The Probert Encyclopaedia of Costume

JACK BOOT

The jack boot (or jackboot) was a high riding boot of the 17th and 18th centuries made from jack leather. It reached above the knee, and had a large piece of leather covering the instep. The jack boot was superseded by a similar boot, known as the guard boot, which was made of leather, cut away at the top in a square cut, introduced by the Duke of Wellington.
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JACK LEATHER

Jack leather was a waxed leather, coated with tar, used for making boots during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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JACKET

A jacket is a short coat without tails.
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JAMAICA SHORTS

Jamaica shorts are fly-fronted shorts reaching to the mid-thigh.
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JAMS

Jams are baggy, short trousers, reaching towards the knee, printed with a large floral design, and worn by American men on the beach. Jams derived from pyjamas.
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JEANS

Jeans are a type originally developed as hard wearing work trousers for American miners. They are made from woven cotton with a white weft and coloured warp, a style of fabric first developed at Nimes in France, whence the name serge denim or denim as it became. Jeans have a fly front fastening, top stitching, back yoke detailing and belt loops. Traditionally they were indigo blue in colour, later developed in many colours.
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JELLY BEAN SANDALS

Jelly Bean Sandals (also known as jelly sandals or jellies) are moulded, soft, pliable, plastic sandals made in various usually lurid and bright colours, often with integral glitter, and first worn by children during the 20th century, before being produced for adult women in the 1990's.
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JERKIN

A jerkin is a hip-length garment, with or without sleeves, which fastens at the side or on the shoulders. It is often cut with slits at the sides. They originated in the 16th century as a sleeveless leather garment for men and were popular in the mid-20th century.
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JESUS SANDAL

A Jesus sandal is a sandal consisting of a sole held to the foot by two sets of starps, one around the abkle and the other across the base of the toes.
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JETTED POCKET

A jetted pocket is a pocket constructed by cutting through a garment and a bag sewn to the edges inside the garment, as is typical with the front pockets found in trousers.
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JEWELLERY

Jewellery is personal adornments worn since ancient times by people of all cultures, as ornaments, as badges of social or official rank, and as emblems of religious or other belief. In its widest sense the term jewellery encompasses objects made of many kinds of organic and inorganic materials such as hair, feathers, leather, scales, bones, shells, wood, ceramics, metals, and minerals. More commonly the term refers to mounted precious or semiprecious stones and to objects made of valuable or attractive metals such as gold, silver, platinum, copper, and brass.

Jewellery has been worn on the head as crowns, diadems, tiaras, aigrettes, hairpins, hat ornaments, earrings, nose rings, ear-plugs, and lip rings; on the neck as collars, necklaces, and pendants; on the breast as pectorals, brooches, clasps, and buttons; on the limbs as rings, bracelets, armlets, and anklets; and at the waist as belts and girdles, with pendants such as chatelaines, scent cases, and rosaries. Much present knowledge of jewellery is derived from the preservation of personal objects in tombs. Information about the jewellery of cultures that did not bury valuables with the dead comes from portraits in surviving painting and sculpture.
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JIBBAH

A jibbah (or jibbur as it is known in Turkey) is a Middle-Eastern man's unlined, long-sleeved coat or dress, flared and seamed to add width.
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JODHPUR SHOE

A jodhpur shoe or jodhpur boot is an ankle boot with a strap that encircles the ankle and buckles on the side worn with jodhpurs for riding.
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JODHPURS

Jodhpurs are riding breeches originating from India, cut very full over the hips, tapering to the knees to become tight fitting from the knees to the ankles.
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JOGGING BOTTOMS

Jogging bottoms are loose, casual woollen or fleece trousers with an elasticated waist and knitted rib cuff.
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JULIET CAP

A Juliet cap is a woman's small, richly decorated, circular cap or calotte worn on the back of the head like a skullcap.
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JULIET SLEEVE

A Juliet sleeve is a sleeve similar to a leg of mutton sleeve, full and gathered at the top , with a lower part fitted and seemed to the top part above the elbow.
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JUMPSUIT

A jumpsuit, originally called a 'siren suit', is a baggy complete body covering with a zip front fastening designed so as to be put on and taken off quickly.
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