Slip
Onderjurk
An extra layer underneath fitted clothes. It makes your body looking more smooth. A slip can be with or without sleeve and is usually made out of elastic material.
Onepiece
Onepiece
Is a hoody and sweatpants from one piece without waist band.
Riding pants
Paardrijbroek
Pants with wide top and narrow legs. With stiffening at the seat surface and at the inside of the legs.
Paisley print
Paisley print
Persian
Trousers
Pantalon
Neat trousers, often part of a pack.
Panama head
Panamahoed
These hats appear in form at the Borsalino only they are from the leaves of the braided carludovica palmata.
Parka
Parka
Coat made out of smooth water-resistant  material which reaches just above the knee. A parka has a hoody, big stitched pockets, a belt and lining that you can get out. The closure is usually hidden and at the bottom of this Finnish snow coat, usually is a drawstring.
Pashmina
Pashmina
Pashmina wool is not available for less than cashmere wool from the belly of the mountain goat, the part where you find the longest, softest and thinnest hair. Pashmina wool is actually the best and most beautiful part of Cashmere wool.
Piping
Paspel
Finishing fabric edges of a pocket with an extra strip of fabric; usually of the same material but also so that they finish the trim work.
Patchwork
Patchwork
Fabric which is made out of different fabric patches.
Peeptoe
Peeptoe
Shoes with open toe.
Patticoat
Patticoat
It is a garment for women that is primarily worn in the late 50's. It is a skirt consisting of several layers of large circular material, in body of the starched cotton, and later on, when new material is nylon made, so that the subject is worn a skirt, a very wide power is turned off.
Pied-de-poule
Pied-de-poule
A familiar pattern in decorated fabric does a blanket imprint a chicken leg, there are many ways this pattern to weave; one usually applies the hijacker bond. If the pattern is larger, it is also called pied de Cocq (barnyard grass) or pied the cygne (swans paw).
Pillbox
Pillbox
Encountered with a substance having a composition of polyester / viscose.
Pleated
Plissé
A familiar pattern in decorated fabric does a blanket imprint a chicken leg, there are many ways this pattern to weave; one usually applies the hijacker bond. If the pattern is larger, it is also called pied de Cocq (barnyard grass) or pied the cygne (swans paw).
Pochette
Pochette
A piece of fabric which is a decoration in the chest pocket of a jacket.
Puffy sleeve
Pofmouw
A short puffy sleeve with a drawstring at the bottom.
Polyacrylic
Polyacryl
A synthetic raw material that insulates heat well due to its dumbbell-shaped cross-section. Polyacrylic a wooly character and is particularly suitable for knitted top and underwear. The raw material is also used for imitation fur, socks, blankets and curtains.
Polyamide
Polyamide
A synthetic material that became widely known as "nylon" and the brand has also become generic. Due to its strength and elasticity suited for tights. Sensitive to sunlight. Polyamide has been largely replaced by polo acrylic and polyester, but it is still widely used in lining and elastic materials such as tights.
Polyester
Polyester
A synthetic raw material that is in comparison to polyamide is more resistant to light and to better stabilize, so that a greater dimensional stability is obtained. With a mixture of wool polyester is used for outerwear, with cotton and mixed for shirts, blouses or dresses.
Polyurethane elastomer (elastane)
Polyurethaan elastomeer (elastan)
A raw material with better properties than synthetic rubber. The material is more elastic than a rubber, and can be applied in thinner form.
Poncho
Poncho
A rectangular cloth with in the middle a hole for the head by stabbing. Originally worn mainly in South America.
Portfolio
Portfolio
Bag for documents.
Prêt-a-porter
Prêt-a-porter
Literally means 'ready to wear'. Great designers always create a couture line next to a prêt-a-porter collection for the general public.
Princesline
Prinsessenlijn
Line which are arranged in a sheath or dress in the longitudinal direction of stitching or seams which run down to the bottom of the garment. thus the wearer look taller, slimmer sometimes.
Pimple
Pukkel
Schoolbag. From 1945, the so-called pimple also came into use, a canvas shoulder bag, originally worn by the American liberators.
Pump
Pump
Shoe heel that just does not belong to the stiletto heel.
