Jupe (clothing)

A jupe referred to a loose-fitting wool jacket or tunic for men.[1] It was later restricted to an item of women's and children's clothing.

The term has now disappeared but was used up until the 19th century.[1] Usage of this meaning of jupe for menswear became restricted to "jupe panels" in jackets. (In French the word jupe means "skirt.")

Historic use

In Elizabethan England, the "jupe" was regarded as a French-style clothing item, and some accounts of the wardrobe of Elizabeth I mention a "jupe or Gascon coat". The jupe was apparently a riding garment and was worn by women with a "safeguard" skirt.[2] At the Scottish court four pages and an African servant of Anne of Denmark were supplied with orange jupes in October 1590.[3]

In October 1564, a jupe was made for Mary, Queen of Scots with bodice and sleeves (avec le corps et manche).[4] Some accounts of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, relate that she wore a red bodice or "pair of sleeves", described in French as "une juppe de velloux cramoisy brun".[5] The item is included in the 1586 inventory of her clothes.[6]

See also

  • The dictionary definition of jupe at Wiktionary
  • Harem pants, or jupe-culotte, jupe-sultane and jupe-pantalon

References

  1. ^ a b Burridge, Kate. Blooming English: Observations on the Roots, Cultivation and Hybrids of the English Language. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 146, ISBN 978-0-521-83948-8.
  2. ^ Janet Arnold, Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd (Maney, 1988), p. 142.
  3. ^ Michael Pearce, "Anna of Denmark: Fashioning a Danish Court in Scotland", The Court Historian, 24:2 (2019), p. 143. doi:10.1080/14629712.2019.1626110
  4. ^ Joseph Robertson, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse (Edinburgh, 1863), p. 151.
  5. ^ John Morris, Notes and Queries, 7th 8.IV (12 November 1887), pp. 382–383.
  6. ^ Alexandre Labanoff, Lettres de Marie Stuart, vol. 7 (London: Dolman, 1844), p. 235.


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