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    Waffle fabric

    Linen, cotton, or woolen fabric with a weave that creates a grid of lines in relief alternating with indentations. The resulting motif resembles the cells of a honeycomb. It is also used in knitwear.

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    Wien Historisches Museum

    The clothing collection of this Viennese museum was begun after the Second World War at the behest of Alfred Kunz, director of the fashion school of Hetzendorf. Twenty thousand outfits and accessories, for men, women, and children. The W.F. Adlmuller,…

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    Whipcord

    Carded wool fabric used especially for uniforms. It is a variant on gabardine in which the diagonals are intertwined.

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    Web

    These sunglasses were created in Seattle, the city of Boeing airplanes. They have a distinctive bridge with a metal screw between the two lenses. They were first made in 1931, when they were adopted by the pilots of the U.S.…

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    Winants

    Christian Winants (1978). Belgian fashion designer. Recently graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, he began to work with the guru of the Belgian school Dries van Noten, who at first put him in charge of the knitwear…