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2. Fedora - Wikipedia

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   The hat was fashionable for women, and the women's rights movement adopted it as a symbol. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] After Edward, Prince of Wales (later the Duke of Windsor) started to wear them in 1924, it became popular among men for its stylishness and its ability to protect the wearer's head from the wind and weather.

3. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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   usu. women's high(ish) heeled shoe (UK similar: court shoe, q.v.) punk follower of Punk rock: worthless person; from conventional societal perspective any young outlaw or tough; from perspective of outlaws and others valuing physical fighting, a coward to play a prank or practical joke on someone purse

4. Uniforms of the Union army - Wikipedia

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   These hats were personalized by the men, usually shaped into civilian styles like the center crease, which was the precursor of the cowboy hat. Kepis were worn on the campaign and for fatigue duty. The design varied from a tight-fitting cap resembling the one adopted by the French in the 1840s to a tall floppy "bummer's cap" described by the ...

5. Epaulette - Wikipedia

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   Today, epaulettes have mostly been replaced by a five-sided flap of cloth called a shoulder board, which is sewn into the shoulder seam and the end buttoned like an epaulette. From the shoulder board was developed the shoulder mark, a flat cloth tube that is worn over the shoulder strap and carries embroidered or pinned-on rank insignia. The ...

6. Chaperon (headgear) - Wikipedia

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   Chaperon is a diminutive of chape, which derives, like the English cap, cape and cope, from the Late Latin cappa, which already could mean cap, cape or hood ().. The tail of the hood, often quite long, was called the tippit [2] or liripipe in English, and liripipe or cornette in French.

7. Uniforms of the Imperial Japanese Army - Wikipedia

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   Type 90 – The Adrian helmet was later replaced by a Japanese designed helmet called the Type 90 (1930). It was officially called tetsubo (steel cap) but was called tetsukabuto ("steel helmet") by troops. It was made in the shape of a dome with a short protruding rim all the way around it (the paratroop version only had a short brim in the front).