Terminology

[Uncle Al]

This is a question or statement about clothing terminology.
I'm not saying that I'm a bit 'dense' but do items of clothing have a different
name based on location of the person wearing the clothing

In the 'Pic's-n-Looks' section, several members referred to an item as a
Jumper worn with a skirt. This had me puzzled to no end as I did not
see a jumper with a skirt. I saw a pull-over sweater with a skirt.

I thought 'Who, in their right mind, would wear a jumper over a skirt'.

When & where I grew up,a 'Jumper' was worn over a sweater, blouse or shirt,
like these - - - - -





What I saw in the pictures were skirts with shirts and sweaters,
similar to these -------





Maybe some members can see my confusion in terminology.

Any of the sweaters would work great with a shirt & skirt, or even
a kilt for that matter.

Comments welcome as to definitions (and geographic location)
of styles of clothing

Uncle Al

[couyalair]

Brits versus Yanks again!

For the garments in the lower pictures, I have always been familiar with "jumper" as well as "sweater/pullover", though the word we used most often was "wooly" (should I have put 2 Ls in that word?).
I can't remember what we called the long garment, worn over a blouse by girls at school -- and probably never worn again! -- though I find it quite attractive. The word is buried in my brain somewhere, but it certanly was not jumper!

Martin

[STEVIE]

That. Martin, would be a pinafore.
Steve.

[couyalair]

I've found the word I wanted : gymslip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymslip
That's what most girls wore when I was at school, dare I say it? 55 - 60 years ago!
Apparently it has gone quite out of use, replaced by ... trousers !!!

I thought a pinafore was something different -- like an apron worn at the front (afore) to protect the clothing, but wikipedia mentions it as an alternative name for a gymslip.

Martin

[Tor]

Not only are there these confusions, but if you include temporal variations along with the geographic you'll only get more confused. Skirt and Shirt, for example, seem to come from the same root, but these days you'll get a rather different garment if you were to confuse the words.

Tor

[MrUtopia]

In Australian today the top pictures are a pinafore dress, the sleeveless top is a vest, with sleeves is a jumper and button up is cardigan.

Peter
The Original Freeman

[Big and Bashful]

The thing worn over a blouse, I was thinking "smock"

[skirtingtoday]

In Scotland, the words gymslip and pinafore dress is also called a "pinny".
Coincidentally, a pinny here is also the name used for an apron tied round the waist.
A jumper is a pullover type sweater, generally made with wool
A cardigan is a sweater type jumper with buttons.

And in Australia, a woolly jumper is a cross between a sheep and a kangaroo.

[janrok]

A jumper is also a wired "bridge" connecting two tracks on a single layer Printed Circuit Board.
Off topic perhaps, but still...

Jan.

[Kirbstone]

....and Cardigan is a town on the Welsh west coast, and coming form England you have to drive Caerphilly to get there in one piece.

T.

[skirted_in_SF]

And in Australia, a woolly jumper is a cross between a sheep and a kangaroo.

OK, so I'm a sucker for punny jokes.

[Big and Bashful]

....and Cardigan is a town on the Welsh west coast, and coming form England you have to drive Caerphilly to get there in one piece.

T.

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