Skirt

In the Panamanian culture the traditional dress for women is a garment called the “Pollera”.The pollera is a skirt made with white material that is fine enough to do the carefully handmade designs. The Pollera is decorated over the white fabric with handmade inserts that are sewed directly in to it; others are cut off from other fabric and then finely sewed over the white fabric. The skirt is put together in 2 pieces from Panamas culture. needlework of many designs styles and colors and flares…

Gorgeous Vintage Barbie Original #3 or #4 Ponytail Blonde Barbie Solid body and all joints are tight, hair is original set slip knot ponytail. Nail polish is good, no toenail polish. No green ear or neck splits. Barbie is marked #5 on the left cheek and Barbie Pats Pend MCMIVIII By Mattel Inc on the right cheek. Marked Japan on her right foot. The Barbie does have very small pin holes on both her left and right breasts. Red lips light brown eyebrows, blue eyes and light blue eye shadow.…

sombrero on the floor and the woman dances around the hat. A couple dance without touching each other. The dancers’ clothing became very popular and recognizable symbol of Mexican heritage. Women wear wide with colorful pictures skirts and blouses. The style of the skirt is called China Poblana. This name came from the 17th century story about princess from India, her name was Mirra. She was kidnapped and sent to Mexico to be sold as a slave. Men usually wear a black suit with metallic…

more. The 1970’s is one of the most fun period that has also a lot fashion from cuts, designs, fabrics, popular designers and much more. In the late 60’s the mini skirt was very popular but then the idea of the above knee length was not accepted and then later in the beginning of the 70’s, was the introduction of the midi length skirt, tight fitting shirts, high waists and…

from humans. Under the necklace appear to be human breasts. The skirt on the statue is made up of snakes that are overlapping. The feet and hands of the goddess are claws. There appears to be feathers or fur of some kind going up the legs of the statuette. The head of the goddess looks like two snakes looking right at each other. Under the head, there is a row of circles going straight across.…

A member recently asked me to look up two phone numbers, one for the Gillette Skirt Factory and one for Noah H. Gillette. Into the collections I went searching for an old phone book. I was not certain how early I would be able to find, but was thrilled to get 1908. The book covers much of the Central New York Region with each town/city having their own section. In smaller locales you would have just a listing of names, but for more populated areas, you would have actual numbers. I found Cortland…

Organza Fabric Organza fabric is a lightweight, plain weave material with a crisp hand. It has an outstanding drape and is often used by tailors to create dresses and skirts with volume. Organza is also a very strong fabric, so do not be tricked by its sheer look. Organza is traditionally made from silk. Its cotton variety is called organdy, and it has similar properties to organza. Nowadays, you can find all kinds of organza fabric, both natural and synthetic. An everybody’s favourite for…

events that took place in this period. The revolution itself had teens breaking dress codes and disobeying the everyday moral rules. "the American woman . . . has lifted her skirts far beyond any modest limitation," (Revolution…) The older style of skirts being worn were reaching the ground but in the 1920s the average skirt length was 9 inches. The new style of dancing was denounced in religious journals as "impure, polluting, corrupting, debasing, destroying spirituality, increasing…

statue made out of stone and finely carved was found but immediately reburied. The statue was so shocking that incited terror and huge admiration to the people that found it. The statue depicts the Aztec goddess Coatlicue which means “snakes-hers-skirt” in the native tongue of the Aztecs, which is the mother of all other gods. The statue vaguely depicts a woman that is leaning forward almost as if it was ready to pounce. The bizarreness starts from the feet of the statue that can clearly be…

a full skirt. The pinched waist started the popular hourglass look. The full skirts are especially popular today on wedding dresses and red carpet looks. Another factor that helped shape fashion the way it is now was the shortage of fabrics because they needed so much to make uniform and coats for the soldiers in World War II. This shortage caused the inventions of the bikini, bras, slimmer dresses, and knee length skirts. They all are very popular designs nowadays. When we think of a skirt we…