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Ear rings were originally a sign of slavery or life-long servitude. Slaves having their ears pierced and rings passed through them.
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Elastic is a fabric made from interwoven threads of India rubber. By 1830
elastic panels had replaced the spiral metal bands which had earlier been used for corsets and underwear. Because of its flexibility, elastic has been used extensively since the 19th century in the manufacture of underwear, swimwear and exercise garments.
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An empire line dress is a dress having a high waist and a low neckline and a straight having skirt without any flare. The style is based upon the dresses worn by the 19th century French Empress Josephine.
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The English hunting waistcoat is a very square, boxy shaped waistcoat, usually made from Harris tweed, and with side splits and a slightly lower back.
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An epaulette is an ornamental fringed tab or badge worn on the shoulder as a distinguishing mark of rank. A gold epaulette was worn by British Naval officers in 1759 following the French adoption in 1759. Epaulettes were used on both army and navy uniforms during the 19th century, but were abandoned by the British Army in 1855.
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An ephod was a species of vestment worn by the Jewish high-priest over the second tunic. It consisted of two main pieces, one covering the back, the other the breast and upper part of the body, fastened together on the shoulders by two onyx stones set in gold, on each of which were engraved the names of six tribes according to their order. A girdle or band, of one piece with the ephod, fastened it to the body. Just above the girdle, in the middle of the ephod, and joined to it by little gold chains, rested the square breastplate with the Urim and Thummim. The ephod was originally intended to be worn by the high-priest exclusively, but a similar vestment of an inferior material seems to have been in common use in later times among the ordinary priests.
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An espadrille is a light canvas or plaited straw shoe with a plaited fibre sole originally worn in the Pyrenees.
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An Eton collar is a broad, stiff collar worn outside of a coat-collar.
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An Eton jacket is a short, black, open fronted jacket, pointed at the back and cut square at the hips, formerly worn by the younger boys attending Eton school.
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A Eugenie is a woman's hat, resembling a pillbox hat but decorated with plumes.
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An evening shirt is a man's formal, long-sleeved shirt, usually decorated with lace or linen frills known as chitterlings on the front.
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