wearing-apparel industry

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• Intimate apparel —    During the nineteenth century, women traditionally wore a chemise, which was a straight unadorned linen garment, as their sleeping apparel. Hence the origin of intimate apparel or lingerie derived from the French word linge, or linen. By 1830 …   Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry

• Fashions — ▪ 2009       The faltering global economy determined the direction of fashion during 2008. Initially, the euro s significant appreciation against the dollar proved a boon to style conscious travelers who, visiting the U.S. from abroad as the year …   Universalium

• Chronology — 50,000 BCE The first prehistoric human, Cro Magnon man, learned to survive in cold climates by fashioning clothing out of animal skins, tree bark, and foliage. Paleolithic cave paintings such as those found in Lascaux, France, indicate that early …   Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry

• textile — /teks tuyl, til/, n. 1. any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting. 2. a material, as a fiber or yarn, used in or suitable for weaving: Glass can be used as a textile. adj. 3. woven or capable of being woven: textile fabrics. 4 …   Universalium

• Warnaco Group — Warner Brothers Corset Company redirects here. For the film studio, see Warner Bros.. Warnaco Group, Inc Type Public (NYSE: WRC) Industry Textiles, Apparel Luxur …   Wikipedia

• Wonderbra — The Wonderbra is a type of push up brassiere that gained worldwide prominence in the 1990s. Although the Wonderbra name was first trademarked in the U.S. in 1935,cite web| url=http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=registration entry=612231 |… …   Wikipedia

• Reebok — Limited Type Subsidiary of Adidas[1] Industry Sports equipment Founded …   Wikipedia

• Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act — Consumer Safety Act Full title Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act Acronym CPSIA Colloquial name(s) Consumer Act Enacted by the 110th United States Congress Effective …   Wikipedia

• clothing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Wearing apparel Nouns 1. clothing, clothes, apparel, wear, dress, attire, array, raiment, garments, garb, costume, outfit, habiliment, habit, rig, ensemble, caparison, drapery, toilette, fig, wardrobe,… …   English dictionary for students

• equipment — equipment, apparatus, machinery, paraphernalia, outfit, tackle, gear, matériel are comparable when they mean all the things that are used in a given work or are useful in effecting a given end. Equipment usually covers everything needed for… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• List of The Chaser's War on Everything episodes — Contents 1 Series 1 (2006) 2 Series 2 (2007) 3 Series 3 (2009) 4 See also The following is a list of episodes of the Australian satirical televisio …   Wikipedia