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Pages in category "Middle Eastern clothing" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Agal (accessory)
Hose and trousers were reserved for men, and skirts were for women. [5] Conversely, in the Ottoman Empire, male and female dress was more similar. A common item worn by both was the şalvar, a voluminous undergarment in white fabric shaped like what is today called "harem pants". [6]
Mail shirt reaching to the mid-thigh with sleeves. Early mail shirts generally were quite long. During the 14th–15th century hauberks became shorter, coming down to the thigh. A haubergeon reaches the knee. The haubergeon was replaced by the hauberk due to the use of plate; with the legs now encased in steel, the longer mail became redundant ...
Gown, shirt/skirt, frock, and coat are all attested back to the early medieval period. Gown (from Medieval Latin gunna ) was a basic clothing term for hundreds of years, referring to a garment that hangs from the shoulders.
The tunic was usually belted, with either a leather or strong fabric belt. Depending on climate, trousers were tailored either loose or tight (or not worn at all if the weather was warm). The most basic leggings were strips of cloth wound round the leg, and held in place by long laces, presumably of leather, which is called cross-gartering.
A waist-length coat in medieval Europe was called a byrnie, although the exact construction of a byrnie is unclear, including whether it was constructed of mail or other armour types. Noting that the byrnie was the "most highly valued piece of armour" to the Carolingian soldier, Bennet, Bradbury, DeVries, Dickie, and Jestice [ 17 ] indicate that:
A kirtle (sometimes called cotte, cotehardie) is a garment that was worn by men and women in the European Middle Ages.It eventually became a one-piece garment worn by women from the late Middle Ages into the Baroque period.
Tailored cloth leggings called chausses or hose, made as separate garments for each leg, were often worn with the tunic; striped hose were popular. [1] During this period, beginning with the middle and upper classes, hose became longer and more fitting, and they reached above the knees.