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Draped costumes

Egyptian shenti
an ancient Greek outer
A shenti was a kilt-like piece of garment consisting of a
linen fabric tied around the waist long rectangle of cloth
and kept in place by a girdle draped over the left
shoulder and wound
around the body

Tahitian pareo-The pāreu or pareo is the Cook Islands and Tahitian word
for a wraparound skirt.
Slipon costume

South American poncho Roman paenula-The paenula was a cloak


worn by the Romans, akin to the poncho
This was originally worn only by slaves,
soldiers and other people of low degree

medivial huque-The heuke (German) or huque (French)


was a bell-shaped cloak (less material needed than a
circular one)
which came up in the 14th century and was an
inherent part of female clothing.
The heuke was, when worn by women,
generally floor-long and could have a train; a hood and
collar were also common.
Closed sewn costume

Grecian chiton Chiton is a type


of sewn clothing worn by In Homeric times people either The gandoura, also gandura, and
wore the tunic or chiton or himation or the cloak. siroquera by the Spanish, is a kind of light
ancient Greeks
There are two types of tunics- doric and Ionian. The tunic fell from tunic, in wool or cotton, with or without
from 750-30 BC. It was generally the shoulder and on both sides there were opening for the arms. sleeves. It normally comes in colored
made from single rectangle of The Ionian tunic was much lighter and was fastened with 2 belts stripes, or more simply white, and is worn
woolen or linen fabric. The importance of ionian costumes from the borrowings of primarily in the Middle East and North
Long Doric chiton was worn by greek settlers in asia minor made from the natives of coastal region Africa,
women while men wore chiton Which they transmitted to Greece.
that came to the knees. Sleeved
form was reserved for priests
and actors.
A kaftan or caftan is a variant of the sheepskin coat, overcoat, tulup Top coat
robe or tunic, and has been worn in a
number of cultures around the world
for thousands of years and is
of Asiatic origin.
Sheep costumes

Breeches

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