clothes quiz

[gwinearman]

1 Which item of clothing do the French call a papillon
2 what is the occupation of a woman wearing a Gouk
3 what was popularised by Richard Whitely on Countdown .
Thank you for any help

[boxtops]

3 - tie (he had some crazy ties)

[sarumite]

1. Bow Tie

[alexanderd]

geisha ?(its a type of japanese cloak i beleive)

[sarumite]

2. Chambers lists a gouk or gowk as an April Fool ??

[clasher]

Papillon means butterfly in French and I believe it refers to a blouse

[sarumite]

You may well be right clasher, although I found the reference to bow tie here ...

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/papillon

[Gill1941]

I agree with 1. Bow tie - but wasn't Richard Whiteley into snazzy jackets too?
The gouk I cannot find in any dictionary or Google.
Any help with 1.Hardly a practical choice of clothing to watch a smutty steam engine go up Camborne Hill.
25. And IV and IV and yet another IV.
Thank you