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An Ottoman official c. 1650. Ottoman clothing or Ottoman fashion is the style and design of clothing worn during the Ottoman Empire.Fashion during the Ottoman Empire was a significant facet of the empire's cultural identity, serving as a marker of status, occupation, religion, and more.
A fez. The fez (Turkish: fes, Ottoman Turkish: فس, romanized: fes), also called tarboosh/tarboush (Arabic: طربوش, romanized: ṭarbūš), is a felt headdress in the shape of a short, cylindrical, peakless hat, usually red, typically with a black tassel attached to the top.
Some notable features and dress of Ottoman fashion included the mintan, a heavily embroidered chainse or vest; a şalvar, embroidered baggy pants; the sarık, a large, wrapped headpiece usually differing from a traditional turban and region-to-region; and the entari, a long flowy embroidered dress worn typically by women in the empire.
Ismail Cenani Pasha in court dress (1911) The Tanzimat reforms emerged from the minds of reformist sultans like Mahmud II, his son Abdulmejid I and prominent, often European-educated bureaucrats, who recognised that the old religious and military institutions no longer met the needs of the empire. Most of the symbolic changes, such as uniforms ...
No one wants to stick out as a tourist when they travel because of what they wear. But fashion trends vary from city to city, making it tough to know what to wear in different destinations. To ...
What at first glance looked like a Canadian tuxedo was actually a three-piece denim look by the if-you-know-you-know designer Magda Butrym and a diamond chain necklace by Jessica McCormack.
“I just like to take risks,” Chelsea Lazkani says, describing her look as “camp, camp, camp.” “I like to dress to my mood. I obviously love to dress very sexy and feminine and Barbie-esque.
Turquerie (anglicized as "Turkery"), or Turquoiserie, [1] was the Turkish fashion in Western Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries for imitating aspects of Ottoman art and culture. Many different Western European countries were fascinated by the exotic and relatively unknown culture of the Ottoman ruling class, which was the center of the ...