th century.

9. Livery collar - Wikipedia

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   Various forms of livery were used in the Middle Ages to denote attachment to a great person by friends, servants, and political supporters. The collar, usually of precious metal, was the grandest form of these, usually given by the person the livery denoted to his closest or most important associates, but should not, in the early period, be seen as separate from the wider phenomenon of livery ...