| Lower
edge of a quilted petticoat, c. 1895, from a personal holiday card. |
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Quilting
Quilted clothing has been used since the middle ages for warm, protection,
and ornamentation. Quilted petticoats were particularly useful for
their warm and their relative stiffness which helped maintain the
proper drape of the dress worn over them. |
| Knitted
dress with raglan sleeves c, 1935, from The Glamorous Thirties.
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Raglan
Sleeve
A raglan sleeve has no armhole seam; instead the sleeve is made
as one with the bodice and sewn from the neckline to the wrist resulting
in a long armhole extending often to the waistline.
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| Redingote
meant for outdoor wear, trimmed in military style, 1810, from Regency
Cousins |
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Redingote
The redingote is derived from a man's "riding coat." It
then became a women's riding habit, then an outer garment, then a
dress. It is long sleeved and always fastens up the front from the
throat to hem with the waistline falling wherever the fashion of the
times dictates. It often has masculine, sometimes even military, touches,
but can also be quite feminine with flounces and bows, as long as
the essential front fastenings remain. |
| Needlework
reticule on a steel frame, 1810, from Regency
Cousins |
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Reticule
Handbag, often made at home according to sometimes whimsical patterns
many of which involved a high degree of needleart skill to execute.
Popular in the 18th and 19th centuries especially during periods
when dresses did have pockets.
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| Hair
curled in the front and caught up behind in ringlets, c. 1865, from
Kitty of the Civil War Era |
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Ringlets
Ringlets are sausage-shaped curls formed by wrapping wet hair around
rags or other rollers or by wrapping dry hair around a heated rod.
Ringlets were popular in the 1600s and off and on throughout the
1800s and 1900s, especially for young girls and children.
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| Robe
de Style, c. 1941, from Betty of
the Gallant Forties. |
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Robe
de Style
French term for a gown with a tight bodice and bouffant skirt, usually
long. |
| Pearl
wrapped rouleaux at the hem of an evening gown, 1820, from Regency
Cousins. |
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Rouleau,
Rouleaux
A rouleau (plural rouleaux) is a pleat or fold (often lightly stuffed)
of fabric or ribbon attached as decoration. Here three rouleaux are
wrapped with strands of pearls and attached the hem. |
| Elaborate
ruching on the skirt and sleeves, 1820, from Regency
Cousins. |
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Ruching
Pleated or gathered fabric or ribbon used as trimming, often at neckline,
wrists, and hem but sometimes elsewhere, as shown at left. |
| Wired
lace ruff, c. 1600, from Shakespeare's
Ladies |
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Ruff
Ruffs have been used repeated off and on since the 1500s. However,
they have never been more exaggerated than in the late 1500s and early
1600s when enormous, lacy ruffs supported by wire were worn by both
sexes. |
| Embroidered
Russian peasant blouse, 1915, from Julia
of the Nouveau Age. |
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Russian
Peasant Blouse
This relatively casual blouse is loosely based on Russian peasant
costume. It is long with long sleeves and loosely belted with a sash
or self-belt. |
