- 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...
- In
medieval castles, the
chemise (French: "shirt") was
typically a low wall
encircling the keep,
protecting the base of the tower.
Alternative terms,...
- 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...
- 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...
- "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...
- 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Shift Withdrawn (La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...
-
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...
- Girl in a
Chemise (French:
Jeune femme en
chemise) is an oil-on-canvas
painting created c. 1905 by
Pablo Pic****o. It is a
portrait of a girl, whom experts...
- 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...
- Salon. She portra**** the
queen wearing a
dress that
looked like a
chemise. The
chemise-like
dress was
adapted from the Parisian fashion dressmaker Rose...
