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armwear

📅 Updated:2024-01-03
🕒 Created:2017-01-01
🆔 ID:14687

Description

Articles of clothing designed to cover a considerable part of the arm (and sometimes the hands), but that don't cover any extension of the torso. Preferentially, use more specific tags instead.

Types of Armwear

Arm warmers
"Arm warmers":/wiki_pages/3808 are "detached_sleeves" worn on the arms. Arm warmers can also describe any glove-like articles of clothing that lack finger coverings. They are often end before reaching the elbow, but can be longer in some cases.
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Bridal gauntlets
"Bridal Gauntlests":/wiki_pages/6772 are Long, tight-fitting gloves, secured by a ring or loop of cloth around the middle finger, rather than separate finger-holes.
Traditionally worn with wedding_dress.
Detached sleeves
Sleeves that are not attached to a main torso garment (if applicable) and do not reach the shoulder, revealing bare skin at the top of the arm.
Elbow gloves
"Elbow gloves":/wiki_pages/1977 are a general tag that can be applied when an image shows gloves that extend far past the wrist, covering the arm up to, and sometimes past, the elbows. Elbow gloves can often be associated with formalwear.
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Shirt cuffs
The cuff(s) of a shirt, but detached from it and worn separately
Wrist Warmers
"Wrist Warmers":/wiki_pages/32314/ are fingerless gloves that go no further than a characters forearm. However, wrist warmers are not always glove like [ see glove magazine article here ]

See also