history of fashion vocabulary early and late middle ages
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Shellshell12345 on February 3, 2011
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class vocabulary handout
salt lake community college
Byzantine (early middle ages)
late middle ages
renaissance
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40 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 large square decoration in contrasting colors and fabric | tablion |
| medallion shaped decorations | segmentae |
| originally Greek military- cloak fastened on right shoulder with fibula | chlamys |
| cloth embroidered collar, gold, set with beads/precious gems covering shoulders | maniakis |
| undershirts or under dresses made of light weight linen or cotton batiste | chemises |
| loose fitting breeches fastened at the waist with a belt | braies |
| cloak from one piece of fabric, fastened on one shoulder, slit for the head | open/closed mantle |
| elaborate, closely fitted, long garment, costly fabric worn by upper class men/women | bliaut |
| linen band passed from one temple, under chin and up to the other temple | barbette |
| a standing band, like a crown over which a veil might be draped | fillet |
| fine white scarf that covered the neck, the center covering the chin, fastened above ear | wimple |
| under tunic | cote |
| outer tunic | surcote/cote-hardie |
| loose with short/no sleeves fastening under arms with partial seams/fabric tabs | tabard |
| sleeve cut full under arm, tapering to close fit at the wrist | magyar sleeve |
| narrow at top widening to large, funnel shape at wrist | funnel sleeve |
| widened from shoulder to form a full, hanging pouch below tight cuff | bagpipe sleeve |
| military attire, links of metal for armor | chain mail |
| full garment with long, wide sleeves, slit below the shoulder in front for the arm to slip, leaving the long sleeve hanging behind | herigaut/gardecorps |
| exaggerated, pointed hat | henin |
| padded 'vest', sleeved version for civilian dress, worn over chemise | pourpoint/doublet |
| fitted over shoulders, widened below into deep tubular folds held by belt, worn by both men and women | houppelande |
| piece sewn into men's breeches covering genitals | codpiece |
| elongated, pointed shoe | poulaine |
| sewing together sections of different colored fabrics within one garment | parti-colored |
| form of decoration, edges of garment cut into points or scallops | dagging |
| hood, cut and sewn to cape | chaperone |
| long hanging tube of fabric at back of hood | liripipe |
| under jacket worn over shirt | doublet |
| over cloak open at sides | huke |
| under shirt for men | shirt or camica |
| women's under dress linen or cotton, full | camica |
| platform shoes, extreme in Venice | chopines |
| embroidery, black silk figures | spanish work |
| contrasting linings placed under slashes or inserts | slashings/panes |
| separate collar, very wide, often lace and stiffly starched | ruff |
| large padded breech | trunk hose |
| stiff or boned hoop underskirt, smaller top, wider at bottom | verdugale/spanish farthingale |
| padded roll placed around waist to support dress | bum roll |
| spokes fastened to top most hoop to a waistband, same width throughout | wheel farthingale |
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