History Of Fashion Pt. 2

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Cordwiners

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shoemakers

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Mantua

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another name for dress

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Man's nightgown

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not a sleeping garment, but a dressing gown or informal robe worn indoors

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powdering jacket

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worn to keep the powder off clothing when one was powdering their wig

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Banyan

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loose colorful dressing gowns worn at home and also on the street. sometimes worn with an elaborately embroidered nightcap

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macaronis

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men who focused on Italian and French fashions

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fop/cockscomb/dandies

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men who focused overly much on fashion

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false rump

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what was later referred to as a bustle

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vent

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slices up the sides and back of a men's coat

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solatiare

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worn over the stock, and consisted of a fine black band of fabric

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ditto suit

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when the breeches and all the elements of the suit are made from the same fabric

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frock coat

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a more casual coat with a flat turned down collar and a looser fit

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chemise a la reine

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high wasted empire look to the gown, cut similarly to a chemise

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levite

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most common form of a gown with more skirt fullness in the back and a puffed up bodice from scarves tucked into the neckline

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polonaise

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when skirts were held out by a pad and looped up in puffs

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shortgowns

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worn by working class women, was a straight unfitted washable top

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cape

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most practical outer garment

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tri-cornered hat

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made out of felted beaver fur, and clergy wore their hats uncocked

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pocketbook

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used to carry the men's money and important papers

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combat wig

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most common wig: fairly long but the hair was divided into three locks and tied at the end with knots.

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bag wig

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the hair was tied back in a little black bag, presumably to keep the powder off your clothing

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canes

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had silver knobs and were carried purely for fashionable reasons, not because you needed it

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latchets

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shoes that laced instead of closing with buckles

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sack gown/ watteau gown

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loose at the top, rather shapeless with deep box pleats and long shapeless sleeves.

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panniers

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consisted of two baskets of whalebone on either hip.

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a l'anglaise

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gowns fitted in the back

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a la francaise

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gowns unfitted through the back and fitted in the front

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stomacher

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a v-shaped insert, often highly ornamented, and used to cover the lacing of the corset

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fichu

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a modesty piece made of sheer fabric tucked into the neckline of a dress

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chemise

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long cotton under dress

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stays

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corset

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underpetticoat

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self-explanitory

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calash

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hats that folded to cover the huge wigs and protect them out of doors

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slashing

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when cuts were made in the fabric and the underlayer pulled through

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ruff

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stiffly starched, seperate from the shirt, and often made of lace

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pickadils/peckadils

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the little tabs along the bottom of the shirt and the shoulders around the arm. separate pieces attached to the existing garments.

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dags/dagging

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when there are cuts made up from the bottom of the garment for decorative purposes

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paning/panes

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those long strips of fabric on top of puffy sleeves at the shoulders

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upperhosen

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the top part of hose

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netherhosen

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the bottom part of the hose

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breeches/trunk hose

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the top part of the hose that became a separate garment

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revers

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the turned back facings that made the lapel and collar

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Jerkin/Jacket

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the doublet top that men wore

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gores

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panels in the skirt that are seemed all the way into the waist

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godet

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triangle pieces of the skirt that are set in and don't have seems going to the waist.

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bases

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skirts worn with jackets and made of stiffened gores

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bum roll

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worn underneath the petticoat to create the illusion of a fuller behind on women

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pomander

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small perfume holder hung from the end of the belt or girdle

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ropa

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loosely fitted over dress sometimes worn by women

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conque/conch

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a sheer cape with a standing collar that was worn with dresses

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supportasse

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the wire support in ruffs to keep them holding their shape and to allow for cleveage on the women

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peascod belly

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distinctive shape that the doublets were cut into that resembled the puffed shape of a peacock

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venetian hose

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tapered to the knee

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open breeches

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wide and full to the knee

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pumpkin hose

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melon shaped panned hose that stopped at the hip or just below

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canions/slops

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extensions from the end of the trunk hose to the knee or slightly below

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bambast

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what padded the hose and the peascod belly.

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tow

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linen fibers or bran used as bombast

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busk

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a rod made of whalebone or steel that was inserted to the front of the hose to create the shape

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spanish farthingale

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resembled what we think of as the traditional hoop skirt

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wheel farthingale

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made a shelf out of the skirt and tied about the waist

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gloves

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worn by both men and women and were made of good quality kid leather

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fans

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originally squares of embroidered fabric attached to sticks, then they advanced to what we think of as fans now

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coptain/copotain

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small brimmed high hat, the forerunner of the traditional pilgrim hat

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duck bill shoes

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rounded square toes, called this by fashion historians

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mules

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heel less shoes

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high heeled shoes

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first appeared in the 1570s and the first heels were an inch and a half, worn by both men and women

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masks

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worn by women every day outside to protect the complexion from the sun

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mercuric salts

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used to whiten the complexion

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falling band

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the ruff unstarched and simplified worn as a collar

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basque

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an extended skirt that was worn with a jacket below the wastline for men

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baldric

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the cross-chest band used to hang your sword. mostly for fashionable purposes

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slap soles

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added to the bottom of boots and acted like flip flops to the shoes

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cravat

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fancy tie type thing worn by men

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petticoat breeches

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looked almost like a skirt, hence the name

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canons

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ruffles of ribbons at the knees

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waistcoats

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sleeved vests extending to the knee

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rococo

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the style that supplanted the baroque style. a refinement of the heavier expression that came before.

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baroque

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a style that emphasized lavish ornmanetation and free and flowing square shapes

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aprons

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worn by all women, including the upper class

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guardinfante

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retained by the spanish, is a wide farthingale like skrit

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secre

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the under layer of petticoats

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modeste

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the outter layer of petticoats

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muffs

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made of fur and worn by both men and women

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fontage/commode

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an elaborate headdress worn with court dresses

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lanolin

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sheeps oil used in waterproofing