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2. Tunic - Wikipedia

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   Later Greek and Roman tunics were an evolution from the very similar chiton, chitoniskos, and exomis, each of which can be considered versions of the garment. In ancient Greece, a person's tunic was decorated at the hemline to represent the polis (city-state) in which he lived. Tunics might be dyed with bright colours like red, purple, or green.

3. Clothing in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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   Women's tunics were usually ankle or foot-length, long-sleeved, and could be worn loosely or belted. [9] For comfort and protection from cold, both sexes could wear a soft under-tunic or vest ( subucula ) beneath a coarser over-tunic; in winter, the Emperor Augustus , whose physique and constitution were never particularly robust, wore up to ...

4. 1795–1820 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   1790s: Women: "age of undress"; [7] dressing like statues coming to life; [16] Greek fashion started to inspire the current fashion, and fillet-Greek classical hairstyles and high waisted clothing with a more triangular hem started to find its way; pastel fabrics; natural makeup; bare arms; blonde wigs; accessorized with: hats, Draped turban, gloves, jewelry, small handbags – reticules ...

5. Clothing in the ancient world - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] Free citizens were required to wear togas because only slaves and children wore tunics. By the 2nd century BC, however, it was worn over a tunic, and the tunic became the basic item of dress for both men and women. Women wore an outer garment known as a stola, which was a long pleated dress similar to the Greek chitons.

6. Early medieval European dress - Wikipedia

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   After around 500 AD, women's clothing moved towards layered tunics. In the territories of the Franks and their eventual client tribes the Alemanni and Bavarii , as well as in East Kent , women wore a long tunic as an inner layer and a long coat, closed in the front with multiple brooches and a belt, as an outer layer. [ 10 ]

7. Kurta - Wikipedia

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   A traditional cotton kurta with wooden cuff-links-style buttons, centre placket opening with chikan, a style of embroidery from Lucknow, India. A kurta is a loose collarless shirt or tunic worn in many regions of South Asia, [1] [2] [3] and now also worn around the world. [4]