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Down jacket. A typical, modern, hooded down jacket featuring seamless quilted pockets filled with down. The down jacket, known more commonly in the fashion industry as a puffer jacket or simply puffer, is a quilted coat which is insulated with either duck or goose feathers. Air pockets created by the bulk of the feathers allow for the retention ...
Gilet, body warmer [7] Vest, puffer vest [7] [8] Sleeveless garment used as outerwear. Waistcoat [9] Vest [8] Sleeveless garment used as underwear. Vest [8] Wifebeater, [10] undershirt [8] Sleeveless, legless, one piece infant garment with snap or other type of closure.
Parka. A modern down parka with faux-fur trim on the hood. A parka and anorak is a type of coat with a hood, often lined with fur or faux fur. These two kinds of garments are staple of Inuit clothing, traditionally made from caribou or seal skin, for hunting and kayaking in the frigid Arctic. Some Inuit anoraks require regular coating with fish ...
Gilet. A typical, modern, hooded down gilet featuring seamless quilted pockets filled with down. A gilet ( / dʒɪˈleɪ /) or body warmer is a sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat or blouse. [1] It may be waist- to knee-length and is typically straight-sided rather than fitted; however, historically, gilets were fitted and embroidered. [2]
Waistcoat. A waistcoat ( UK and Commonwealth, / ˈweɪs ( t) koʊt / or / ˈwɛskət /; colloquially called a weskit [1]) or vest ( US and Canada) is a sleeveless upper-body garment. It is usually worn over a dress shirt and necktie and below a coat as a part of most men's formal wear. It is also sported as the third piece in the traditional ...
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1881 Italian ad for Cannabis indica cigarillos, promising to "stop the most violent attacks of asthma, nervous cough, colds, extinction of voice, facial neuralgia and insomnia, and to combat all laryngeal and respiratory ailments." In colloquial language, puffery refers to exaggerated or false praise. [1] Puffery serves to "puff up" what is ...
LGBT slang, LGBT speak, queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ+ people. It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBTQ+ community identify themselves and speak in code with brevity and speed to others.