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A rabato was a stiff, turned-down collar or ruff for the neck, that was fashionable during the late 16th and early to mid-17th centuries.
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A racket is a broad wooden shoe designed to assist with walking over marshy ground.
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Raglan describes a sleeve with sloping edges running up to the neck and so without a shoulder seam.
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A rah-rah skirt (also known as a ra-ra skirt) is a short, frilly, tiered skirt worn by North American college cheerleaders.
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Originally, a ramilie was a cocked-hat worn during the reign of George I and so named in commemoration of the Battle Of Ramilies in 1706. A ramilie was a long, gradually diminishing plait to the hair or wig, with a large bow at the top and a smaller one at the bottom
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A ramilie wig was a long wig worn by men during the 18th century.
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The Rational Dress Society was an organisation founded in 1881 at London. Its members wore Turkish trousers and resisted, on health grounds, any attempt by fashion to restrict or deform the body. The society was active in dress reform selling boneless stays and what it considered to be practical garments. It condemned high heels and advocated the wearing of no more than seven pounds in weight of underwear.
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A redingote was originally a man's double-breasted greatcoat with long plain skirts not cut away in the front worn by coachmen. Later the name was applied to a woman's close fitting coat with a full skirt flaring from the waist. By the 20th century the term was applied to a woman's long coat with a cut-away front or contrasting front.
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A reefer jacket is a semi-fitting, long jacket, or short coat, made from various materials but traditionally a dark blue or black coloured, heavy woollen material. Usually single-breasted, sometimes double breasted the reefer jacket has a collar, notch lapels and is front button fastening - traditionally with brass or naval style buttons. The reefer jacket is originally a sailing jacket, designed to be warm while still short enough to prevent entanglement in shrouds and rigging. The style was adopted for casual wear by men and reefer jackets produced in a variety of materials and colours.
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The regent moustache is an elegant style of moustache extending the width of the top lip and comprising two splayed wings with a curved top to each.
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Repenter curls are the long ringlets sometimes worn in women's hair.
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A reticule is a woman's bag, usually made from net mesh fabric, and closed by a drawstring.
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Rhinegrave or petticoat breeches were men's breeches worn from the seventeenth century. Unlike earlier breeches they were not gathered at the knee, but were decorated with ruffles, lace and ribbons.
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A ribbon is a woven narrow band of silk or other material used for adornment.
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In Britain, the custom was formerly that a man or woman willing to marry, but not engaged would wear a ring on the index finger of the left hand; if engaged upon the second finger of the left hand. A married person wore a ring on the third finger of the left hand, and a person with no desire to marry wore a ring on the little finger of the left hand.
The custom of giving or exchanging rings in marriage is said to originate from the ancient custom that a ring was used as a seal, by which orders were signed. And that by giving one's spouse a ring, one symbolised that one was empowering the spouse with all the power one had, that is to sign orders on one's behalf for example.
The custom of wearing a wedding ring upon the third finger of the left hand apparently originated with the Romans, who believed that a nerve ran from that finger to the heart. The Christian church later adopted the third finger as symbolic of the humanity of Christ. Later, in the 17th century the belief was that the same finger carried a major vein carrying blood to the heart, and as such it was the appropriate finger on which to wear a wedding ring.
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Riveling was an old term for a shoe made of raw hide.
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A robe is a long loose outer garment.
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A rochet or rotchet is a linen garment worn by bishops under the chimere, or black satin robe to which the lawn sleeves are usually attached. It was at one time the ordinary garment of a bishop. It is akin to the surplice, and should, according to ancient usage, have tight sleeves. It is shorter than an alb, reaching only as far as the knees. The present chimere dates back to the reign of Elizabeth I.
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A Roman sandal is a leather sandal with multiple straps and button fastening.
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The Ronald Coleman is an elegant style of moustache comprising two shaped wings with a gap between them at the centre, that turn upwards at the centre and travel vertically towards the nose. The Ronald Coleman is named after the actor who popularised the style.
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A ropa (also known as a vlieger or marlotte) was a high necked outdoor, usually sleeveless or else cap-effect sleeved garment fastened at the neck by a brooch bearing a single decorative gem. Ropas were worn by women during the 16th and early 17th centuries.
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A roquelaure was a man's cloak popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. The
roquelaure was so called after the Duke de Roquelaure.
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Rouge is a cosmetic comprised of a French chalk base with added carthamin and cochineal or other red colourings.
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A rouleau is a piece of material cut on the cross and made into a thin tube which acts as a belt or as piping on a hat or coat.
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In costume, ruching is the name given to whne the favric is drawn up with a thread or drawstring to create a full, gathered effect.
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A rucksack is a large bag with many compartments, carried on the back with straps hooked around the front of the arms.
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A ruff was a circular collar of cambric or lawn in the form of a starched and crimped or pleated frill, fashionable in England between 1550 and 1630 after arriving arrived from France. Ruffs were generally about seven centimetres deep, with a man's ruff being higher at the back than the front so as to follow the line of the jaw.
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A rugby shirt is a heavy weight long-sleeved sports shirt with a knitted collar and cuffs. They are typically decorated with horizontal stripes.
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A run and fell seam is a seam made on the right side of the garment, comprising a normal seam, to which one side is trimmed and the other side turned over the trimmed side and pressed under and the whole seam then topstitched on the right side. Run and fell seams are typically used in garments made of denim.
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