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Ancient Greeks and Romans were known to wear cloaks. Greek men and women wore the himation, from the Archaic through the Hellenistic periods (c. 750–30 BC). [5] Romans would later wear the Greek-styled cloak, the pallium. The pallium was quadrangular, shaped like a square, [6] and sat on the shoulders, not unlike the himation.
A pelerine is a small cape-like garment that covers the shoulders. [1] Historically, the pelerine possibly originated in a type of 15th century armor padding that protected the neck and shoulders by itself, if the padded fabric was reinforced internally with metal, and/or acted as padding between armor and the skin in the neck-to-shoulder region.
At first, she’s childlike in puffed sleeve nightgowns and bloomers, but once she leaves her whimsical homestead for unknown lands, the puffed sleeves are paired with frilled skirts and richer ...
In the 18th century, a mantelet was a woman's short cloak, and in the early 19th century, it was an ornamental scarf that crossed over the chest and tied behind, usually made of fur or lace. [1] By the end of the 19th century, a mantelet was a woman's shoulder cape with elongated ends in front, sometimes held in position by a belt at the waist.
Capes are often highly decorated with elaborate embroidery. Capes remain in regular use as rainwear in various military units and police forces, in France for example. 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.
Even the clothes women would ride horses in received these sorts of embellishments. [5] Croquet players of 1864 loop their skirts up from floor-length over hooped petticoats. Small hats with ribbon streamers were very popular for young women in the mid-1860s. Day dresses featured wide pagoda sleeves worn over undersleeves or engageantes.
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