Beret: flat hat that is made of soft wool or felt. Can have a thin hatband that fits tightly to the head. often referred as a French Beret
Boater or skimmer hat: a kind of men's formal summer hat, normally made of stiff sennit straw and has a stiff flat crown and brim, typically with a solid or striped grosgrain ribbon around the crown.
Bowler: a hard felt hat with a rounded crown and narrow brim.
Fedora: a felt hat typically creased lengthwise down the crown and "pinched" in the front on both sides. The "Indiana Jones" hat. Fedoras can also be creased with teardrop crowns, diamond crowns, center dents, and others, and the positioning of pinches can vary. The typical crown height is 4.5 inches, the brim is usually approximately 2.5 inches wide, but may be wider.
Newsboy/flat cap: a casual-wear cap similar in style to the flat cap. It has the same overall shape and stiff peak in front as a flat cap, but the body of the cap is rounder, fuller, and paneled with a button on top, and often with a button or snap attaching the front to the brim (as the flat cap sometimes has). Flat cap and newsboy cap terms are often used interchangeably
Pillbox hat: a small woman's hat with a flat crown, straight, upright sides, and no brim.
Pork pie: a term used to refer to three or four different styles of hat that all bear superficial resemblance to a culinary pork pie dish. "Smallish hat with a thin brim" usually has a ribbon/bow around the hat just above the brim.
Aglet: a small sheath, often made of plastic or metal, attached at each end of a shoelace, a cord, or a drawstring.
Ballet slippers: soft leather "slippers" with no heel. Often used for warm ups and rehearsals.
Boat shoes: moc-toe low-cut slip-on shoes with four eyelets for (usually) leather shoe strings and thin soles with a zig-zag (sometimes razor-cut) pattern on the bottom. Originally developed by Sperry Top-sider as slip resistant footwear on sailing yachts.
Cap toe: a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
Capezios: dance shoes. A "company" name that makes all sorts of dance shoes from Ballet slippers and toe shoes to soft jazz or modern dance shoes. Often used to name a kind of "Character shoes". La Ducas are another dance shoe company name.
Chukka boots: a type of ankle-high boot that typically features two or three eyelets laces.
Chucks: canvas and rubber shoes with ankle high tops ("high tops").
Espadrilles: a shoe with a canvas or cotton fabric upper and a flat, platform or wedge-shape sole wrapped with jute rope or braid.
Flats: low heeled womens shoes.
Hi Heels/ "spike heels": women's shoes with a tall (3-4"), often narrow heel that elevates the wearer onto tip-toes.
LaDucas: flexible high-heeled, open-sided character/jazz/lyrical shoe with a single ankle strap and two additional crossing "X" straps to front toe box, creating a tear drop shape.
Loafers: low-cut moc-toe slip-on shoes without shoe strings.
Mary Janes: a closed, low-cut shoe with one or more straps across the instep.
Oxfords: plain-toed low-cut shoes that features a closed-lacing system resulting in a tighter shoe and more formal appearance.
Patent leathers: shoes made of a type of japanned leather that has been given a high gloss, shiny finish.
Pumps: mid-hi heeled women's shoes with a low-cut front and usually without a fastening.
Slingbacks: A shoe with a strap that wraps around the back of the heel.
T-straps: a type of woman's shoe fastened with a T-shaped strap having one part passing across the ankle and the other attached to it in the middle and lying along the length of the foot.
Toe shoes: Ballet shoes with a hard toe box and ribbons that are tied around the ballerina's ankles. The hard toe box helps the ballerinas dance on their toes.
Wingtips: a shoe with a toe cap, often perforated, having a backward extending point and curving along the sides of the shoe, resembling the shape of a wing.
Cookies: half disk padding sewn into brassieres to push the bosom up.
Corset: Similar to a merry widow, but used as a "foundation garment" to shape a woman's body rather than as lingerie
Crinoline: a stiffened petticoat or rigid skirt-shaped structure of steel (or rigid plastic) designed to support the skirts of a woman's dress into the required shape.
French (Classical) Tutu: Woman's Ballet outfit. Often made of tulle (nylon netting), stiff and stands horizontal to the floor, attached at hip to bodice/leotard. Can be made of silk, gauze, muslin, etc.
Merry widow or bustier: a form-fitting garment for women, which is traditionally worn as lingerie.
Reticule: a woman's drawstring bag used as a carry-all. Can refer to a small drawstring bag that a formally dressed woman may carry. Can be brocade fabric and/or beaded for decoration
Russian (Romantic) Tutu: Often made of tulle, bell shaped skirt that is mid-calf to floor length, attached to the bodice/leotard. Can be made of silk, gauze, muslin, etc.
Breeches: knee length pants, worn by men and boys prior to the 19th century with knee high socks/tights. See Knickers.
Cod piece: a flap or bag concealing an opening in the front of men's breeches and containing and emphasizing the genitalia.
Cumberbund: a broad waist sash, usually pleated, which is often worn with single-breasted dinner jackets (or tuxedos).
Dance belt: a thong-like undergarment generally worn by male dancers to support and protect the genitalia.
Double breasted suit: a suit with a coat or jacket with wide, overlapping front flaps and two parallel columns of buttons or snaps;
French cuff: a double cuff, twice as long as a single cuff, worn folded back on itself and held in place by cufflinks.
Jodhpers: Horseback riding pants with expanded leg width from the hip to near the knee
Knickers: knee length pants, usually worn by young boys, with knee high socks/tights. Knickers were worn by boys in the 19th century after adult men had adopted long pants.
Single breasted suit: a suit with a coat or jacket with a narrow overlap and one column of buttons.
Wingtip collar: A small standing collar with the points pressed to stick out horizontally, resembling "wings"
Argyle: Similar to check except squares are turned 45 degrees (Diamonds) and usually has lines of another color dissecting the the diamond.
Check: like a checkerboard -- two colors and all squares are same size
Gingham: Like a check except the squares are much smaller -- less than one inch. Can be used for men's shirts, women's "simple" (inexpensive) clothing, aprons and quilts.
Houndstooth: a light and dark diagonal striped and check pattern
Herringbone: A small two colored chevron or broken zigzag weaving pattern. Usually wool, and used for men's suits and outerwear.
Madras plaid: light weight cotton fabric made with several colors. Pattern consists of several sizes of squares/retangles and lines. Can be used in men's shirts.
Paisley: an ornamental textile design using a teardrop-shaped motif with a curved upper end.
Tartan: Typical Scottish and Irish plaid patterns multiple colors and a variety of patterns. Squares, rectangles and lines are all vertical and horizontal
Tweed: A common wool fabric used in Great Britain for durable outdoor wear. Often woven in a herringbone pattern