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2. Prairie dress - Wikipedia

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   A prairie dress or prairie skirt is a modest American style of skirt, an article of women's and girls' clothing. Prairie dresses may be straight to slightly flared to very full, and may have one or more flounces (deep ruffles ) or tiers; prairie dresses may be worn over a ruffled eyelet or lace -trimmed petticoat . [ 1 ]

3. Isidwaba - Wikipedia

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   The isidwaba is said to be imbued with ancestral power, [2] as a result their leather skirts do not belong to them but to the ancestors. Izidwaba (plural) are protective ancestral garments perceived as concrete symbols of control over women's fertility. A woman is considered figuratively naked, unless she wears her isidwaba. [2]

4. Dirndl - Wikipedia

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   Distinctive features of the dirndl (including the tight bodice, lower neckline and wide skirt), developed from the women's fashions of the royal court in the 17th century; over time, the court fashions made their way into urban and rural clothing. Alpine traditional costume spread to regions in Bavaria and Austria outside the mountains through ...

5. Folk costume - Wikipedia

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   If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress. Traditional clothing often has two forms: everyday wear, and formal wear. The word "costume" in this context is sometimes considered pejorative, as the word has more than one meaning, and thus "clothing", "dress", "attire" or "regalia" can be ...

6. Folk costumes of Podhale - Wikipedia

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   Female attire has been changed through the 19th and 20th century and in mid-19th century consisted of a percale shirt with wide sleeves, a decorated corset made of fabric, a wide percale skirt with floral motif, a muslin apron (fartuch), boots with high soles, trinkets or coral necklaces around the neck and a muslin (or tybet, or woollen) scarf worn on the head or over the shoulders.

7. Cheongsam - Wikipedia

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   Cheongsam (UK: / tʃ (i) ɒ ŋ ˈ s æ m /, US: / tʃ ɔː ŋ ˈ s ɑː m /) or zansae, also known as the qipao (/ ˈ tʃ iː p aʊ /) and sometimes referred to as the mandarin gown, is a Chinese dress worn by women which takes inspiration from the qizhuang, the ethnic clothing of the Manchu people.