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Women wearing the quadrille dress greet King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Jamaica. A Quadrille dress is a bespoke [citation needed] dress worn by women in Caribbean countries. The quadrille dress is the folk costume of Jamaica, Dominica and Haiti. It is known by a different name in each country.
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.
The main components of this costume are a pleated dress, a bonnet, and most importantly, a doll. [13] Masqueraders would walk up to men on the streets and accuse them of being the father of the child. [12] Usually, the masquerader will continue to embarrass said man until they give her or him some money. [12]
Many of the attributes of Dame Lorraine are from colonial European influences. She is often depicted as a large woman, having an overexaggerated bust and rear, along with wearing brightly coloured ankle length, [2] sometimes floral printed, dresses. [4] Previously, the dresses would be made out materials that were found, including rags.
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A traditional four-piece costume. The Wob Dwyiet (or Wobe Dwiette), a grand robe worn by the earlier French settlers. The madras is the traditional pattern of the women and girls of Dominica and St. Lucia, and its name is derived from the madras cloth, a fabric used in the costume.