Camisole

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A camisole or camisol was a garment of the 16th-18th centuries . Century.

The camisole was a sleeveless or sleeveless top. A women's camisole corresponded to a corset or a tight top of a dress that was laced or tucked at the front. It was used as a short lap jacket in women's costumes in some areas. For men, the camisole was comparable to a vest and could reach down to the knees. It had a low, standing collar and buttons on the front. Shape and type of fabric directed mostly after this worn overcoat .

In Martin Walser's novel Brandung , an excerpt from a folk song is quoted that reads:

My love is from Graubünden
native of Tyrol,
she wears, if I am not mistaken,
a green camisole.

Word origin

The name goes back to the Middle Latin words camisile , camisiale or camisia , which were used for shirt-like clothing. In French it became camisole and camisole de force (i.e. the straitjacket ), in Polish it became kamizela . In the Suda there is the expression καμισον.

literature

  • Walter Hoffmann: What does “Kamisol” mean in the student language of the 19th century? in: Yearbook Einst und Jetzt Volume 25 (1980), pp. 181-184.

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