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  2. The history and meaning behind Women's History Month colors

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    Since then, the month of March has gone purple, green and white in honor of the women who've paved the way — and continue to do so today. “The use of the colors purple, green, and white to ...

  3. Clothing in the ancient world - Wikipedia

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    Women's garments were probably longer (compare Nahum 3:5, Jeremiah 13:22, Jeremiah 13:26, Isaiah 47:2), had sleeves (2Samuel 13:19), presumably were brighter colors and more ornamented, and may also have been of finer material. [24] [25] Women used to wear veils in public, which distinguished them from women in pagan ancient societies.

  4. Kokoshnik - Wikipedia

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    Kokoshnik. The portrait of an unknown girl in the traditional Russian clothing by Ivan Argunov, 1784, showcasing a large kokoshnik head dress. The kokoshnik (Russian: коко́шник, IPA: [kɐˈkoʂnʲɪk]) is a traditional Russian headdress worn by women and girls to accompany the sarafan. The kokoshnik tradition has existed since the 10th ...

  5. Wikipedia:Image use policy - Wikipedia

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    Avoid images that mix photographic and iconic content. Though CSS makes it easy to use a PNG overlay on top of a JPEG image, the Wikipedia software does not allow such a technique. Thus, both parts must be in the same file, and either the quality of one part will suffer, or the file size will be unnecessarily large.

  6. 1600–1650 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    1600–1650 in Western fashion. Fashion in the period 1600–1650 in Western clothing is characterized by the disappearance of the ruff in favour of broad lace or linen collars. Waistlines rose through the period for both men and women. Other notable fashions included full, slashed sleeves and tall or broad hats with brims.

  7. Gendered associations of pink and blue - Wikipedia

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    The colors pink and blue are associated with girls and boys respectively, in the United States, the United Kingdom and some other European countries. Originating as a trend in the mid-19th century and applying primarily to clothing, gendered associations with pink and blue became more widespread from the 1950s onward.

  8. Persian clothing - Wikipedia

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    Persian clothing. Traditional Persian clothing is the historical costume of the Persian people, and of ancient Persia (now Iran) before the 1930s Pahlavi dynasty. Historically, the fabric and color of clothing was very important. [ 1] During the Achaemenian period (550–330 BC), Persian clothing started to reflect social status and eminence ...

  9. 1300–1400 in European fashion - Wikipedia

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    Fashion in fourteenth-century Europe was marked by the beginning of a period of experimentation with different forms of clothing. Costume historian James Laver suggests that the mid-14th century marks the emergence of recognizable "fashion" in clothing, [ 1] in which Fernand Braudel concurs. [ 2] The draped garments and straight seams of ...