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2. Clothing in the ancient world - Wikipedia

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   The clothing of men and women at several social levels of Ancient Egypt are depicted in this tomb mural from the 15th century BC. The preservation of fabric fibers and leathers allows for insights into the attire of ancient societies. The clothing used in the ancient world reflects the technologies that these peoples mastered. In many cultures ...

3. Scrubs (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Scrubs, sometimes called surgical scrubs or nursing scrubs, are the sanitary clothing worn by physicians, nurses, dentists and other workers involved in patient care. Originally designed for use by surgeons and other operating room personnel, who would put them on when sterilizing themselves, or "scrubbing in", before surgery , they are now ...

4. Bast shoe - Wikipedia

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   Bast shoes are shoes made primarily from bast — fiber taken from the bark of trees such as linden. They are a kind of basket, woven and fitted to the shape of a foot. Bast shoes are a traditional footwear of the forest areas of Northeastern Europe, formerly worn by poorer members of the Finnic peoples, Balts, Russians, and Belarusians. They ...

5. Lamba (garment) - Wikipedia

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   The term lamba is the name in the Highlands dialect of the woven cloth that traditionally formed the essential article of clothing throughout Madagascar. This garment is known by other words in various regions where other dialects are spoken; in some parts of the east, for instance, the garment is known by the word simbo . [ 4 ]

6. Trousers - Wikipedia

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   Men wore trousers either as outer garments or beneath skirts, while it was unusual for adult women to wear their pants (termed sokgot) without a covering skirt. As in Europe, a wide variety of styles came to define regions, time periods and age and gender groups, from the unlined gouei to the padded sombaji .

7. Clothing in ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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   Men and women wore footwear such as sandals, shoes or boots, which were made most commonly out of leather. [4] [page needed] [9] [page needed] At home, people typically went barefoot. [26] It was also common for philosophers such as Socrates to be barefoot as well. [9] [page needed]