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Etuikleid

English translation: sheath dress

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German term or phrase:Etuikleid
English translation:sheath dress
Entered by: Edith Kelly

09:53 Jul 17, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
German term or phrase: Etuikleid
A style or shape of a dress, very simple. Please help with the corrcet fashion term. Thank you
Susan Geiblinger
Austria
Local time: 15:04
sheath dress
Explanation:
Look at the picture on the website, this is what Jackie Kennedy used to wear.

Also:
Wagner/Michelson
Fachwörterbuch Textil
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Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 15:04
Grading comment
Thanks. This is the term I was looking for. It was too well buried in my childhood. My mother was a model dressmaker for Burberry.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1sheath dress
Edith Kelly
4Shift dress
Sarah Downing


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sheath dress


Explanation:
Look at the picture on the website, this is what Jackie Kennedy used to wear.

Also:
Wagner/Michelson
Fachwörterbuch Textil


    Reference: http://www.alight.com/11750174.html
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 15:04
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 194
Grading comment
Thanks. This is the term I was looking for. It was too well buried in my childhood. My mother was a model dressmaker for Burberry.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kevin Pfeiffer (X): I don't like the example :-) but the term sounds much better than "box dress".
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Shift dress


Explanation:
I've actually got one of these at home (there used to be a vintage shop where we lived with some really cool fashion). Shift dresses were very popular in the 1960s.

Sarah Downing
Local time: 09:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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