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- For other meanings of Waist, see Waist (disambiguation)
Waist is a common term for the bodice of a dress or for a blouse or woman's shirt from the early nineteenth century through the Edwardian period. A bodice is an article of Clothing for women covering the body from the neck to the waist A dress (also frock, gown) is a garment consisting of a Skirt with an attached Bodice or with a matching bodice giving the effect of a one-piece The word blouse most commonly refers to a woman's Shirt, although the term is also used for some men's military uniform jackets A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body Originally an item of underwear worn exclusively by men it has become in American English a catch-all term for The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Class and society Socially the Edwardian era was a period during which the British Class system was very rigid
A shirtwaist was originally a separate blouse constructed like a shirt.
From the mid-twentieth century, shirtwaist referred to a dress with the upper portion (the bodice and sleeves) fashioned like a man's shirt, with a turnover collar and buttons down the front. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Sleeve ( O Eng ''slieve'' or ''slyf'', a word allied to slip, cf In Clothing, a collar is the part of a Shirt, Dress, coat or Blouse that fastens around or frames the Neck. In Clothing and Fashion design, a button is a small plastic or metal disc- or knob-shaped typically round object usually attached to an article of Clothing
See also bodice, corsage. A bodice is an article of Clothing for women covering the body from the neck to the waist Corsage refers to the Bodice of a dress In the 19th century corsage was a common term for a woman's bodice or jacket
References
- Picken, Mary Brooks: The Fashion Dictionary, Funk and Wagnalls, 1957. Mary Brooks Picken was an influential American author of numerous books on Needlework, Sewing, and Textile arts. (1973 edition ISBN 0-308-10052-2)
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