Apropos of Linguistic Penetration
In the olden days, the phenomenon of linguistic penetration was closely tied to the exercise of one nation’s power over another. Just to give a
January 10, 2014
New Fall-Winter Designs
Today I’d like to wrap up this series of posts on fashion-related vocabulary by turning my attention to those garments for which I had no
June 1, 2012
Wearable Jargon Fall-Winter Collection
A couple of weeks ago, I published an article in this blog relating to the jargon of the clothing industry. In it, I talked about
May 17, 2012
Fashionable Jargon
I recently noticed that the people who keep close watch on the various trends in clothing design tend to use a very specific vocabulary, one
May 4, 2012
