A chemise or shift is a classic smock type of women's undergarment or dress. Historically, a chemise was a simple garment worn next to the skin to protect...
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In medieval castles, the chemise (French: "shirt") was typically a low wall encircling the keep, protecting the base of the tower. Alternative terms,...
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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...
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"Tomber la chemise" (English: literally "Take Off Your Shirt" but the meaning is "Get ready to play hard") is a 1998 song by the Toulousian collective...
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The Raised Chemise or The Shift Withdrawn (La Chemise enlevée ) is a small c.1770 oil-on-canvas painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, now in the Louvre in...
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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...
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gown, usually with sleeves, worn over a kirtle or undergown, with a linen chemise or smock worn next to the skin. The sleeves were made detachable and were...
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Girl in a Chemise (French: Jeune femme en chemise) is an oil-on-canvas painting created c. 1905 by Pablo Picasso. It is a portrait of a girl, whom experts...
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Salon. She portrayed the queen wearing a dress that looked like a chemise. The chemise-like dress was adapted from the Parisian fashion dressmaker Rose...
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Middle Ages into the Baroque period. The kirtle was typically worn over a chemise or smock, which acted as a slip, and under the formal outer garment, a...
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Gerry Granahan (redirect from No Chemise Please)
publisher Tommy Volando on Sunbeam Records, and recorded the single "No Chemise Please". The song became a nationwide hit in the U.S., peaking at No. 23...
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his coat of arms. Women's clothing consisted of an undertunic called a chemise, chainse or smock, usually of linen, over which was worn one or more ankle-to-floor...
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Franco Nero 1973 L'Histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot trousse-chemise Bertrade Nina Companeez 1973 Profession: Aventuriers Marie Chapuis Claude...
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Balthild of Chelles (section Chemise of Balthild)
matrix is in the keeping of the Norwich Castle Museum. Balthild's ornate chemise both expresses her dedication to the church, as well as her status as a...
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recognition, as well as several awards, for its 1998 single "Tomber la chemise" ("Take Off Your Shirt"). In 2001, the band spearheaded an independent...
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José María Figueres (section Chemise case)
extrajudicial execution of a drug dealer named Jose Joaquin Orozco, known as "Chemise". The basis for this allegation dated back to March 7, 1973. Figueres accused...
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introducing in 1957 the fuller but tapering "sack/sac dress," also called the chemise dress, soon copied by Christian Dior for his 1957 Fuseau/Spindle line....
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Octagonal turrets on the chemise and caponiers at ground level provided flanking fire around the tower. It is unclear whether the chemise was part of the original...
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in Hawaiian. The dress, which was originally used as an undergarment or chemise for the holokū, lacked a yoke and may have featured short sleeves or no...
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straight-cut chemise dress. The style was characterised by its full skirts. The bodice could be fitted, or straight-cut in the chemise manner, with a...
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Mouvement Franciste (redirect from Chemises Bleues)
dictator, Benito Mussolini. Its members were deemed the francistes or Chemises bleues (Blueshirts) and gave the Roman salute (a paramilitary character...
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In 1955, he designed the tunic dress, which later developed into the chemise dress of 1957. In 1959, his work culminated in the Empire line, with high-waisted...
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revealingly thin materials, such as silk gauze and muslin. In the 1780s the chemise a la Reine, as worn by Marie Antoinette in a notorious portrait of 1783...
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blackwork imitates etchings or woodcuts. Historically, blackwork was used on chemises, shirts or smocks in England from the time of Henry VIII. The common name...
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typically constructed of light materials and feature thin spaghetti straps. Chemise, a one-piece undergarment that is the same in shape as a straight-hanging...
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together; they were split in the middle to make it easier to urinate. As chemises decreased in length, open drawers stopped being used. In the late 19th...
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Pelicon was fur-lined piece of clothing worn between a chemise and cotte in France. The fashion dates from the Byzantine, Romanesque and Renaissance era...
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women tend to wear a warm jacket and a sleeveless chemise that reaches down to the calves, tying the chemise round the waist with a long and narrow piece of...
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horse's tail in her hand. In the poem she wore a linen sark (Scots: a short chemise or undergarment), that she had been given as a child, which explains why...
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or If Don Juan Were a Woman Jeanne L'histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot Trousse-Chemise The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot Arabelle...
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