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A waistcoat (also known as a vest) was originally a man's sleeveless, button-up garment reaching to the knees or hips and worn beneath a coat. In 18th century etiquette, the waistcoat was worn unbuttoned, allowing the right hand to be inserted while standing - rather than allowing the arms to dangle at the sides like a servant or the hands pushed into trouser pockets. Today the waistcoat is a close fitting, sleeveless, collarless, usually button-up garment worn by men over a shirt, but under a jacket.
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A walrus moustache is a large, bushy style of moustache that overhangs the lips in an arc resembling a walrus.
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The wampum is a broad belt formed of strings of shells and worn as an ornament or girdle by North American Indians. The name was also given to the interior parts of the clam shell which was used as currency among some Indians.
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A war bonnet is a North American Plains' Indian man's headdress consisting of a headband with a crown of eagle feathers and trailing feathers.
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A waspie was a type of women's corset developed in the 1940's based upon the guepiere. The waspie was designed to shape the body to the then in fashion 'New Look'.
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A Watteau hat is a woman's, straw or felt hat without a brim or crown, resembling a flat piece of stiffened material. They are usually decorated with ostrich plumes and ribbons and are held in place with a hat pin.
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Watteau pleats are pleats found at the back of a gown, stitched down at the back of the neckline and then allowed to fall freely to the ground.
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The western shirt is an American shirt based upon the style of shirt worn by cowboys. It is characterised by 'V' yokes and a patch breast pocket, and is frequently braided.
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A white coat is a long, thin, white coloured, overcoat fastening the full length up the front, usually made of cotton, frequently with two large pockets at the waist and a breast pocket on the left, and typically worn by laboratory technicians, doctors and scientists to protect the wearer's clothes underneath from spills and splashes.
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A widow's peak was a triangle of black-coloured fabric worn just above the hairline by women during the 18th and 19th centuries as a symbol of mourning.
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A wig (a contraction of periwig) is a covering for the head made from natural or artificial hair attached to a foundation so as to imitate a natural head covering.
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A wilczura is a Polish, wolf-skin coat.
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A wimple is a covering of silk or linen for the neck, chin and the sides of the face, usually worn out of doors, and usually held in place by some form of head band. Wimples were formerly worn in the Middle Ages by women, and are still worn by some nuns today.
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The windcheater is a waist-length jacket with a fitted waistband adapted from the British RAF flying jacket of the 1940s and 1950s. They are made from wool, gabardine, or nylon, are usually waterproof and have buttons or a zip from the waist to the neck.
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A wing collar or wing tipped collar is a high, stiff collar with pointed end corners which turn down. They are found on shirts and blouses, and were popular for men's formal wear in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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The wing moustache is a style of small, flat-topped, pyramidal moustache.
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A winkle picker is a sharply pointed toed shoe.
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A witchoura was a women's warm, ankle-length winter coat, fur trimmed and lined, and based upon the Polish wilczura coat. They were worn over lightweight dresses during the first third of the 19th century from about 1808 until 1830.
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Worsted is a hardwearing woollen fabric made of smooth yarn. It is so named from Worsted in Norfolk where it was first made.
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A wrap-over skirt is a skirt that wraps around the front, reaching the side seam and fastens at the waist.
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