Glossary

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Cape refers to a very soft leather much used for making comfort shoes. Cape leather is also used for gloves, hence it is also referred to as Glove Leather.

Cape Collar refers to a cape-style oversized collar. A Cape Collar is a soft, wide, circular Collar that covers the shoulders and the upper arms like a cape.

Cape Sleeve refers to a type of loose sleeve resembling a hanging cape.

Capelet Sleeve refers to a short Cape sleeve covering half the arm and the upper bodice. It is a ytpe of sleeve that falls several inches below elbow in soft flare

Car Wash Skirt refers to a type/kind of a skirt with multiple splits.

Car Wash Skirt is also spelled as Carwash Skirt..

Caraco refers to a gown cut off at hip level to form a sort of short, peasant-type, loose Jacket with wide revers.

Caraco also refers to a Jacket of many different styles worn betw

Cardigan refers to a type of sweater that has buttons on the front.. Cardigan was originally a short military Jacket named after James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, a British

Cardinal refers to a hooded cloak of scarlet cloth, resembling the mozetta worn by cardinals during the early 1700's.