SLEEVES

Cap Sleeves: A small short sleeve that sits exactly on the shoulder or falling just on to the arm.

Dolman sleeve Cut as an extension of the bodice, the dolman sleeve is designed without a socket for the shoulder, creating a deep, wide armhole that reaches from the waist to a narrowed wrist.

leg-of-mutton sleeve (Also known as a gigot sleeve) a loose, full sleeve, rounded from the shoulder to just below the elbow, then shaped to the arm, often ending in a point at the wrist.

puff sleeve/pouf sleeve A full sleeve of varying lengths, created by generous gathering around the armhole.

Balloon sleeve: A larger version of the puff sleeve. Also called a bouffant sleeve

Bell sleeve: Smooth fitting at armhole; flares to hem edge like a bell.

Cape sleeve: A loose sleeve resembling a hanging cape.

Juliette sleeve: Long sleeve with puffy top and fitted cuff bottom; named after William Shakespeare's heroine Juliet.

Gigot sleeve: a sleeve that is extremely wide over the upper arm and narrow from the elbow to the wrist

Pagoda sleeve: a wide, bellshaped sleeve popular in the 1860s, worn over a false under sleeve

Hanging sleeve: a sleeve that opens down the side or front, or at the elbow, to allow the arm to pass through (14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.)

Peasant sleeve: Full gathered sleeve with elastic hem edge; can be short or long; used on women's and children's peasant blouse.

Butterfly sleeve: usually found on dresses or formal blouses that start at the shoulder and get wider toward the end of the sleeve, but usually don't go longer than 4-5 inches. The difference between a butterfly sleeve and a bell sleeve is that butterfly sleeves usually don't go completely around the full arm.

Petal sleeve : Petal sleeves have two pieces that gently overlap on the upper arm to create what looks like the petals of a flower.

Virago sleeve or mamaluke sleeve or bon bon sleeve: is a full "paned" or gathered into two to five puffs by a ribbon or fabric band, worn in the 1620s and 1630s.

Raglan sleeve: a sleeve that extends to the neckline. Sleeve and shoulder section cut as one piece and attached to garment body with an angular seam.

Kimono sleeve: Sleeve cut as one with the body of the garment. Traditionally square in style.

Poet sleeve - a long sleeve fitted from shoulder to elbow, and then flared (somewhat dramatically) from elbow to wrist (or sometimes mid-hand). Often features ruffles on the cuffs.

Cowl sleeve - The Cowl sleeve has a wide opening at the top that drapes down the arm. It produces a silhouette, in sleeves, which gives bulk just above the level of the bust.

Batwing sleeve: a long sleeve with a deep armhole, tapering towards the wrist.

Bishop sleeve: a long sleeve, fuller at the bottom than the top, and gathered into a cuff (1940s)

Magyar sleeve: A sleeve, which is cut integrally with the body of the garment.