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MELON SLEEVES:

Sleeve made in lengthwise sections that are wider in the middle of the sleeve to give a melon shape in the
middle of the sleeve. Usually made of stiffened fabric.

JULIET SLEEVES:

Juliet sleeve. A long, tight sleeve with a puff at the top, inspired by fashions of the Italian Renaissance and
named after Shakespeare's tragic heroine; popular from the Empire period through the 1820s in fashion,
again in the late 1960s under the influence of Zeffirelli's film Romeo and Juliet.

Kimono sleeves are usually cut in one with front and back of garment.

KIMONO:

a sleeve cut in one piece with the bodice.

BATHWING SLEEVES:

Batwing sleeve is also known as a 'Dolman' or 'Magyar' sleeve. It is a long sleeve, cut wide at the shoulder
with deep armholes that leads to thin tapered wrists, giving it a'wing-like' appearance. The Dolman traces
back to the Middle Ages, when it was a loose cape-like robe with a sleeve folded from the fabric

DOLMAN SLEEVES:

A sleeve very wide at the armhole and tight at the wrist often cut in one piece with the bodice.

CAPE SLEEVES:

A very short sleeve (as on a dress) that hangs over the edge of the shoulder without extending
along the underside of the arm

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