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A bolero jacket or bolero (pronounced / ˈ b ɒ l ə r oʊ / or / b ə ˈ l ɛər oʊ / in British English and / b ə ˈ l ɛər oʊ / in American English) [2] is a more formal garment of similar construction but made of stiffer fabric, essentially a short tailored jacket, inspired by the matador's chaquetilla. Like the shrug, the sides of the ...
In Spain, women still wear mantillas during Holy Week (the week leading to Easter), bullfights and weddings. Also a black mantilla is traditionally worn when a woman has an audience with the Pope and a white mantilla is appropriate for a church wedding, but can be worn at other ceremony occasions as well.
Believed to be the same woman as in La Bulaqueña. The María Clara gown, historically known as the traje de mestiza during the Spanish colonial era, [1] [2] is a type of traditional dress worn by women in the Philippines. It is an aristocratic version of the baro't saya.
The term Galway shawl (Irish: seál na Gaillimhe) [1] usually refers to a specific type of heavyweight shawl that was worn by Irish women during the colder seasons. It became popular during the late nineteenth century [ 2 ] and was still being worn up until the 1950s by a few, older Irish women.
Square Paisley shawl of ca 1830 1860s ambrotype of an unnamed British veteran and his wife; the woman is wrapped in a Paisley shawl. Paisley shawls were a fashionable item of women's clothing in Europe during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Many were made of intricately woven and delicate wool, as well as examples being printed ...
Women use the shawls for dressing up and going to parties. During the Festival of the Crosses of May in Cordoba, balconies are dressed up with the shawl that add a bright look to the plazas. During the April Fair in Seville, most of the women in Gypsy dress (flamenco dress) use the shawl as an accessory. The Manila shawl is also used by female ...
Painting of a woman with a rebozo Juan Rodríguez Juárez.. A rebozo is a long flat garment, very similar to a shawl, worn mostly by women in Mexico.It can be worn in various ways, usually folded or wrapped around the head and/or upper body to shade from the sun, provide warmth and as an accessory to an outfit.
A stole is a woman's shawl, especially a formal shawl of expensive fabric, used around the shoulders over a party dress or ball gown. A stole is narrower than a typical shawl and of simpler construction than a cape ; it is a length of a quality material, wrapped and carried about the shoulders or arms.