Camisole is an element of a suit

A camisole is an element of a suit, more often male, but it happens in national dresses and female. It has some characteristic details - a certain length, the presence of frequent buttons, a narrow cut in the waist, implying its mandatory wearing under outer clothing, the lack of sleeves. And if they are present, then only in the winter version of clothing.

Required part

You can safely say that the jacket is a prototype of a waistcoat. He always put on his undershirt, thus giving the suit formality and severity.

Very often, the camisole, together with the caftan, formed a single whole, that is, a suit in which the camisole was always shorter than the caftan. In this case, the pair was made of the same material, covered with the same pieces of jewelry, silver lace or canvas. But the caftan, unlike the camisole, could be of an arbitrary cut and style - trapezoid, straight, with and without wedges.

Traditional cut

If the caftan was sewn by the forearm, repeated the contours of the figure, it was called a stylocerp (exactly in the body). But a camisole is a detail of a suit, which always was sewn into the waist. Perhaps, he would have disappeared from the field of view, like corrugated female collars-cutters, but interest to them arose thanks to the cinema, which mercilessly exploits that time interval, when the jackets were an integral part of the men's suit. And dueling on swords were made in jackets or shirts (depending on what the main character looks more spectacular). The modern spectator can appreciate the beauty and sophistication of medieval outfits, especially since the man's jacket, made of brocade or velvet, embroidered, for example, with crochet (thin wires of silver and gold), looked very impressive.

Originally from Paris

Of course, to us in Russia, the camisole, along with so many things, fell through a cut through window to Europe.

The most ardent pro-Western Peter I instilled - where by personal example, where by force - love of the European fashion. And already in Russia, the camisole acquired national features, mainly in decoration, as it began to be worn by church gold embroidered shirts. And then he stepped farther, beyond the Urals, and the indigenous population became so fond of it that harmoniously entered some nationalities in the national costume. It can be stated that the jacket is a detail of national, often male and female suits of Tatars, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Bashkirs, Georgians and some others.

Russified alien

Appearing in Russia at the beginning of the XVIII century, the camisole became an integral part of the male costume. It was of two kinds - with and without sleeves. He was always worn under a swinging kaftan. Depending on the fashion, he could be with a deaf clasp under his throat. At the end of the XVIII century, this detail of clothing is out of fashion. Since the camisole belonged to the time of the reign of Catherine the Great, and art at that time flourished, there remained many portraits of dignitaries, rich people, captured by the artists. In the consciousness of subsequent generations, the camisole and wig became an integral part and symbol of the reign of Peter the Great and the brilliant Catherine's century. Camisole in these times was an obligatory compound uniform of the Russian army, police and civil departments.

Origin of the term

The very word "camisole" goes back to ancient times, when in ancient Rome, a shirt called kamisia. But as a detail of clothing he appeared on the fashionable horizon of France only in the XVII century. And, although in the XVI century there was some kind of it - tunic, they were bound only by a cut in the waist.

The tunic was much shorter, with a stand-up collar, double sleeves (the pair just hung around unnecessarily), and overhead rollers on top of the armhole armhole, which, according to the couturier, gave the male figure the necessary masculinity. It can be concluded that the most characteristic feature of the jacket is a mandatory cut in the waist. This detail of the clothes is so good that even now the camisole is appropriate at some solemn evening, which is the case with carnivals and balls.

Modern Opportunities

Camisole, whose pattern is attached, is absolutely not difficult to perform. Especially in the wide access step-by-step the cut of the jacket for all tastes and tailoring is shown more than in detail. In addition, there are many tips for finishing the finished product, indicating how you can make a unique thing from the shop fittings. And if you choose a classic version without sleeves, then making a camisole with your own hands is not difficult at all. Moreover, the furniture is now so good and varied that the covering of the jacket with the ready braid and baloons will look no less spectacular than the medieval one.