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The MacDuff Dress Tartan is a clan tartan.
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The MacGregor Tartan is a clan tartan.
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The Macintosh Tartan is a clan tartan.
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The MacIntryre Tartan is a clan tartan.
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The MacKenzie Tartan is a clan tartan worn by the Seaforth Highlanders and Highland Light Infantry.
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A Mackintosh is a waterproof outer garment or coat, so named after Charles Macintosh the inventor. The traditional Mackintosh consists of two or more layers of cloth with a layer or layers of rubber between them, affording waterproofing.
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The MacLachlan Tartan is a clan tartan.
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The MacLaren Tartan is a clan tartan.
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The MacLeod Of Lewis And Raasay Tartan is a clan tartan.
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The MacPherson Hunting Tartan is a clan tartan.
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Macrame is decorative knotting. It originated in Arabia and was used for home furnishings during the 19th century and then in the 1960s as a decoration for dresses, then in the 1990s in jumpers and handbags.
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A mahioli helmet was an 18th century Hawaiian helmet similar to the military helmets of ancient Greece.
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A Mahoitres sleeve was a long, padded, bag-shaped, garment sleeve popular in France during the 14th and 15th centuries.
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A Maintenon cross is a cross with a diamond at the extremity of each limb, worn as an ornament.
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The major is a style of thinned, combed moustache comprising two straight wings with a gap between them at the centre.
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A mamaluke sleeve or virago sleeve is a long full sleeve partitioned into five sections, each section being drawn and seamed to fit around the arm.
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A mandilion is a hip-length, loose jacket with open side seams often decorated with braid trim.
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A manga was a 19th century Mexican oval-shaped men's coat with a slit cut in it through which the head of the wearer passes.
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Manicure is the cosmetic treatment and care of the hands and fingernails. It involves shaping the nails, removing cuticles and generally beautifying the hands.
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A mantelet is a short mantle or cape covering the shoulders. Mantelets were worn from the Middle Ages onwards and were very popular among women as outdoor wear worn over crinolines during the 19th century.
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A mantilla is a silk or lace head scarf worn over a high comb falling down over the back and shoulders by women in Spain and Mexico.
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A mantle is a loose, sleeveless, circular cloak formerly worn by men and now more usually by women. The circular mantle with a collar appears to have originated in Spain and spread throughout Europe by the 17th century.
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In jewellery, a marquise or marquise ring, is a type of finger-ring set with a pointed oval gem stone or cluster of gem stones.
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Mary Janes were shoes with button ankle-straps, flat or with a low heel. Originally designed for children they became popular with women during the 1920's.
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A mashlah is a Palestinian, simple, man's coat-like garment made from cotton and decorated with embroidery.
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A matinee hat was a large-brimmed picture hat of the early 20th century worn by women for afternoon events and teas.
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A matinee jacket was a women's sleeveless, full jacket worn for lounging.
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The maxi skirt is a long, ankle- or floor-length skirt, usually full, first popularised in the 1960's and often worn with boots.
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The McDonald Tartan is a clan tartan of the Clan Donald (North and South).
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Melton is a thick woollen fabric in twill or satin weave with a smooth surface. It was popularly used to make coats in the late 19th century.
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The Menzies Dress Tartan is a clan tartan.
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Merino is a thin, woollen, twilled cloth that was developed during the 19th century from the wool of the Merino sheep to produce outdoor clothing.
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A merkin was a Mediaeval wig designed to be worn on the female pubis to disguise the effects of syphilis.
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A merry widow is a type of corselette that fits tightly over the top of the hips, waist and rib-cage providing an 'hour-glass' figure to the wearer. The merry widow also has half-cups to push the breasts upwards and enhance the cleavage.
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A Merry Widow hat is a deep-crowned ladies' hat, usually made of straw and swathed in black tulle and ostrich feathers.
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A micro skirt is a short skirt reaching to just below the top of the thigh.
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A middy blouse was an American women's blouse of the 1930's based upon the midshipman's navy and white coloured shirt.
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A midi skirt is a skirt reaching to mid-calf.
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The military is an English style of moustache developed during the 20th century. The military is a long style, extending the width of the top lip in a single band, curved at the top edges.
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A mini skirt is a skirt that ends well before the knees - usually mid-thigh. The mini skirt was first introduced during the 1960's and was considered at the time very daring. A short mini skirt is known as a micro skirt.
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The mistletoe moustache is a style of moustache consisting of two narrow, crescent-shaped, inverted wings.
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A mitre is the head-dress of bishops. It is a cap with two peaks or horns, and two strings falling over the shoulders. They came into general use in the 12th century originally of simple white linen and only a few centimetres high, by the 14th century they were over thirty centimetres high, and adorned with precious stones and gold and silver plates. After the reformation the mitre fell into disuse, until resumed by the bishop of Lincoln in 1885.
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A mitten is a type of glove in which four of the fingers are covered together.
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A mob-cap was a large, plain, indoor cotton cap or head-dress for women, with a pouched crown and usually a frill, worn covering all the hair during the 18th and early 19th centuries.
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A moccasin is the shoe of the native North American Indian. They vary from tribe to tribe, but were generally made of soft leather in one piece, or with a sole of raw hide and deerskin uppers, and without a heel.
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Mod is a British term (from Modernist) applied in the late 1950s and early 1960s to a style of appearance adopted by some teenage boys. They favoured a tidy appearance with short haircuts and wore Italian-style suits, long parkas with zips and hoods and rode motor scooters.
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The Modigliani Look was a 1962 ladies hair style in which the hair was worn very high 'like a long stemmed flower'.
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Mohair is a fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, loosely woven with cotton, silk or wool resulting in a fuzzy textured fabric.
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A mohican is a hairstyle originating with one particular family group of Omahas of the American plains who cut their children's hair in a style symbolising the back hair of a plains buffalo as it stood against the skyline. The mohican hair cut properly comprises just an erect ridge of hair running from the nape of the neck to the forehead. The English name 'mohican' was given to the distinctive hairstyle displayed by the Indians in the popular 1971 BBC television mini series 'The Last of the Mohicans' based upon James Fenimore Cooper's novel, and the style was adopted by some followers of the Punk rock movement from about 1978 onwards. Really it should be called an 'Omaha'.
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Moleskin is a tough, exceedingly durable cotton material woven on a strong warp as a satin twill. It is usually white or drab, and is used to make clothing for outdoor work.
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Monkey jacket was the term used to describe any tailless coat during the 19th century.
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A montero was a Spanish hunting cap with a spherical crown and a flap which could be drawn down over the ears.
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The mop top is a haircut popularised by the Beatles during the 1960s, who were in turn introduced to it by a German part-time hairdresser, Astrid Kirchherr, who adapted it from the French Caesar cut. The mop top is a straight cut with a straight fringe, no grease, and the hair over the ears.
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Moreen is a fabric made from wool, or wool and cotton, in imitation of moire.
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A mortarboard or cater is an academic cap. The mortarboard consists of a skull cap surmounted by a stiff, square, cloth-covered board and silk tassel. The mortarboard derives its name from its resemblance to the square board used by bricklayers. The mortarboard originated in the old ecclesiastical biretum or barret cap, the ridged sutures of which were emphasised until it was nearly square with a flat top; this surface was enlarged and the biretum became the square cap of the English high churchmen of the 17th century. In the 18th century the square was stiffened with wood or cardboard and a tassel was substituted for the original ornamental knot.
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A muff is a woman's tube of insulated fabric, often fur, which is used to keep the hands warm,
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A muffin is a man's round, fabric hat with a flat crown and a narrow, upright brim, worn with ribbons at the back.
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A mukluk is a high boot traditionally made of sealskin, now also made from canvas and other materials, and traditionally worn by the Inuit people of the Arctic circle. The term is also applied to a knitted sock with a sole.
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A mule or babouche is a type of backless slipper or light shoe, originally popular in Turkey.
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The mulligan was a form of crew cut hairstyle invented, by accident, by the saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. In the mulligan, the hair is cut short and brushed forward.
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A mumu is a woman's dress with a fitted body ending in a full skirt at calf-length, the whole resembling a mermaid's lower half.
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Mungo is a material similar to shoddy which is made from old woollen fabrics which have been torn up for remaking.
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Muslin is a fine thin cotton fabric first imported into England in 1670. It was probably named muslin on account of being made at Mosul in Kurdistan. In 1780 it was first made in Europe by Robert Monteith of Glasgow using Indian yarn.
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A mutch is a close-fitting linen cap formerly worn by women and children in Scotland.
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Muttonchops is the name given to a style of side whiskers trimmed in the shape of chops, widening out from the temples.
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