- wear
chemises pieced from a
narrow piece of
rough cloth;
while the rich
might have
voluminous chemises pieced from thin,
smooth fine linen.
Chemise during...
- Some
chemises are
suggested to have been
developed from
earlier motte and
bailey defences,
though they may not
usually be
referred to as
chemise. In later...
-
formal influence of
Spanish dress after the mid-1520s.
Linen shirts and
chemises or
smocks had full
sleeves and
often full bodies,
pleated or
gathered closely...
- A
chemise cagoule (French: [ʃəmiz kaɡul], "cowl shirt") was a
heavy nightshirt worn by
pious Catholic men and
women during the
Middle Ages in
order to...
- dictator,
Benito Mussolini. Its
members were
deemed the
francistes or
Chemises bleues (Blueshirts) and gave the
Roman salute (a
paramilitary character...
- were used at the shoulders, underarms, and hems of
traditional shirts and
chemises made of
rectangular lengths of
linen to
shape the
garments to the body...
- "Tomber la
chemise" (literally "Taking Off Shirt" but the
meaning is "Get
ready to play hard") is a 1998 song by the
Toulousian collective Zebda. The...
-
nightshirts on men, or night-
chemises on
women which date back to as
early as the 16th century.
Nightshirts and night-
chemises tended to just be day shirts...
- black, red, blue, green, and yellow. Historically,
blackwork was used on
chemises,
shirts or
smocks in
England from the time of
Henry VIII. The
common name...
-
Chemise binding (chemisette) was a
protective cover for a book used
between the 12th and 16th century. It
could be a slip-on
sleeve or an
overcover attached...
