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Word: lappel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...skirts, without pockets or flaps, with a silk or covered button of the same colour; the cape or collar is made to sit close around the neck, with a becoming fall in front, which shows a small portion only of the waistcoat. The lower part of the lappel is not cut in the usual vulgar manner, but forms an elegant slope, the outline of which was FURNISHED BY THE PRINCE HIMSELF. No part of the waistcoat is to be seen beneath the lappel. No silk facings to the coat, nor slashed sleeves. Shoes and strings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: News Album | 12/10/1934 | See Source »

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