View Full Version : Can you share some fashion history lingo?
Tinseltown
06-01-2007, 12:35 PM
Like words for different types of clothes or clothing aids?
Like for instance Crinoline, bustle etc.
As many as you know!
KittyT
06-01-2007, 01:03 PM
http://www.dressking.com/search/glossary.htm
http://www.lotusorganics.com/articles/ClothingGlossaryA-C.aspx#B
Paisley
06-01-2007, 01:05 PM
Knickerbockers
Civvies
Skivvies
Skirt lifter
Chain mail
Forage cap
Palestine pacers*
Doublet
*A term my father uses for sandals worn by any man
Fleur De Guerre
06-01-2007, 01:15 PM
Palestine pacers*
*A term my father uses for sandals worn by any man
Hehe, not remotely vintage, but I like to call the Nike Air Jerusalems (though usually in the case of those trainer sandal things)!
Joie DeVive
06-01-2007, 01:36 PM
Farthingale
Cravat
Breeches
Tricorne
Toga
Robe
Kilt
Loincloth
Tam O'Shanter
Hoopskirt
Bloomers
Fletch
06-01-2007, 04:10 PM
Bi-swing, bellows back, box back, pleat back, shirred back, action back, swing back.
ohairas
06-01-2007, 09:17 PM
rouching, smocking, peplum, soutache braid, rolled hem, yo-yo trim, eton suit, riding habit...
Nikki
Miss Brill
06-01-2007, 11:58 PM
Bodice, mantelet, paletot, cloak, snood, capelet...
Tinseltown
06-02-2007, 10:08 AM
What are the crinolines in Marie Antoinette dresses called? Panniers?
LOL. Now I am in the mood for watching "The Making of Marie Antoinette"
Lauren
06-02-2007, 11:16 AM
Yes, Panniers or side hoops. Panniers were usually an under hoop which extended at the sides all in one piece and side or pocket hoops were like little baskets that attached to the sides=
Panniers:
http://www.ilstu.edu/~lmlowel/THE331/images/Rococo/Panniers1748Web.jpg
http://www.ilstu.edu/~lmlowel/THE331/images/Rococo/NarrowhoopinWood1750Web.jpg
Pocket hoops:
http://www.farthingales.on.ca/images/pocket_hoops_1.jpg
And while it's on the 18th century...
Poloniase:
http://www.ilstu.edu/~lmlowel/THE331/images/Rococo/1776ShortPolonaiseWeb.jpg
or Victorian style polonaise:
http://trulyvictorian.netfirms.com/historypages/69img12.jpg
Robe a la Francaise cut (with a Watteau back- that's the pleating falling from the shoulders)
http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/images/h2/h2_C.I.64.32.3a,b.jpg
Robe d'Anglaise (which can be draped up a la Polonaise)
http://www.ilstu.edu/~lmlowel/THE331/images/Rococo/1782RobealaAnglaiseWeb.jpg
Chemise Dress or Robe a la Reine:
http://www.theatre.ubc.ca/dress_decor/images/Baroque_dress/Rococo_dress/chemise_dress_tn.jpg
Gainsbourogh Hat:
http://www.villagehatshop.com/artman2/uploads/1/portrait-of-mrs-siddons.jpg
Stomacher:
http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/lamodes/10026-1.jpg
And underwear were chemise, stays, and petticoats.
Tinseltown
06-02-2007, 04:35 PM
Yes, Panniers or side hoops. Panniers were usually an under hoop which extended at the sides all in one piece and side or pocket hoops were like little baskets that attached to the sides=
Panniers:
http://www.ilstu.edu/~lmlowel/THE331/images/Rococo/Panniers1748Web.jpg
http://www.ilstu.edu/~lmlowel/THE331/images/Rococo/NarrowhoopinWood1750Web.jpg
Pocket hoops:
http://www.farthingales.on.ca/images/pocket_hoops_1.jpg
And while it's on the 18th century...
Poloniase:
http://www.ilstu.edu/~lmlowel/THE331/images/Rococo/1776ShortPolonaiseWeb.jpg
or Victorian style polonaise:
http://trulyvictorian.netfirms.com/historypages/69img12.jpg
Robe a la Francaise cut (with a Watteau back- that's the pleating falling from the shoulders)
http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/images/h2/h2_C.I.64.32.3a,b.jpg
Robe d'Anglaise (which can be draped up a la Polonaise)
http://www.ilstu.edu/~lmlowel/THE331/images/Rococo/1782RobealaAnglaiseWeb.jpg
Chemise Dress or Robe a la Reine:
http://www.theatre.ubc.ca/dress_decor/images/Baroque_dress/Rococo_dress/chemise_dress_tn.jpg
Gainsbourogh Hat:
http://www.villagehatshop.com/artman2/uploads/1/portrait-of-mrs-siddons.jpg
Stomacher:
http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/lamodes/10026-1.jpg
And underwear were chemise, stays, and petticoats.
Wonderful!
The a la francaise dress thing you're talking about is a kind of train that begins from the "neck" of the person wearing the dress, right?
I saw a lot of that in Marie Antoinette.
Lauren, can I ask what you do for a living? You should be a costume designer!
Lauren
06-02-2007, 04:56 PM
Yes, exactly!
Thank you! I am a costumer by trade. I design privately and work as a costume stitcher professionally. :)
Frl. Wunder
06-06-2007, 02:12 PM
Here is more fashion glossary:
18th century
http://www.marquise.de/en/1700/glossar/glossary.html
19th century
http://www.marquise.de/en/1800/glossar.shtml
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