Shirts vs. Blouses

[CharleyH]

Perdita

ROFL

 

[Guest]

Which raises an entirely different question. What traditionally male piece of clothing must a woman wear to become a cross-dresser. It's not legged pants, it's not a shirt. Hell, it's not even a tie.

A salami.

Perdita

 

[oggbashan]

Re: p.s.

Ogg, those are not blouses. No coutourier would label them such. I'm sure the Indians have a proper name for them.

Perdita

Perhaps someone from the Indian sub-continent will correct me, but I took them from a Indian site called "Amazing Blouses" so I assume that they call them "blouses".

Og

 

[cantdog]

You won't find a universal definition anyway. I see no reason not to expect regional differences in usage with this word as much as with other such words, like "pants" and "trousers" and "knickers." I believe Og has discovered the regional variant, in the English speech of the sub-continent.

 

[Guest]

Indian 'blouses'

I was not arguing. I am certain that these Indian tops (a centuries old design) were not originally called blouses, and they certainly do not fit the common definition. It's a western term however commonly used now, and not quite the same as the difference between trousers and pants.

Perdita

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Which raises an entirely different question. What traditionally male piece of clothing must a woman wear to become a cross-dresser. It's not legged pants, it's not a shirt. Hell, it's not even a tie.

Just wondering...

#L

Cod-piece?

 

[shereads]

Am I out of it? I love the things women wear, but my ignorance of terms and styles is profound.

Is there a difference between a bouse and shirt? And if so, what is it?

---Zoor

Depending on where we get our dry cleaning done, about $3.

 

[The_Fool]

Just to add to the confusion. The term the military used for wearing pants above the cuff of the boot is called "blousing."

Symantics....gotta love words....or something.

 

[ChilledVodkaIV]

Could someone walk me home please, I'm afraid of the dark, and blouses.

CVIV

 

[Guest]

Could someone walk me home please, I'm afraid of the dark, and blouses.

That's a very good line, use it in a story.

Me, I'm afraid of CV's with Roman numerals. P.

 

[Guest]

Which raises an entirely different question. What traditionally male piece of clothing must a woman wear to become a cross-dresser. It's not legged pants, it's not a shirt. Hell, it's not even a tie.

Just wondering...

#L

A moustache.

 

[Weird Harold]

One distiction that hasn't been mentioned:

A "Blouse" has the buttons on the left and a "Shirt" has the buttons on the right -- when either has buttons of course: It's much more difficult to distinguish when there are no buttons.

A Military "blouse" is much easier to identify -- it has a label inside that says, "Blouse" even though it usully looks like a suit-coat or jacket.

 

[herecomestherain]

CVIV wrote

Could someone walk me home please, I'm afraid of the dark, and blouses.

CVIV

Who's a big girls blouse then?



Perdita, loved your link, I had the great pleasure to work with a fellow who made reproduction historical costumes from the 1880's, I fell in love with the fabric names while reading for research. The names almost suggest the wearer...anyone wearing bombazine would no take no quarter from a lovesick fool, while the fair one in mousseline is given to fits of the vapours...

http://phrontistery.50megs.com/fabric.html

Blouse suggests a garment made from soft,draping fabric.

 

[Guest]

Perdita, loved your link, I had the great pleasure to work with a fellow who made reproduction historical costumes from the 1880's, I fell in love with the fabric names while reading for research. The names almost suggest the wearer...anyone wearing bombazine would no take no quarter from a lovesick fool, while the fair one in mousseline is given to fits of the vapours...

I understand you. I love fabric and old clothing items, great costume design (e.g., Karinska), etc. I still remember when I made my first gusset. P.

 

[MagicaPractica]

description of blouses

Maybe you don't need to know what a shirt is called, describing it makes it much more interesting. I remember reading a description of a woman's blouse once that called it something like "a frilly lace confection." I think that's much more interesting than calling it simply a blouse.

 

[MagicFingers]

Ogg

I think those Indian things are halter tops, or midrif blouses.

I have a hard time too, trying to describe women's clothes. Like the good Dr, I too admire that women can understand all those unique and different little idiosyncracies about their clothes.

Like, what's the difference between hipsters and boyleg panties?
It's not much, but I've been studying them closely to find out!

In my last story, 18 year olds are at a cabin and the girls are wearing SHIRTS, like t-shirts and tank tops, because it is appropriate.
In another story, a woman host on a TV show removed her BLOUSE, because it was more fancy and fit her character better.

And then, there are hand-me-downs:

 

[Huckleman2000]

I would say, for the purposes of this site, that a blouse is something that someone wearing a shirt is trying to get the blouse-wearer out of.

A shirt, on the other hand, is what the blouse-wearer dons post-coitus, with nothing else.

To sum it up: one can wear a shirt with nothing else, and it's sexy. A blouse is just one more item of clothing to remove, preferably early in the foreplay.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Ogg, those are not blouses. No coutourier would label them such. I'm sure the Indians have a proper name for them.

Perdita

Sexy?

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Guest]

Sexy?

Smartypants, or... trousers, whatever. P.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Ogg,

FYI - A ‘choli’ is a tightly fitted, short blouse.

 

[oggbashan]

Ogg,

FYI - A ‘choli’ is a tightly fitted, short blouse.

Yes, but... Not every Indian calls the garment I've illustrated a 'choli'. 'Blouse' covers usage through a large part of the Indian sub-continent. With xx languages and xxx dialects (forgotten the numbers) India has a problem with a common word for anything except in English.

Neither word is in my Hobson-Jobson (The Anglo-Indian Dictionary) so I cannot confirm usage.

Og

 

[Goldie Munro]

Blouses are apparently back in fashion so really shouldn't be described as things your granny would wear!

I dunno blouses to me are always just girlier than shirts - softer material, fuller sleeves more detail that kind of thing.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

I'm aware of "blouse" as a verb. It means to kind of puff up the part right above where it's tucked in. Soldiers blouse their trousers when they're tucked into combat boots.

---dr.M.

 

[SensualCealy]

Not to throw a curve at you Dr. but... it's funny, I can feel sexy in both a blouse or a shirt! lol

Like I described earlier, a smooth silk blouse, fitted in all the right spots. Preferably in white, with a pretty lace underwire bra on underneath. Tucked into a fitted skirt, hugging the hips, with a thong, garter and stockings and of course, nice heals. yummy!!!

BUT... same white lace bra, matching white thong, tank over the bra and a crip tailored 'shirt', great fitting jeans can be ohhhh so sexy too!

Cealy