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  2. Cape dress - Wikipedia

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    A cape dress describes a woman's dress that combines features of the cape and the dress. Either a cape-like garment is attached to the dress, pinned or sewn on, [1] and integrated into its construction, or the dress and cape are made to coordinate in fabric and/or color. [2] Cape dresses provide a modest double layer in the bodice area.

  3. Áo dài - Wikipedia

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    The term can also be used to describe any clothing attire that consists of a long tunic, such as nhật bình. There are inconsistencies in usage of the term áo dài . The currently most common usage is for a Francized design by Nguyễn Cát Tường (whose shop was named Le Mur ), which is expressly a women's close-fitting design [ 5 ] whose ...

  4. Vietnamese clothing - Wikipedia

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    Other styles of clothing were also created during this time such as the áo nhật bình and the áo tấc (formal wear for rituals and formal occasions). The áo dài was created when tucks which were close-fitting and compact were added in the 1920s to the áo ngũ thân. The Chinese-influenced clothing in the form of trousers and tunic were ...

  5. Cape - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Traditional Vietnamese wedding - Wikipedia

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    One such infusion is the bride wearing both a Western wedding dress and an Áo dài during the wedding and reception. If the marriage is interracial, the Vietnamese bride or groom will also incorporate their spouse's culture by wearing their family's traditional clothing in addition or even merging some of the traditions from the other culture ...

  7. Chữ khoa đẩu - Wikipedia

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    Chữ khoa đẩu is a term claimed by the Vietnamese pseudohistorian Đỗ Văn Xuyền to be an ancient, pre-Sinitic script for the Vietnamese language. Đỗ Văn Xuyền's works supposedly shows the script have been in use during the Hồng Bàng period, and it is believed to have disappeared later during the Chinese domination of Vietnam .

  8. Áo tứ thân - Wikipedia

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    Mrs. Đặng Thị Nhu (Đề Thám's third wife) and her daughter in Áo tứ thân costume 2 girls working in the fields in Áo tứ thân costumesThe áo tứ thân was the dress of peasant women, which explains why it was often made with plain fabric in dark colors, except when it was to be worn at special occasions such as festivals or weddings.

  9. Vietnamese encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    Từ điển bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam (Encyclopedia of Vietnam), a state-sponsored encyclopedia which was published in 2005. Vietnamese Wikipedia, a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Vietnam War encyclopedias. Encyclopedic works and encyclopedias focused on Vietnam War-related topics.