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- Mother_Hubbard_dress abstract "A Mother Hubbard dress is a long, wide, loose-fitting gown with long sleeves and a high neck. Intended to cover as much skin as possible, it was introduced by missionaries in Polynesia to "civilise" those whom they considered half-naked savages of the South Seas islands.Although this Victorian remnant has disappeared elsewhere in the world, it is still worn by Pacific women, who have altered it into a gayer and lighter (less hot) garment, using cotton sheets, often printed in brightly coloured floral patterns.In Hawaiʻi, it is called holokū. There, a derivative, the muʻumuʻu, is highly similar, but without the yoke and train, and therefore even easier to make.In Tahiti, the name was ʻahu tua (empire dress, in a sense of colonial empire); now, ʻahu māmā rūʻau (grandmother's dress) is used.In Samoa and Tonga, the design has taken on a two-piece form, with classic mother hubbard blouses (long, wide, loose-fitting with puffy sleeves) over ankle-length skirts, called "puletasi" and "puletaha," respectively.In Marshallese, the name is wau ([ɒ̯ɒ͡ɑɑ̯u̯uu̯]), from the name of the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. The missionaries who introduced it in the Marshall Islands came from Oʻahu.In New Caledonia, these dresses are referred to as robes missions (Mission Dresses). New Caledonian women wear these dresses when playing their distinctive style of cricket.[citation needed]In Papua New Guinea, the form of dress is known as meri blaus, which in Tok Pisin means women's blouse. It is considered formal local attire.In India and much of South Asia, these dresses are referred to as Housecoats. Indian women wear these dresses as a convenient apparel at home, painIrticularly around only the family members when they are not expecting company..[citation needed] In the 1960/70s many local women in Tarawa, Kiribati and a few i-matang women wore a garment which was referred to as a Mother Hubbard. Whilst the lower half of the body was covered with a wap-around (Lava-lava) or a skirt the top half was worn as a very loose low necked blouse which was short enough to expose a band of flesh at the waist. The latter was usualy worn without underclothes.The author Somerset Maugham refers to this dress many times in his novels and short stories about the Pacific.".
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- Mother_Hubbard_dress subject Category:19th-century_fashion.
- Mother_Hubbard_dress subject Category:History_of_Oceanian_clothing.
- Mother_Hubbard_dress subject Category:Polynesian_clothing.
- Mother_Hubbard_dress comment "A Mother Hubbard dress is a long, wide, loose-fitting gown with long sleeves and a high neck.".
- Mother_Hubbard_dress label "Mother Hubbard dress".
- Mother_Hubbard_dress label "Robe mission".
- Mother_Hubbard_dress label "Миссионерское платье".
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- Mother_Hubbard_dress depiction Tahitiennes_en_robe_mission.jpg.
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