Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Abiti molto costruiti
English translation:
highly tailored clothes
Added to glossary by
Juliet Halewood (X)
Oct 17, 2006 10:16
17 yrs ago
Italian term
Abiti molto costruiti
Italian to English
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Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Describing the cut of clothes in a collection. no other context, sorry!
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Proposed translations
+3
8 mins
Selected
highly tailored clothes
my take on it - here's a couple of references:
Clayesmore School - HomepageHaving looked at the highly tailored clothes made by the artist Yinka Shonibare a selection of Year 8 have taken his work as their lead. ...read more ...
www.clayesmore.net/news/news.php?school=2&startitem=20 - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
Purcell's Chicken Voluntary: June 2005One aspect of the problem is that "Western" highly tailored clothes are stupid. Consider that a Sri Lankan woman has a number of saris, which she will never ...
louiseyvette.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_louiseyvette_archive.html - 55k - Cached - Similar pages
The StingT here are brokers with pasty faces, sportsmen, tanned and casual, and financiers with goatees and highly tailored clothes. Large amounts of money are ...
www.awesomefilm.com/script/thesting.html - 152k - Cached - Similar pages
Balenciaga - Factbites Highly tailored clothes are a legacy of the design studio's founder , Cristobal Balenciaga . And chestnut -brown boots were worn with Balenciaga's mid ...
www.factbites.com/topics/Balenciaga - 41k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
Clayesmore School - HomepageHaving looked at the highly tailored clothes made by the artist Yinka Shonibare a selection of Year 8 have taken his work as their lead. ...read more ...
www.clayesmore.net/news/news.php?school=2&startitem=20 - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
Purcell's Chicken Voluntary: June 2005One aspect of the problem is that "Western" highly tailored clothes are stupid. Consider that a Sri Lankan woman has a number of saris, which she will never ...
louiseyvette.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_louiseyvette_archive.html - 55k - Cached - Similar pages
The StingT here are brokers with pasty faces, sportsmen, tanned and casual, and financiers with goatees and highly tailored clothes. Large amounts of money are ...
www.awesomefilm.com/script/thesting.html - 152k - Cached - Similar pages
Balenciaga - Factbites Highly tailored clothes are a legacy of the design studio's founder , Cristobal Balenciaga . And chestnut -brown boots were worn with Balenciaga's mid ...
www.factbites.com/topics/Balenciaga - 41k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
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Comment: "Thanks, Enza! It was really hard to pick an answer because they all seemed appropriate. So thanks also to Angela, Fairyqueen and Texjax!"
+1
16 mins
very structured suits/collection/garments/dresses/gowns
The "abiti" could be anything really, but the "molto costruiti" I'd go for "very structured".
Try googling it with various combinations of "suit/gown/dress/clothes" and see what you get.
Try googling it with various combinations of "suit/gown/dress/clothes" and see what you get.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Maudarg (X)
2 hrs
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+1
15 mins
Highly constucted garments/clothes
or styles
Fashion of the year 2000
... feminine and highly constructed styles, took an exciting new direction with ... Fashion of the Year 2000 selection of seven garments and accessories was ...
www.powerhousemuseum.com/previous/fashion_of_the_year_2000....
Please return the garment to Wrangler Quality Control, 1421 South Elm St., ... Aura From The Women At Wrangler™ jeans are so highly constructed that for a ...
www.aurafromthewomenatwrangler.com/aur_contact.php
The 1940s bandeau is highly constructed and relies on darts and multiple layers of ... at fastening and unfastening the garment, while not exposing herself. ...
www.bikiniscience.com/costumes/soutien-gorge_SS/bandeau_S/b...
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Note added at 18 mins (2006-10-17 10:34:41 GMT)
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RAI: AT 2004
Such tailors play an important role in fulfilling clothing needs and desires that ... fitted or loose tops, elaborate trim, and highly constructed sleeves. ...
www.therai.org.uk/pubs/at/contents/2004.html
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Note added at 19 mins (2006-10-17 10:36:07 GMT)
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There's a new wave of really tailored, very constructed clothing, and it is about the techniques and the mechanics, and that is an influence you see with ...
www.kenyanewsnetwork.com/artman/publish/article_955.shtml
Fashion of the year 2000
... feminine and highly constructed styles, took an exciting new direction with ... Fashion of the Year 2000 selection of seven garments and accessories was ...
www.powerhousemuseum.com/previous/fashion_of_the_year_2000....
Please return the garment to Wrangler Quality Control, 1421 South Elm St., ... Aura From The Women At Wrangler™ jeans are so highly constructed that for a ...
www.aurafromthewomenatwrangler.com/aur_contact.php
The 1940s bandeau is highly constructed and relies on darts and multiple layers of ... at fastening and unfastening the garment, while not exposing herself. ...
www.bikiniscience.com/costumes/soutien-gorge_SS/bandeau_S/b...
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Note added at 18 mins (2006-10-17 10:34:41 GMT)
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RAI: AT 2004
Such tailors play an important role in fulfilling clothing needs and desires that ... fitted or loose tops, elaborate trim, and highly constructed sleeves. ...
www.therai.org.uk/pubs/at/contents/2004.html
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Note added at 19 mins (2006-10-17 10:36:07 GMT)
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There's a new wave of really tailored, very constructed clothing, and it is about the techniques and the mechanics, and that is an influence you see with ...
www.kenyanewsnetwork.com/artman/publish/article_955.shtml
+2
2 hrs
highly elaborate clothes
or garments
molti riscontri alla definizione
molti riscontri alla definizione
Example sentence:
Even designers who are fond of elaborate clothes with plenty of exterior decoration are cleaning up their act for spring. Basic shapes are lean and uncluttered
Reference:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/michael_kors/index.html?offset=80&
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Fabiola Mancinelli
2 hrs
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grazie Fabiola
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agree |
Emily Goodpaster
: elaborate was my first thought...
15 hrs
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thank you Emily
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