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2. Ottoman clothing - Wikipedia

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   While her headdress illustrates popular styles in Ottoman women's headwear at the time, her clothing remains very similar to European-style clothing. This was a popular way to depict women, specifically sultanas. [2] Many factors contributed to changes in Ottoman women's garments, including the cost of materials and firmans, or

3. Kaftan - Wikipedia

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   A kaftan or caftan (/ ˈ k æ f t æ n /; Arabic: قفطان, qafṭān; Persian: خفتان, khaftān; Turkish: kaftan) is a variant of the robe or tunic. Originating in Asia, it has been worn by a number of cultures around the world for thousands of years. In Russian usage, kaftan instead refers to a style of men's long suit with tight sleeves.

4. Wrapper (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   The kaftan is the most popular attire for women of African descent throughout the African diaspora. African and African-American women wear a wide variety of dresses, and skirt sets made out of formal fabrics as formal wear. However, the kaftan and wrapper are the two traditional choices.

5. Takshita - Wikipedia

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   Modern interpretations of traditional Moroccan clothing, particularly the takchita, kaftan and djellaba are exhibited at the annual Caftan fashion show in Morocco and hosted by the Moroccan fashion magazine Femmes du Maroc. Hillary Clinton wore a takshita at a state dinner for the king of Morocco in 2000. [2] [3]

6. Abaya - Wikipedia

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   The abaya (colloquially and more commonly, Arabic: عباية ʿabāyah, especially in Literary Arabic: عباءة ʿabā'ah; plural عبايات ʿabāyāt, عباءات ʿabā'āt), sometimes also called an aba, is a simple, loose over-garment, essentially a robe-like dress, worn by some women in the Muslim world including most of the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of the Horn of ...

7. Boubou (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   The nobility of 12th and 13th-century Mali, the 14th century Hausa Bakwai and Songhai Empires, then adopted this dress combination as a status symbol, as opposed to the traditional sleeveless or short-sleeved smocks (nowadays known as dashiki or Ghanaian smocks) worn by ordinary people/non-royals, or the Senegalese kaftan, a variant of the Arab ...