Jumper (dress)
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A jumper is any article of women's outer clothing that a woman "jumps into," i.e., is applied from the ankles up. It is typically sleeveless, collarless, intended to be worn over a blouse, shirt or sweater. It closely approximates a "bib and brace" overall, typically worn on a farm.
In British English, the term jumper describes what is called a sweater in American English. Also, in more formal British usage, a distinction is made between a pinafore dress and a pinafore; which, though a related garment, has an open back and is worn as an apron.
A sundress, like a jumper, is sleeveless and collarless; however, such articles are not worn over a blouse or sweater, and are of distinctly different cuts and fashions.
The apron dress may be viewed as a special case of the jumper. If the design of the dress is directly inspired by an apron (having a bib in front and ties in the back, for example), the garment is typically described as an apron dress.[1]
The Viking Apron Dress (admittedly a construction based on conjecture from the Hedeby fragments), is of a design that is in line with a standard jumper. The name was most likely chosen owing to the dress sometimes being worn on top of a sleeved dress.
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- ^ Note these pattern examples: early 1950s, 1974, and an unknown time period. Compare with this magazine excerpt and jumper dress patterns: women's magazine Paris Modes (Sept. 1909), 1940, 1956, 1960.
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