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2. Egyptian cultural dress - Wikipedia

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   Various Ancient Egyptian clothes and jewelry including an undecorated tunic (1), a decorated sheath dress (5), a shendyt (2), a cape & skirt ensemble (13), one of the draping styles for the sari-like garment (3) Ancient Egyptian dress can broadly be divided into types of tunics, robes, skirts, and shawls, typically made of linen.

3. Fashion in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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   Nigeria has produced many fashion designers. Shade Thomas (later Thomas-Fahm) became Nigeria's first widely recognized fashion designer. After studying fashion design in England in the 1950s, prior to Nigerian independence, she set up a shop at the Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos and a garment factory at the Yaba Industrial Estate. Specializing ...

4. Clothing in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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   During the Old, Middle and New Kingdom, ancient Egyptian women mostly wore a simple sheath dress called a kalasiris, [9] which is shown to cover the breasts in statues, but in paintings and relief the single breast depicted in profile is exposed. [10] Women's clothing in ancient Egypt was more conservative than men's clothing.

5. Pleated linen - Wikipedia

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   The earliest form of pleated linen dates from ancient Egypt and can be seen in a garment known as the Tarkhan dress, which is over 5000 years old and is believed to be one of the oldest dresses in existence. [1] Other examples of pleated linen from ancient history include pleated linen from the tomb of queen Neferu. [2]

6. Clothing in the ancient world - Wikipedia

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   The clothing of men and women at several social levels of Ancient Egypt are depicted in this tomb mural from the 15th century BC. The preservation of fabric fibers and leathers allows for insights into the attire of ancient societies. The clothing used in the ancient world reflects the technologies that these peoples mastered. In many cultures ...

7. Tarkhan dress - Wikipedia

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   The Tarkhan Dress, named for the Tarkhan cemetery south of Cairo in Egypt where it was excavated in 1913, is an over 5000 year old linen garment that was confirmed as the world's oldest piece of woven clothing. [2] [1] The dress coded UC28614B is currently in the collection of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. [3]