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Sheer fabric is used in clothing, in garments such as stockings or tights and in dancewear and lingerie, and sometimes as part of clothing, such as in wedding gowns and formal costumes. Sheer fabric for clothing offers very little in the way of warmth for the wearer, and for this reason is commonly worn in hot weather.
Sheer may refer to: Sheer fabric, a semi-transparent and flimsy fabric; Sheer (ship), a measure of longitudinal deck curvature in naval architecture; Sheer curation, a lightweight approach to digital curation; Sheer Islands, Nunavut, Canada; Sheers, a form of two-legged lifting device; Ireen Sheer, a German-British pop singer; The Sheer, a ...
The word originates from the Persian words شیر shîr and شکر shakar, literally meaning "milk and sugar", from the gritty texture ("sugar") on the otherwise smooth ("milk") cloth. [1] Seersucker is woven in such a way that some threads bunch together, giving the fabric a wrinkled or puckered appearance.
Voile (/ ˈ v ɔɪ l /; [1] French for veil [2]) is a soft, sheer fabric, usually made of 99% cotton or cotton blended with linen or polyester. Named for its light weight, the fabric is mostly used in soft furnishing. In tropical climates, voile is used for window treatments and mosquito nets. When used as curtain material, voile is similar to ...
A peignoir (/ ˈ p ɛ n w ɑːr, ˈ p eɪ n w ɑːr / PEN-war, PAY-nwar, US also / p ɛ ˈ n w ɑːr, p eɪ ˈ n w ɑːr / pen-WAR, pay-NWAR, [1] [2] [3] French: ⓘ) is a long outer garment for women which is frequently sheer and made of chiffon or another translucent fabric.
Pantyhose, sometimes also called sheer tights, are close-fitting legwear covering the wearer's body from the waist to the toes. Pantyhose first appeared on store shelves in 1959 for the advertisement of new design panties (Allen Gant's product, 'Panti-Legs') [1] as a convenient alternative to stockings and/or control panties which, in turn, replaced girdles.
Vera (Cyrillic: Вера: Véra, "faith") is a female given name of Slavic origin, and by folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera meaning "true". In Slavic languages, Vera means faith. [1] The name Vera has been used in the English speaking world since the 19th century and was popular in the early 20th century. [2]
Tyler is a given name that is gender-neutral but predominantly male, as well as a surname. [2] It is an Old English name derived from the Old French tieuleor, tieulier (tiler, tile maker) and the Middle English tyler, tylere. The name was originally an occupational name for a housebuilder, one who lays tiles or bricks.