TYPES OF FASHION ACCESSORIES
Fashion
accessories can be loosely categorized into two general
areas: those that are carried and those that are worn.
Traditional carried accessories
include purses and handbags, hand fans, parasols and umbrellas, canes,
and ceremonial swords.
Accessories that are worn may include jackets, boots and
shoes, cravats, ties, hats, bonnets, belts and suspenders, gloves, muffs, jewelry,
watches, sashes, shawls, scarves, socks, and stockings.
- CARRIED ACCESSORIES
- Purses and Handbag
The term "purse"
originally referred to a small bag for holding coins. In British English, it is
still used to refer to a small coin bag. A "handbag" is a larger
needed accessory, that holds items beyond currency, such as a woman's personal
items and emergency survival items.Handbags are used as fashion accessories as
well as functional ones.
- Hand Fans
In the 17th century the folding fan, introduced from East Asia, became
popular in Europe. These fans are particularly well displayed in the portraits
of the high-born women of the era. Queen Elizabeth I of England can be seen to
carry both folding fans decorated with pom poms on their guardsticks as well as
the older style rigid fan, usually decorated with feathers and jewels.
- Parasols and Umbrella
An umbrella or parasol is a folding canopy supported
by metal ribs, which is mounted on a wooden, metal or plastic pole. It is
designed to protect a person against rain or sunlight.
The word
"umbrella" typically refers to a device used for protection from
rain. The word "parasol" usually refers to an item designed to protect from
the sun.
- Cane
Cane is any of various
tall, perennial grasses with flexible, woody stalks, and more
specifically from the genus Arundinaria.
Depending on strength, cane
can be fashioned for various purposes, including walking sticks, crutches, assistive
canes or judicial or school canes.
2. WORN ACCESSORIES
- Jacket
A jacket is a
mid-stomach–length garment for the upper body. A jacket typically has sleeves,
and fastens in the front or slightly on the side. A jacket is generally
lighter, tighter-fitting, and less insulating than a coat, which is outerwear.
Some jackets are fashionable, while others serve as protective
clothing.
- Shoes and Boots
A shoe is an item
of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while
doing various activities. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration. The
design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture to culture,
with appearance originally being tied to function.
A boot is a type
of footwear and a specific type of shoe. Most boots mainly cover
the foot and the ankle, while some also cover some part of the
lower calf. Some boots extend up the leg, sometimes as far as the knee or
even the hip.
- Cravat
The cravat is a neckband, the forerunner of the modern
tailored necktie and bow tie, originating from 17th-century
military unit known as the Croats.
- Necktie
A necktie or
simply tie is a long piece of cloth worn for decorative purposes
around the neck, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat.
Variants include the ascot tie, bow tie, bolo tie, zipper
tie, cravat and clip-on tie. The modern necktie, ascot, and bow
tie are descended from the cravat. Neck ties are generally unsized, but may be
available in a longer size.
Men and boys wear neckties as part of regular office attire or formal wear. Some women wear them as well but usually not as often as men. Neckties can also be worn as part of a uniform.
Men and boys wear neckties as part of regular office attire or formal wear. Some women wear them as well but usually not as often as men. Neckties can also be worn as part of a uniform.
- Hats
A hat is a head covering. It can be worn for protection
against the elements, ceremonial reasons, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion
accessory.
- Bonnet
Bonnet is a term for a
wide variety of styles of headgear for both sexes, but most often
female, which has been in use from the Middle Ages to the present.
It is
impossible to generalize as to the styles for which the word has been used, any
more than for the alternatives of hat or cap, but there is for both
sexes a tendency to use the word for styles in soft material and lacking a
brim.
Bonnet derives
from the same word in French, where it originally indicated a type of
material. In the 21st century, only a few kinds of headgear are still referred
to as bonnets, most commonly those worn by babies and Scottish soldiers.
- Belt
A belt is a
flexible band or strap, typically made of leather or heavy cloth,
and worn around the waist. A belt supports trousers or other articles
of clothing.
- Suspender
Suspenders or braces are fabric or leather straps worn over the
shoulders to hold up trousers. The straps may be elasticated, either
entirely or only at attachment ends, and most straps are of woven cloth forming
an X or Y shape at the back.
Suspenders are typically attached to trousers with
clips or buttons using leather tabs at the ends. Outside of the US, the term suspenders,
or suspender belt, refers to a garment used to hold up stockings.
This is called a garter belt in American English.
- Gloves
A glove is a garment covering
the whole hand. Gloves have separate sheaths or openings for each finger and
the thumb; if there is an opening but no (or a short) covering sheath for
each finger they are called fingerless gloves.
Fingerless gloves having
one large opening rather than individual openings for each finger are sometimes
called gauntlets, though gauntlets are not necessarily fingerless. Gloves
which cover the entire hand or fist but do not have separate finger openings or
sheaths are called mittens.
Mittens are warmer than gloves made of the
same material because fingers maintain their warmth better when they are in
contact with each other.
- Muff
A muff is a fashion accessory for outdoors usually made of a
cylinder of fur or fabric with both ends open for keeping
the hands warm. It was introduced to women's fashion in the 16th century and
was popular with both men and women in the 17th and 18th centuries.
By the
early 20th century, muffs were used in England only by women. It is also
reported that the fashion largely fell out of style in the 19th century. It
briefly returned in the late 1940s and 50s.
- Jewellery
Jewellery or jewelry consists of small decorative items worn
for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces,
earrings, and bracelets.
Jewellery may be attached to the body or the
clothes, and the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for
example. For many centuries metal, often combined with gemstones, has been
the normal material for jewellery, but other materials such as shells and other
plant materials may be used.
- Watch
A watch is a small timepiece intended to be carried
or worn by a person. It is designed to keep working despite the motions caused
by the person's activities.
A wristwatch is designed to be worn on
a wrist, attached by a watch strap or other type
of bracelet. A pocket watch is designed for a person to carry in
a pocket.
- Sashes
A sash is a large and usually colorful ribbon or
band of material worn around the body, draping from one shoulder to the
opposing hip, or else running around the waist.
The sash around the waist may
be worn in daily attire, but the sash from shoulder to hip is worn on
ceremonial occasions only. Ceremonial sashes are also found in a V-shaped
format, draping from both shoulders to the stomach like a large necklace.
- Shawl
A shawl is a simple item
of clothing, loosely worn over the shoulders, upper body and arms, and
sometimes also over the head. It is usually
a rectangular or square piece of cloth, that is often
folded to make a triangle but can also be triangular in shape. Other
shapes include oblong shawls.
- Scarf
A scarf, also known as
a Kremer, muffler or neck-wrap, is a piece of fabric worn
around the neck, or near the head or around the waist for warmth,
cleanliness, fashion or religious reasons. They can come in a variety of different
colours.
- Socks
A sock is an item
of clothing worn on the feet and often covering the ankle and some
part of the calf. Some type of shoe or boot is typically
worn over socks.
In ancient times, socks were made from leather or matted
animal hair. In the late 16th century, machine-knit socks were first produced.
Until 1800 both hand knitting and machine knitting were used to produce socks,
but after 1800, machine knitting became the predominant method.
- Stockings
A stocking (also
known as hose, especially in a historical context) is a close-fitting,
variously elastic garment covering the leg from the foot up to the
knee or even part or all of the thigh. Stockings vary in color, design
and transparency.
Today, stockings are
primarily worn for fashion and aesthetics, usually in association with
mid-length skirts.
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