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    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, more...
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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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    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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    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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  • "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    The Raised Chemise or The Shift Withdrawn (La Chemise enlevée ) is a small c.1770 oil-on-canvas painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, now in the Louvre in...
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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Surtout Ulster coat Visite Witzchoura Underwear Basque Bustle Chausses Chemise Codpiece Corselet Corset Waist cincher Dickey Garter Hoop skirt Crinoline...
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    worn from the 1880s. As a women’s undergarment, combinations comprised chemise and drawers, and could be fashioned from various different fabrics including...
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    often paned or slashed to show the voluminous sleeves of the shirt or chemise beneath. Spanish fashions remained very conservative. The ruff lingered...
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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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    A chemisette (from French, "little chemise") is an article of women's clothing worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment. Chemisettes give...
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    Knee highs Pantyhose Stocking Tights Historical Basque Boudoir cap Bustle Chemise Crinoline Farthingale Hoop skirt Liberty bodice Pannier Pantalettes Petticoat...
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    shirt-like garment called a chemise in France, or a smock or shift in England. The forerunner of the modern-day shirt, the chemise was tucked into a man's...
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