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2. Shweshwe - Wikipedia

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   Shweshwe (/ ˈ ʃ w ɛ ʃ w ɛ /) [1] is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used for traditional Southern African clothing. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Originally dyed indigo , the fabric is manufactured in a variety of colours and printing designs characterised by intricate geometric patterns.

3. Kitenge - Wikipedia

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   A typical kitenge pattern. Customers and visitors at a display of African kitenge clothes. A kitenge or chitenge (pl. vitenge Swahili; zitenge in Tonga) is an East African, West African and Central African piece of fabric similar to a sarong, often worn by women and wrapped around the chest or waist, over the head as a headscarf, or as a baby sling.

4. Clothing in Africa - Wikipedia

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   These styles include: "long sleeves and puffed shoulders, a full skirt, and commonly a colorful bow tied around the waist". This style of dress is called a busuti. [1] Another popular trend is to pair a piece of modern western clothing, such as T-shirts with traditional wraps.

5. Bombazine - Wikipedia

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   Bombazine, or bombasine, is a fabric originally made of silk or silk and wool, and now also made of cotton and wool or of wool alone. Quality bombazine has a silk warp and a worsted weft.

6. African wax prints - Wikipedia

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   African waxprints, West Africa Waxprints sold in a shop in West Africa Lady selling colourful waxprint fabrics in Togo "Afrika im Gewand - Textile Kreationen in bunter Vielfalt", African Textiles Exhibition Museum der Völker 2016

7. Madras (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   They were popular in the early 19th century for use in traditional women's skirts (saya) in the baro't saya ensemble, as well as for pants for the barong tagalog. Since they were expensive, they were copied by Chinese manufacturers as well as local industries, resulting in a lower-grade fabric that was usually used for clothing by commoners. [5]

8. Mamianqun - Wikipedia

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   Mamianqun (simplified Chinese: 马面裙; traditional Chinese: 馬面裙; pinyin: mǎmiànqún; lit. 'horse face skirt'), is a type of traditional Chinese skirt. It is also known as mamianzhequn (simplified Chinese: 马面褶裙; traditional Chinese: 馬面褶裙; lit. 'horse-face pleated skirt'), but is sometimes simply referred as 'apron' (Chinese: 围裙; pinyin: wéiqún; lit. 'apron'), a ...

9. Sinh (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   A typical Tai Yuan sinh.. A sinh is typically composed of three components: . hua sinh (Lao: ຫົວສິ້ນ), literally 'the head of the sinh', is the waistband portion, which is typically tucked in and hidden.