Pouf
The Pouf is a high hairstyle from the second half of the 18th century, based on a wire frame, complemented by a triangular cushion (“pouf”
Painted knees and rolled down stockings
Flappers, as fashionistas in the Roaring Twenties were called, were very bold girls in fashion trends. We have a post about them.
Pinafore
Pinafore is an apron dress for children. Pinafore differs from an apron in that it covers most of the clothing. Pinafore sleeveless, but sometimes with sleeves.
Peignoir
A peignoir is a type of home wear designed to protect clothes from hair, powder and cosmetics. The peignoir appeared around the end of the 16th –
Poke bonnet
The Poke bonnet is a type of headgear derived from a bonnet and a hat. Poke bonnet appears at the beginning of the 19th century, and comes from the fashionable Chapeau à la Paméla (hat with a brim, pressed with a ribbon or veil on the sides).
Poulaines
The Poulaines (or Crakows; crackowes; pl. ciżemki; de. Schnabelschuh; sv. Snabelskor) are fashionable medieval shoes with very long toes. They were so named because the style was thought to have originated in Kraków, though the term “Poulaine”, as in souliers à la poulaine, “shoes in the Polish fashion”, referred to the long pointed beak of the shoe, not the shoe itself.
Parasol
The Umbrella existed as far back as the 11th century BC. It is this time that is considered the time of the invention of the umbrella.
Robe à la Polonoise
The Robe à la Polonoise (or Polonaise; ru. Роб а ля Полонез; pl. Poloneska; es. Polonesa) is a woman’s gown of the later 1770s and 1780s.
Pluderhosen
Pluderhosen or Upper hose (also Upper hosen) – short, baggy trousers for men made of fabric, usually velvet, with vertical slits showing the lining, hence they were also called “filled trousers”, chausse à la gigotte, chausse bouffante, etc.
Peineta
The Peineta is is a decorative comb, a hair ornament, consists of a convex body and a set of teeth that affix it to hair worn in a bun.
Podstakannik
The Podstakannik (ru. подстаканник, literally “thing under the glass”), or tea glass holder, is a holder with a handle, most commonly made of metal that holds a drinking glass (stakan).
Porte-bouquet
The Porte-bouquet (or posy holder, tussie-mussie) is an accessory, a holder for flowers that can be attached to a dress or worn by hand.
Polka dot
The Polka dot is a pattern consisting of an array of large filled circles of the same size. One of the first mentions of the term “Polka dot”
Beach Pajamas
The Beach Pajamas are women’s summer leisure wear. Beach pajamas, which look like palazzo pants (wide-legged pants) with an attached sleeveless top, sometimes supplemented with a light robe or jacket.
Permanent
The Permanent wave machine. In the late 1900s, the Permanent wave was invented by Karl Nessler, and in February 1910 he patented a special Permanent wave machine.
Plis Watteau
The Plis Watteau is pleat on the back, fashionable in the 18th century. The Plis Watteau was named after the artist Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684 – 1721).
Hanging pockets
The Hanging pockets are separate small bags or pouches. In the 15th-18th centuries, pockets were an independent accessory for a woman’s costume.
Pamela hat
The Pamela hat (also Pamela bonnet) or fr. Chapeau à la Paméla, described a type of straw hat or bonnet popular during the 1780’s – 1810’s.
Pet-en-l’air
The Pet-en-l’air is part of the 18th century women’s costume. It was an elongated jacket, fitted, but with a free back and the Plis Watteau.
Panier
The Panier or Pannier (also “side hoops”) from French – “basket”. This is a frame made of willow or steel rods or whalebone plates to keep the skirt fashionable.
Plus-fours
The Plus fours (or Plus-fours) are breeches or trousers that extend 4 inches (10 cm) below the knee (and thus four inches longer than traditional knickerbockers, hence the name).
Partlet
The Partlet is a fashion accessory of the 15th – 16th century. The Partlet was a sleeveless garment worn over the neck and shoulders, or to fill in a low neckline.
Peascod belly
A peascod belly is a type of exaggeratedly padded stomach that was very popular in men’s dress in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.