Orange cummerbund

A cummerbund is a broad waist sash, usually pleated, which is often worn with black tie. The cummerbund was first adopted by British military officers in colonial India and later spread to civilian use. The modern day use of the cummerbund is as an elegant fashion accessory to complement the wearing of a dinner jacket during formal evening occasions. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 338 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (342 × 607 pixel, file size: 53 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Man wearing cummerbund cropped from flickr photo by sfslim File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 338 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (342 × 607 pixel, file size: 53 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Man wearing cummerbund cropped from flickr photo by sfslim File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages... For the German DJ/producer team, see Sash!. // A sash consists of a cloth belt used to hold a robe together, and usually tied about the waist. ... Skirt with narrow knife pleats at the hip line, 1929. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The name comes from the Persian for waist restraint (kamar "waist" and band "to close") and was borrowed into English from the Hindi word meaning "loinband" in 1616. The word "cummerband" (see below), and less commonly the German spelling "kummerbund", are often used synonymously with "cummerbund" in English. The word is also quite commonly misspelled and mispronounced as "cumberbun". Farsi redirects here. ...

Cummerbunds were traditionally worn with pleats facing up in order to hold ticket stubs and similar items. These days however such a fact is purely academic as cummerbunds are now a mere decoration to a gentleman's black tie attire.

A Cummerbund is also the name of a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, entitled 'The Cummerbund, a poem from India', where it refers to the cummerbund as a ferocious woman-eating beast. Edward Lear, 1812-1888 Eagle Owl, Edward Lear, 1837 Another Edward Lear owl, in his more familiar style Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks, a form which he popularised. ...

Designers and retailers of cummerbunds

Many of the top fashion houses offer formal cummerbunds in their annual collections. Leading designers of cummerbunds include Thomas Pink, Turnbull & Asser and Robert Charles. Robert Charles is particularly renowned for silk cummerbunds with interesting and colourful designs (mostly floral). Thomas Pink is a retail clothing business which started in London in 1984. ... Turnbull & Asser is a British clothier established in 1885. ...

Within the UK cummerbunds are available from leading men's apparel and accessory retailers including the likes of Charles Tyrwhitt, KJ Beckett, John Lewis Partnership, House of Fraser, and Moss Bros. Within the US retailers include the department stores Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus. In addition, a gentleman wishing to purchase a cummerbund can visit a local traditional men's formal evening wear store. Charles Tyrwhitt Founded in 1986 by Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler while he was a student at Bristol University, the company has gone from strength to strength and is now the largest mail order supplier of dress shirts in the UK. Since conquering the shirt and tie market, Charles Tyrwhitt has... KJ Beckett is a mens accessories business which is based in Bath, England. ... For the former (1856-1991) unrelated UK department store, see Lewiss. ... House of Fraser is a British department store group with 61 stores (July 2007) across the country. ... Bergdorf Goodman is a major luxury goods department store based in Midtown, Manhattan in New York City. ... Categories: Stub | Retail companies of the United States ...

Military Cummerbands

Similar to the cummerbund, a cummerband is an accessory to the dress uniform used extensively in both the modern Indian Army and Pakistan Army. This sash like item traces its origin to the uniforms of the Indian regiments raised during the period of British rule. It is generally worn during ceremonial parades and dinners. Like the cummerbund it is a long strip of cloth which is tightly worn around a soldier's waist. The colour or combination of colours varies widely according to regiment or corps. Unlike the civilian cummerbund, a leather belt is worn above this cloth piece and one end hangs free displaying an ornamental fringe. US Marine Corps MARPAT uniform Military uniforms comprises standardised dress worn by members of the armed forces of various nations. ... This article is about the post-independence Indian Army. ... The Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاک فوج) is the largest branch of the Pakistan military, and is mainly responsible for protection of the state borders, the security of administered territories and defending the national interests of Pakistan within the framework of its international obligations. ... For the German DJ/producer team, see Sash!. // A sash consists of a cloth belt used to hold a robe together, and usually tied about the waist. ...

Cummerbunds in diving

A commerbund is also an informal word used in SCUBA diving to mean a wide waistband either on a diving stability jacket—Buoyancy Control Device—designed to provide more comfort to the user than a standard waistband and usually made of a stout fabric backed with velcro fastenings —or on a two-piece dry suit where a flexible rubber waistband helps to maintain a watertight seal between the jacket and the pants of the suit. A scuba diver in usual sport diving gear SCUBA is an acronym for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. ... A buoyancy compensator (or buoyancy control device, BC or BCD) is a piece of diving equipment worn by divers to provide: life saving emergency buoyancy both underwater and on the surface. ... A dry suit or drysuit provides thermal insulation to the wearer while immersed in water, and is worn by divers, boaters, water sports enthusiasts, and others who work or play in or near cold water. ...