{"id":2470,"date":"2015-10-21T17:29:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T21:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/volumesandissues\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2019-09-27T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T15:53:07","slug":"tell-me-what-you-are-wearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/volumesandissues\/2015\/10\/21\/tell-me-what-you-are-wearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Me What You are Wearing…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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T-shirt for sale by http:\/\/quotesgram.com\/, a company which specializes in printed quotes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here we are, back in the swing of the semester!\u00a0 I’ve been trying to post new things for you every-other Wednesday (and once a month in the summer).\u00a0 This is subject to the frenzy of other library responsibilities, of course, but one has to have goals, right?\u00a0 We will alternate a longer, feature post, like “Needles in the Stacks” , with shorter, tidbit posts like this one.\u00a0 And soon we will debut our series on new designers at established fashion houses*.\u00a0 We hope you’ll like the new features.<\/p>\n

Words are important.\u00a0 Words give us tools to communicate ideas.\u00a0 One huge area of fashion-related confusion concerns the words used for different fabrics and styles.\u00a0 That’s why I thought these posts on the Oxford English Dictionary’s blog might be on interest:<\/p>\n

\"cardigan\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/blog.oxforddictionaries.com\/2015\/08\/7-clothing-names-origins\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s interesting how many fabrics took their name from the city or area where they were first made.\u00a0 And now, every time you throw on a sweater, you can remember the 7th Earl of Cardigan and his leadership at the Charge of the Light Brigade.<\/p>\n

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This post by the OED demonstrates a few cases where items of clothing have assumed an abbreviation of their functions or origin-parts.\u00a0 One such word is “jeggings”, the combination of jeans made in a stretchy enough fabric to be leggings.<\/p>\n

\"HarperBazar_Combination\"<\/a>
This is a woman’s “combination” from an 1892 Harper’s Bazar<\/em> magazine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Another is “combs” for combinations, a type of underwear that incorporates both long john leggings with an underwear top, such as a camisole.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/blog.oxforddictionaries.com\/2012\/02\/the-language-of-clothes\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

As this next post points out, each decade of fashion brings new words for that fashion.\u00a0 Many of those words (i.e. bob haircut, go-go boots, zoot suit) become synonymous with the period where they were first introduced (i.e. 20’s, 60’s, 40’s Harlem).<\/p>\n

http:\/\/blog.oxforddictionaries.com\/2014\/07\/fedoras-mullets-decades-fashion-words\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The legendary bandleader Cab Calloway, in his heyday, wearing his signature white zoot suit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Speaking of words, Mr. Calloway made very interesting use of them in his biggest number:<\/p>\n

Cab Calloway performing his signature number<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Some things are so special they need a word all their own!<\/p>\n

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*Points to you if you can come up with a witty name for this feature.\u00a0 Email me at elizabeth_mcmahon@fitnyc.edu with suggestions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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