[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Brit-Speak: clothing

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

Ah, Carol, :-)
Words can be fun, and it does boggle the mind how things change over the
years. <Snicker>

You said:

| Carol:
| Waistcoat, weskit, vest: I think that's the etymology, but I didn't
| look it up. When I was young, a girl's sleeveless undershirt was
| simply that: an undershirt. Now the fancy ones are called camisoles.
|
| http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/images/us/local/products/thumb/
| f06074_th.jpg
|
| For men, a sleeveless undershirt was an undershirt; a short-sleeved
| one was a T-shirt. Now T-shirts are colorful and worn as "outerwear."
| (Grits teeth at the term.) I've been divorced for for quite some time,
| so my terminology may be out of date. Also, Arizona men don't seem to
| wear undershirts of either type, though they probably should!

[Lee]:
<LOL>
And now, the sleeveless shirts if worn as outer-garments are "tank tops" (if
the shoulder is only a strap) which apply to men or women in the US, and the
full-shouldered tops with no sleeves are--uh--shells, I believe, in US
terms. AAAAK! And I don't know the british counterparts to these terms.

A vest is usually something like a sleeveless item that buttons or zips in
the front and is worn over a shirt or blouse, i.e. part of a three-piece
suit.  There are also pull-over vests.

Okay, are we all quite thoroughly confused now? :-)

[Carol]:
| As for pinafores, the term was formerly used for a frilly apron with a
| sort of bib in front, worn by little girls (and Raggedy Ann dolls)
| from the nineteenth century until the early 1950s to protect their
| dresses from spills:
|
| http://www.ushist.com/wardrobe/thumbs/lfhp_girls_pinafore_001_w-hat.jpg
|
| It does seem to be used for jumpers now, judging from the photos I
| found in a Google image search.
|
| Carol, who has been informed by her son-in-law that real men don't
| wear pajamas

[Lee]:
<Grin> Often the case, but they gotta have nice comfortable bathrobes
(dressing gowns).  :-)

Cheers,
Lee :-)
(Who loves this exchange of cultures!)

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