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Ceremonial dress is clothing worn for very special occasions, such as coronations, graduations, parades, religious rites, trials and other important events. In the western dress code hierarchy of dress codes, ceremonial dress is often considered one of the most formal, in other cultures ceremonial dresses vary widely having entirely different meanings, and styles.
The first formal dress of the nobility was raifuku (礼服, lit. ' ceremonial dress ' ), in which they wore a metal and cloth crown called a raikan , and court dress was the second formal dress. The tokin was a cap made of black silk with four strings (long narrow cloths) attached to the front and back of the cap.
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.
Introduced in 1959, ceremonial day dress is a simpler variant of the Royal Navy's full dress uniform that was taken out of service in 1956. In 1959, recognising the need for a more formal uniform for flag officers, RN ceremonial day dress was introduced: [26] this is similar to the old full dress but is less elaborate, without fringed ...
The sokutai (束帯) is a traditional Japanese outfit worn only by courtiers, aristocrats and the emperor at the Japanese imperial court.The sokutai originated in the Heian period, and consists of a number of parts, including the ho (outer robe), shaku (笏), a flat ritual baton or sceptre, and the kanmuri (冠), a cap-shaped black lacquered silk hat with a pennon.
The white robe (白衣, hakue, byakue, shiraginu) worn on the upper body is a white kosode, with sleeves similar in length to those of a tomesode. [3] Originally, kosode sleeves were worn under daily clothing, but gradually became acceptable outerwear between the end of the Heian period and the Kamakura period [4] The red collar sometimes seen around the neck is a decorative collar (kake-eri ...
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The French emperor Napoleon I crowns his empress. Both wear royal mantles. A royal mantle, or more simply a Mantle, is a garment normally worn by emperors, kings or queens as a symbol of authority.