Basque (clothing) Basque (clothing) A basque is an item of women's clothing. The term, of French origin, originally referred to types of bodice or jacket with long tails, and in later usage a long corset, characterized by a close, contoured fit and extending past the waistline over the hips. It is so called because the original French fashion for long women's jackets was adopted from Basque traditional dress. In contemporary usage it refers only to a long item of lingerie, in effect a brassiere that continues down, stopping around the waist or the top of the hips, the lower part essentially decorative
Item number Khan performed an item number of sorts during the opening credits of "Kaal" but later had an item number in a truer sense of the word with "Dard-e-Disco" in "Om Shanti Om", where he was shot in a more typical "item girl" manner, with Khan wearing minimal clothing (though this number did have a connection, albeit tenuous, with the plot of the film). In "Krazzy 4", Hrithik Roshan has an item number during the end credits. Ranbir Kapoor made his debut in an item number in "Chillar Party" (2011); drawing inspiration from Rishi Kapoor's Qawwali song "Parda" from "Amar Akbar