Unfitted dress made with narrow shoulders that gradually widens, somewhat like a pyramid, to a very wide hem. Designed by Yves Saint Laurent for House of Dior in Paris in 1958. Same style resurfaced in fall of 1986.

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March 7, 2007

Man’s or woman’s hat with a high conical crown rounded at top and medium-sized brim usually turned up at the sides and back. Made of beaver, fur, or leather trimmed with wide band. First mentioned in 1508, but very fashionable from 1560 to 1620. Revived in 1640s to 1665; then called the sugarloaf hat due to its resemblance to a loaf of sugar. Also called pantile. Also spelled copatain, copintank, coppitanke, copytank, coptank.

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March 6, 2007

Small round flat collar with rounded ends in front. Worn originally by children, later also adopted by women. Der. Copied from costumes worn in play Peter Pan, written by J. M. Barrie in 1904.

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February 26, 2007
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Words taken from The FAIRCHILD Dictionary of Fashion, 3rd Edition