* Corset, a bodice worn to mould and shape the torso.

Corset and bodice lacing became a mark of class, front laced bodices being worn by women who could not afford servants.

An aegis (; ) is either a large collar or cape worn in ancient times to display the protection provided by a high religious authority, or a bag-like garment containing a protective shield signifying the same.

A tallit katan ( small tallit ) is a fringed garment worn under the clothing throughout the day.

The is a Japanese traditional garment worn by men, women and children.

The clothing worn under the bōgu comprise a jacket ( kendogi or keikogi ) and hakama, a garment separated in the middle to form two wide trouser legs.

Although the kilt is most often worn on formal occasions and at Highland games and sports events, it has also been adapted as an item of fashionable informal male clothing in recent years, returning to its roots as an everyday garment.

The great kilt was a full-length garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak draped over the shoulder, or brought up over the head.

* The kilts worn by Irish pipe bands are based on the traditional Scottish garment but now in a single ( solid ) colour

This garment is worn throughout shiva.

The torn garment, usually a shirt, jacket or vest that " covers the heart ," is worn throughout the shiva period ( a practice known as " keriah "; alternative spellings " keriyah ", " kria "), except on Shabbat.

* Sherwani, a long coat-like garment worn in South Asia

* Langa oni, traditional two piece garment worn by unmarried Telugu Hindu women.

* Brassiere, more commonly referred to as a bra, a close-fitting garment that is worn to help lift and support a woman ’ s breasts

* Drawers, a pant-like garment worn during the 19th century for modesty and warmth.

* Robe, a garment worn to cover the body.

Due to its close fit, most hosiery can be worn as an undergarment, but it is more commonly worn as a combined under / outer garment.

A space suit is a garment worn to keep a human alive in the harsh environment of outer space, vacuum and temperature extremes.

Their distinctive garment was a scapular of two strips of dark cloth, worn on the breast and back, and fastened at the shoulders.

It is also worn as a decorative garment by women.

Pinafores ( American English: jumper dress ) may be worn by girls and women as a decorative garment or as a protective apron.

In contrast to most aprons, they were intended to be worn as a stand-alone garment, not over another dress.

In the modern day, a tabard is the overall garment of the same description as its middle age's counterpart, but is primarily worn by dinnerladies in the UK.

A tabard ( from the French tabarde ) was originally a humble outer garment of tunic form, generally without sleeves, worn by peasants, monks and foot-soldiers, including Chaucer's ploughman.

A very expensive, but plain, garment described as a tabard is worn by Giovanni Arnolfini in the Arnolfini Portrait of 1434 ( National Gallery, London ).

A surcoat was an outer garment commonly worn in the Middle Ages by both men and women.

* Blocking ( textile arts ), the process of stretching a knitted garment into shape while wet or using steam

A corset is a garment worn to hold and shape the torso into a desired shape for aesthetic or medical purposes ( either for the duration of wearing this item, or with a more lasting effect ).

A fourth hypothesis finds its origin in a liturgical mantle, which, it is asserted, was used by the early popes, and which in the course of time was folded into the shape of a band ; a fifth says its origin dates from the custom of folding the ordinary mantle-pallium, an outer garment in use in imperial times ; a sixth declares that it was introduced immediately as a papal liturgical garment, which, however, was not at first a narrow strip of cloth, but, as the name suggests, a broad, oblong, and folded cloth.

This compression garment is also effective in helping the skin in the treated area conform to its new shape.

In the Netherlands and Germany, a variety of mill called the paltrok ( Low German spelling Paltrock, from High German Pfalzrock ( Palatinate skirt ); the shape of the millhouse resembles that kind of garment ) was built.

This method enables the tailor to take professional measurements, assess posture and body shape to make unique modifications to the garment.

* Cut ( clothing ), the style or shape of a garment

Some modern costumers conjecture that the French farthingale and the " great farthingale " refer to one and the same garment, the difference in shape and construction being due to changes in fashion from the 1580s to the 1590s.

The primary purpose of 18th-century stays was to raise and shape the breasts, tighten the midriff, support the back, improve posture to help a woman stand straight, with the shoulders down and back, and only slightly narrow the waist, creating a ' V ' shaped upper torso over which the outer garment would be worn.

All Green jackets would have historically been made of wool with a lining of linen to give shape to the garment.

Girdles and " body shapers " are still sold to women who want to shape their figure with a garment.

The fiber requires heat to " block " or set the shape of the finished garment, and it isn't as warm as alternatives like wool.

By the Great Depression, the T-shirt was often the default garment to be worn when doing farm or ranch chores, as well as other times when modesty called for a torso covering but conditions called for lightweight fabrics.

A leotard is a unisex skin-tight one-piece garment that covers the torso but leaves the legs free.

A sweater, jumper, pullover or jersey is a knit garment intended to cover the torso and arms, popular with both men, women and children of all ages.

A catsuit is a close-fitting one-piece garment that covers the torso and the legs, and frequently the arms.

A bodysuit, body-liner, or body is a one-piece form-fitting garment that covers the torso and the crotch.

A tube top ( British: boob tube ) is a shoulderless, sleeveless women's garment that wraps around the upper torso.

A girdle is a garment that encircles the lower torso, perhaps extending below the hips, and worn often for support.

A teddy, also called a camiknicker, is a garment which covers a female's torso and vaginal labia in the one garment.

The garment is put on by stepping into the leg holes and pulling the garment up to cover the torso.

The mode of attaching the sleeve widely to the torso part of the garment would have prevented the use of wider obis.