Here I have a glossary of items of clothing that women wear. (Sorry, men!) It is broken down into sections. If you have any trouble with an English definition, let me know. Consequently, one or two don't have definitions, as I wasn't sure how to define them! Help would be appreciated. So, here you are! It's a doozy! EDIT: Should the patterns section be there? I included it because I used them so often to describe an item of clothing... Let me know...
I added: German column I ask: what a swoop-neck shirt is (can you show me a really close-to-reality pic, please?) about a tube top (because of the lack of definition, I can't figure out what that should be) if I can leave out the German translations for double-/triple-hook bra, wrap-around shirt and tier skirt, since I don't know the appropraite translations (let me wait for the other languages and see how they will translate those words) where the difference between boot-cut jeans and flare jeans is I suggest: to change the German and Portuguese column titles to "Deutsch" and "Português", respectively, since you also wrote Español, Fançais, Castellano and Italiano instead of Spanish, French, Castilian and Italian. My final say is: that's really a doozy!
This shirt has a neck-line that is swoop-neck. It's circular, and it's sort of low. Here is one tube top, and another. I'll give examples anyway: Wrap-around skirt A double-hook bra uses a double-hook A triple-hook bra uses three hooks Tier skirt with three tiers These are flare jeans, while these pants are even more flared. Boot-cut jeans are wider at the foot, but not AS wide as flared jeans. Did any of these images help?...... Oopsie! Sounds good, Dani.
Some did, but you have to know so many words in order to infer from pics what word one uses. It's really hard, because some clothes or apparels aren't used in Germany at all - and some of them (like tier skirts) are so old-fashioned that I don't even know the names. Let me wait for native speakers of other languages ... maybe I can figure some clothes out from French or Spanish. Thank you anyway. EDIT: I have yet another question: What is the very first column for?
No, I was not refering to the "titles" or "groups", but to the very left column, before "English". There's always one blank before the English word on the left. You see?
Yes, look at the second line. 2A says Shirt. Everything below it deals with shirts, and different types. 24A says Patterns, 33A says Skirt. It just groups them into categories. Do you think I should delete them?....
Mandarina: The glossaries forum is for members who want to comment/contribute to the glossaries posted. If you'd like to add some of these words to the glossary on Women's Apparel, feel free to do so by following the instructions. Keep in mind that this particular glossary deals with WOMEN's apparel, as some terms listed below are associated with men's clothing.... I'm not sure how to handle this one.... Perhaps you'll have to wait for a Spanish-speaker to fill in the Spanish equivalents... In the meantime, I can add some words that you've listed here. Sleeve-less Sleeveless
I added a couple of patterns and some Spanish translations. I like how they're grouped. I think that you should think about changing "wife-beater" to "a-shirt" or another term.
Thanks so much for contibuting. I actually didn't know of any other terms. "A-shirt", eh? New to me, Mike... What other names does it have?...
I dunno about suggesting the removal of a word. However, it should be identified as offensive and the context for such offense explained. A "wife beater" is not just a "shirt", its not a "t shirt", its a sleeveless t-shirt, or a tank top. To explain why a tank top ended up being called a wife beater would apparently offend many, so i'll take a pass.
They're called "a-shirts" or "tank-top-style undershirts" (not very easy to say, I know). I'm not suggesting removal, only changing the English entry to something more literal. Food for thought.
By the way, I really really would love to see a cantonese column, using both pinyin and traditional characters. (Anyone who's dabbled in fashion knows why I want anything I can find in cantonese... its where just about everything is made now). I have several pages of hand written notes that I accumulated in hong kong. I wrote down what I was trying to say and various people filled in the cantonese. If you know someone willing to enter them, I can scan them and email them.
I am taking this glossary and expanding it into a general purpose one covering fashion clothing sewing textiles womens wear mens wear outerwear and footwear. Why? Because I seriously needed it when I was in hong kong!!! But i'm out of time this week.... and I wont have it ready until next week... So you can all tell me if you would prefer for me to put it in this thread and replace the womens wear one? or start a new thread / new glossary and let this one be separate? Venus, If you like, I can email it to you and you can take ownership and merge it with this one. Or I can finish and upload it next week. Just let me know what you prefer.
Replace the glossary????...... I'm a bit confused about what you're talking about... Are you talking about adding in the terms above, or creating a new glossary that deals with _____?____? Or, are you talking about starting a new more general glossary, perhaps to include men's clothing? Did you make a new glossary? I'm so confused.... Pardon me, nyc, it's been a long day. Fill me in on what exactly you mean, please.
Hi Venus Meanwhile, I'm enclosing the Brazilian Portuguese terms from an Apollo point of view... I'll invite the girls from the Port-Eng Forum to complement it. Cheers Lems _______________ Don't drive faster than your angel can fly.
Yeah, that. ;-) I was talking about starting a new more general one, and asking if you would prefer it to be separate or merged with the one you started. I have no personal preference, but it may reduce redundancy to have just one. Up to you.
Hmmm, wow.... hmmm.... Good suggestion, nyc. I think I'd rather keep the women's clothing glossary as is for a couple of reasons: - We've already begun it, and merging them would prove daunting and unpleasant, I think - Although I believe there is some overlap regarding the more general terms (shirt, pants, belt), this glossary really caters to the need of its theme by including gender-specific articles of clothing - A more general glossary would be so large that it would be easier for the reader to divide it up into sections (women's, men's, children's.....) anyway If you decide to begin a glossary on men's clothing, children's clothing, or clothing in general, I'll support you.
The Portuguese section is missing some gender codes. I also noticed that more than one translation was on one line, so I separated them.
I have humbly added some more spanish names, but there are so many that I would not have a clue how they are called.
some french words, there are many others that aren't there, and some other that i can't remember, because they are precise and i'm not really interested in clothes
Hi stella, You should download the latest version of the file because if you don't, we lose the last changes (in this case the whole catalan column and some words in other languages). here you can find how to participate. I add the updated file.
I'm sorry, Mithrellas! here's what I've done: click on the "attachment icon" from the forum homepage in this one thread. A list of files appeared, #6 seemed to be the latest one, and that's the one I have downloaded, updated with my additions, uploaded with number 7. Now I've checked back the file list and I see there're two #6. I must have picked the wrong one. I'll be more careful next time, thanks for pointing that out ciao, dani
I'd like to suggest some additions to the English list: nightgown camisole vest padded bra support bra/jog bra body suit leotard culottes mock turtleneck bonnet beret undies (as a slang term) evening gown/formal wear cocktail dress prom dress gown lingerie socks footies tailored/fitted jacket bouffant/full slip slit Also, could slacks/trousers be combined into one entry? It seems they are the same thing, or am I mistaken? One more thing, I know a few more words in Spanish that would seem to fit in somewhere: playera sostén panuelo calcetines
