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DRESS DESIGN [6 records]

Record 1 2022-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Clothing (General)
  • Sewing (General)
DEF

[A person who] makes women's garments; such as, dresses, coats, suits and other dress clothing, applying knowledge of women's garment design, construction and styling...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Vêtements (Généralités)
  • Couture (Généralités)
DEF

Personne qui confectionne des vêtements pour dames, tels que robes, manteaux, costumes et autres vêtements en y appliquant ses connaissances de la création, de la confection et de la mode [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Sewing
  • Men's Clothing
CONT

To become a master tailor traditionally requires five years of theory and practical study followed by two years working under the supervision of a senior master tailor.

OBS

[A master tailor] makes men's garments, such as suits, topcoats, overcoats and other dress clothing, applying knowledge of men's garment design, construction and styling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Couture
  • Vêtements pour hommes
OBS

[Le maître tailleur] confectionne des vêtements pour hommes, comme des habits, des pardessus, des paletots et autres vêtements de ville, en faisant appel à sa connaissance des modèles, du montage et de la mode.

Key term(s)
  • maître-tailleur
  • maîtresse-tailleuse

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Footwear (Clothing)
  • Military Dress
CONT

The garrison dress boot was similar in general design to the combat boot, but was more cheaply made and was not intended for wear in field conditions. The main distinguishing features [of the boot] are the toecap and the deep tread... soles. Unlike combat boots, garrison dress boots were intended to be polished.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chaussures (Vêtements)
  • Tenue militaire
DEF

Botte qui ressemble à la botte de combat, mais qui ne se porte qu'avec la tenue de garnison.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
  • Clothing (General)
CONT

Traditional Huron dress : a black gown, sash with arrow design and a feather headdress for men; a long skirt with a matching tunic and gown decorated with embroidery for women.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
  • Vêtements (Généralités)
CONT

Costumes traditionnels des Hurons : toge noire, ceinture fléchée et coiffe de plumes pour l'homme, jupe longue, tunique et toque assortie, ornées de broderies perlées, pour la femme.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

Traditional Huron dress : a black gown, sash with arrow design and a feather headdress for men; a long skirt with a matching tunic and gown decorated with embroidery for women... the highly characteristic chief's headdress..., a head covering with a wide leather headband embroidered with flowers made of either beads of moose hair. Feathers are arranged to cover the top of the head. These are rooster or partridge feathers which are split down the middle, as the nerve was removed to give the headdress a curly look.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

Costumes traditionnels des Hurons : toge noire, ceinture fléchée et coiffe de plumes pour l'homme, jupe longue, tunique et toque assortie, ornées de broderies perlées, pour la femme.

CONT

[...] la coiffe du chef très caractéristique qui connut elle aussi des variations à travers les âges. Il s'agit d'un bonnet à large bandeau de cuir brodé à motifs floraux, soit en perle ou en poil d'orignal. Les plumes, disposées pour couvrir le dessus de la tête, sont des plumes de coq ou de perdrix fendues au milieu, auxquelles on a retiré le nerf pour donner un aspect frisé.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

Greg Ingraham, planner and landscape architect, stated the interpretation requiring foundation planting area in Edina’s Code is an incorrect interpretation of the code. Mr. Ingraham believes this because he said the code says setback not planting area, there are no projects that totally comply with the requirement. He continued there is a fundamental problem with requiring foundation planting area around a storage facility because it does not further the basic tenet of zoning (public health, safety and welfare) Mr. Ingraham stated he did not see how the public good was served by the planting requirement. He continued that applying the foundation requirement would make the facility unusable.

CONT

Foundation planting is typically added to a building as an afterthought to the building's design in order to "dress it up". Today, foundation planting is nothing more than an outdated practice in cosmetics that was once applied to hide exposed foundations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
DEF

Plantation destinée à dissimuler les fondations.

Spanish

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