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| Waltz
length lace covered formal, 1959, from Kitty Dale. |
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Waltz
Length
Waltz length skirts fall to that flattering length somewhere between
the midcalf and the ankle. The term was used in the mid 20th century
and referred only to somewhat full skirts. |
| Wedge
heel sandals, 1959, from Kitty Dale. |
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Wedge
Heel
Wedge heeled shoes a sole that gradually thickens from the toe to
a high heel. They were popular in several decades of the 20th century,
most notably the 20s-40s and the late 70s and early 80s. |
| Weskit
with a matching pleated skirt and coordinating knit blouse from The
Way We Wore 1969. |
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Weskit
A weskit is pretty much the same as a vest, but often not quite as
fitted as a vest. I remember my mother making me weskits to match
skirts for school outfits in the 1960s, but except for that, I've
seldom seen or heard the term. |
| Princess
styled morning wrapped, 1882, from Augusta of the Gilded Age. |
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Wrapper
The wrapper was a simple garment with a complicated life. Supposedly
more comfortable and requiring less severe corseting than an ordinary
dress, it was not lingerie and was not confined to the home. Elaborate
wrappers of fine fabrics were sometimes worn to church as Sunday
best; plain wrappers sometimes served as house dresses.
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| Little
girl's dress with a lace trimmed yoked bodice, from Arabella
and Miss Mimsey. |
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Yoke
A yoke is a structural piece of a garment that joins two other pieces.
The yoke of a shirt joins the collar with the body of the shirt; a
skirt yoke connects the waistband with the lower part of the skirt.
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