A draped bodicve is when the bustline has extra material draped over it.
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Kids would where bodices
Fashionable men wore waistcoats and baggy trousers in 1666. Women wore dresses with tight bodices and with loose skirts and sleeves.
Smocking's not especially popular in Australia, although most handicrafts have their proponents. Australian use smocking for the usual things; cuffs, collars, bodices, flouncy shirts, etc.
Smocking is an embroidery technique used to gather a fabric in order to stretch it, this method was very common before elastics were introduced. It can be applied to cuffs, bodices and necklines.
Hot trends include patterned fabrics, criss cross draped bodices with cutout sides, and sheer or transparent fabrics layered over nude lining.
Very young children of both sexes wore dresses with close fitting bodices similar to those worn by women.
Women on the goldfields wore the same clothes as ordinary city women, and farmers' wives. They wore long skirts which covered their ankles, and long sleeves to their wrists. They had lace-up or button-up bodices and boots.
Sarah Boone, an African American woman, is credited with inventing the modern ironing board in 1892. She designed a narrow, curved board to make it easier to iron the sleeves and bodices of women's garments.
In the 1400s, men typically wore tunics, doublets, hose, and hats. Women wore long dresses with fitted bodices and full skirts, often with elaborate embellishments. Clothing was often made of wool, linen, silk, or velvet, and was tailored to reflect social status.
Jackets and bodices and long skirts, made of wool and/or linen. Under those clothes they often wore a shirt or vest that was changed and washed regularly (the other clothes were rarely washed). Bras are an invention of the 19th century and were not worn then; underpants or something like that were at best worn one week in the month.
The fabrics used in the European Renaissance (around 1450-1600) greatly varied depending on the class the clothes were meant for. In the upper class, ladies wore dresses made of brocade fabric and sometimes velvet. Brocade was also used to make the upper class men's doublets, and velvet could be used for breeches. Silk was used for men's shirts, ladies' chemises, and also for silk stockings. In the lower classes, cotton, linen, and muslin were the way to go as far as chemises, shirts, skirts, jerkins, breeches, and bodices. Leather could also be used for bodices and jerkins. Wool was generally used for cloaks. This is just a very general outline of the most common fabrics, and depending on the exact time and specific country this could change, but for the most part these are the fabrics you would see.