gabardine

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Meanwhile, a vest required some internal structure and a fabric to support it—a wool gabardine, say, or a flannel.

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He often mixed silk and wool or silk and linen for a softer alternative to the heavy, stiff gabardines and worsted wools that were typical for men’s suits and jackets.

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One night before bed, M. Benamar shreds the silk lining from a pair of worn gabardine pants to craft a belt for his daughter.

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Functional for the outdoors, jackets are cut from cotton gabardine, wool and cashmere for warmth, while the Burberry Check is reworked in earthy colorways like sand and lichen.

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The papers took pains to note that Wyman came to court “hatless, her hair in a pageboy bob. She wore a tangerine gabardine shirt-maker dress.”

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