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Shawls gave way to differently designed wraps, including mantles, capes, and dolmans. [ 5 ] : 42 Another reason for their reduced popularity was due to their limited availability: the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) prevented the export of fine goat-hair shawls from Kashmir.
A gas cape was a voluminous military garment designed to give rain protection to someone wearing the bulky gas masks used in twentieth-century wars. Rich noblemen and elite warriors of the Aztec Empire would wear a tilmàtli ; a Mesoamerican cloak/cape used as a symbol of their upper status.
A different and non-religious sort of tippet, a shoulder-length cape, has been part of the uniform of British military nurses or of nursing uniforms in Commonwealth countries. These are often decorated with piping and may have badges or insignia indicating the wearer's rank. WWI Australian Nurse Ella McLean, shown wearing tippet
Lady in a Fur Wrap. A woman wearing a wrap skirt. In the context of clothing, a wrap is "A loose garment or article of feminine dress used or designed to envelop or fold about the person; a shawl, scarf, or the like." [1] "a long piece of cloth worn around the shoulders for warmth or decoration, usually by women" [2]
The term 'fur' is often used to refer to a specific item of clothing such as a coat, wrap, or shawl made from the fur of animals. Humans wear fur garments to protect them from cold climates and wind chill, but documented evidence of fur as a marker of social status exists as far back as 2,000 years ago with ancient Egyptian royalty and high ...
Simple American bonnet or mobcap, in a portrait by Benjamin Greenleaf, 1805. A mobcap (or mob cap or mob-cap) is a round, gathered or pleated cloth (usually linen) bonnet consisting of a caul to cover the hair, a frilled or ruffled brim, and (often) a ribbon band, worn by married women in the 18th and early 19th centuries, when it was called a "bonnet".
Women's night caps were usually a long piece of cloth wrapped around the head, or a triangular cloth tied under the chin. [1] Men's nightcaps were traditionally pointed hats with a long top, sometimes with a pom-pom on the end. [1]
Short (high-waisted) jackets called spencers [38] were worn outdoors, along with long-hooded cloaks, Turkish wraps, mantles, capes, Roman tunics, chemisettes, and overcoats called pelisses [40] (which were often sleeveless and reached down as far as the ankles). These outer garments were often made of double sarsnet, fine Merino cloth, or ...