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2. Clothing in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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   Women's tunics were usually ankle or foot-length, long-sleeved, and could be worn loosely or belted. [9] For comfort and protection from cold, both sexes could wear a soft under-tunic or vest ( subucula ) beneath a coarser over-tunic; in winter, the Emperor Augustus , whose physique and constitution were never particularly robust, wore up to ...

3. 1200–1300 in European fashion - Wikipedia

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   Coif and barbettes were white, while the crespine might be colored or gold. The wimple and veil of the 12th century still seen on nuns today continued to be worn, mainly by older women and widows. [4] Women also wore long tunics that went down to their ankles. This was worn over a shirt.

4. Tunic - Wikipedia

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   Later Greek and Roman tunics were an evolution from the very similar chiton, chitoniskos, and exomis, each of which can be considered versions of the garment. In ancient Greece, a person's tunic was decorated at the hemline to represent the polis (city-state) in which he lived. Tunics might be dyed with bright colours like red, purple, or green.

5. Cotte - Wikipedia

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   The cotte (or cote) was a medieval outer garment, a long sleeved shift, or tunic, usually girded, and worn by men and women. In medieval texts, it was used to translate tunica or chiton. Synonyms included tunic or gown. It was worn over a shirt , and a sleeveless surcote could be worn over it. By the sixteenth century, it had become a woman's ...

6. Chiton (garment) - Wikipedia

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   The Ionic chiton could also be made from linen or wool and was draped without the fold and held in place from neck to wrist by several small pins or buttons.. Herodotus states the dress of the women in Athens was changed from the Doric peplos to the Ionic chiton after the widows of the men killed on military expedition to Aegina stabbed and killed the sole survivor with their peplos pins, each ...

7. 1910s in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   Men's-style cravats were sometimes worn by women in 1914. Woman in 1914 wearing a belted, sailor-collared tunic with a tie. Dancer Irene Castle was an early adopter of bobbed hair, 1914; Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia wears a kimono-style dressing gown in 1915. Oriental styles were in fashion during the decade.