The Puritan collar consists of square-cut, wide and flat flaps in the front and back that extends to the shoulder seam. This collar is derived from English protestants of late sixteenth and seventeenth century. The early Englishmen carried the collar to America where it was identified with the Puritans and early Americans. This style is often seen in dresses and blouses.
A-line is the most popular type of silhouette which is fitted at the top (shoulders or waist) and then gradually flares or gets wider towards the hem. The term A-line was first coined by Christian Dior in 1955 to describe the shape of his spring collection of clothing that resembled the shape of capital letter A.
The A-line silhouette emphasizes a small waist as different silhouettes emphasizes different body shapes or parts. A-line dresses can be of any length ranging from full skirt to ending at knee. This silhouette can be off shoulder, sleeveless, short or long sleeve and with any kind of neckline. The A-line silhouette is most widely used in everyday outfits and wedding dresses.
A Silhouette is the most prominent visual element of the garment that is the general outline or shape of the garment.
Silhouette are shown in solid black on a white background and is named after French Author Etienne de Silhouette who first made the drawings in black with no background details.
The side seam, waistline, shoulder line, hem line all work together to create a dominant shape called the silhouette. A silhouette can be changed by moving the waistline, narrowing or widening (shoulders, sleeve or legs), adding fabrics, padding different parts of the body or corseting waist or bust to create illusion.
There are basically seven types of silhouettes (dresses)
A Shawl collar is a type of collar that follows the front opening of the clothing. It does not have separate lapels and is made in one piece forming shawl over the shoulder or with seam in center back. The length of the collar varies and sometimes can be extended to waistline with V-neck in front. It is the most popular and widely used collar found on coats, sweaters, dresses, tuxedos etc.
A bodkin is a tool, which is shaped like a thick blunt needle and is used for threading elastic, ribbon, cord etc. through a casing. It can also be used to turn the bias tubing right side out. There are many types of bodkins, some are self-locking (slide to lock tweezer type) and some are needle like with an eye through which threading is done.
The Peter Pan collar is a flat collar with rounded ends in the front. It is composed of two separate collar units, one attached to the left-hand portion of the neck and the other to the right-hand portion of the neck. The collar is named Peter Pan after the costume of Maude Adam, who starred in the play Peter and Adam in the year 1905. This style is mainly associated with children's wear and was gradually adopted by women.
A band collar is a narrow band (about 1 inch) shaped collar that stands up encircling the neck and closes with buttons at front or back. It is also called stand up collar or kurta collar. This type of collar is frequently seen in front open garments. This collar is always interfaced to reinforce the shape of the collar and to maintain its original look after washing.
