A blouse (/blaʊz, blaʊs, bluːz/) is a loose-fitting upper garment that may be worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women, and children. It is typically gathered at ...
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the waist or hips (by tight hem, pleats, parter, or belt) so that it hangs loosely ("blouses") over the wearer´s body. Today, the word most commonly refers to a girl´s or woman´s dress shirt, although there is considerable confusion between a true blouse and a women´s shirt. It can also refer to a man´s shirt if it is a loose-fitting style (e.g. poet shirts and Cossack shirts), though it rarely is. Traditionally, the term has been used to refer to a shirt which blouses out or has an unmistakably feminine appearance, although even many "standard" shirts today have a somewhat blousy fit, and the numbers of men wearing such shirts may match (or even exceed) that of women wearing actual blouses.
