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clothing

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wearing apparel

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dress

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includes garments and aspects of personal appearance that can be changed

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costume

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used as a synonym for dress by scholar who study historic dress and work in the field (so: includes garments and aspects of personal appearance that can be changed)

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style

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the predominate form of dress in a given period and/or culture

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fashion

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styles of a fixed duration

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silhouette

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the basic shape of clothing and dress

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schenti

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Male - Ancient Egypt

basic garment of the egyptian nobleman - a loincloth wrapped around in a skirtlike fashion sometimes with pleats.

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apron

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males - ancient egypt

starched ornamental kilt which fell just above the knees and was held by a sash.

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pastiche

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Unisex - ancient egypt

fake beard

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Ionic Chiton

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unisex - ancient greece

rectangular fabric that was pinned down the arms and usually closed at one side. girdled.

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Doric Chiton

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unisex - ancient greece

rectangular fabric with no fold on the top. pinned at shoulers and opened to one side. girdled.

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Perizoma

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men (but sometimes women) - ancient greece

loincloth

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Himation

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unisex - ancient greek

similar to a roman toga. a rectaunglar shawl that was wrapped around the shoulders.

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chlamys

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men/boys - ancient greece

short cloak

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diplax

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female - ancient greece

small rectangle of fabric worn over a ionic chiton

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chlamydon

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female - ancient greece

complicated form of the diplax

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petasos

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men - ancient greece

brimmed hat that men wore with the chlamys

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subligaria

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women - ancient rome

loincloth worn by women

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strophium

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women - ancient rome

breast support for women

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palla

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women - ancient rome

similar to the himation worn over an outer tunic and was draped like a toga, pulled across the shoulder, or worn like a veil

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stola

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female - ancient rome

garment for free married women. long sleeveless gown usually held by clips at the shoulder

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vitta

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female - ancient rome

woolen band to bind hair. simply a band circling the head

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tutulus

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women - ancient rome

hairstyle worn by women in rome whe they became mater familias

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toga

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men mostly but worn by women who had been divorced on the grounds of adultery - ancient rome

a peice of cloth that would be wrapped around the entire body except for the right arm

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tunic
unisex - egypt, greece, and rome a t shaped garment that was long and loose fitting
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toga pura
male - imperial period rome toga with a tunic
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toga praetexta
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toga candida
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toga pulla
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toga picta
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toga trabea
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paludamentum
male - byzantine cloak variation
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dalmatic
male - byzantine shorter tunic worn over a regular tunic
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tunica
male - byzantine replaces toga as the principle body covering. wo rectangular pieces of fabric, one set on top of the other. It was sewn together at the sides and the top, with holes left for the head and the arms.
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tablon
male - byzantine full length semicircular mantle worn by church and byzantine emperors
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cote
unisex - early middle ages tightly fitting tunic for lower class women and men. primary
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coif
unisex - early middle ages a small white cap worn on the head that covered the skull
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braies
men - early middle ages underdrawers that tied at the waist with a belt
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hose
men - early middle ages basically tights. sometimes went up to the waist or thig and could tie into other pieces.
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open mantle
unisex - early middle ages a single piece of draped fabric that goes over the shoulder
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closed mantle
unisex - early middle ages a single peice of fabric that had a hole for the head to pop through
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bliaut
unisex - early middle ages tight fitting one piece garment. closer fit to the body with curved seams. had triangular panel set into skirt to add fullness. sometimes has hanging sleeves.
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bliaut girone
upper class unisex - early middle ages tight fitting garment with waist seam. skirt was bigger the regular bliaut. had padding on hips.
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chemise
unisex - early middle ages short sleeved linen undershirt
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steeple hennin
women - late middle ages a tall and pointed hat worn with a veil
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butterfly hennin
women - late middle ages similar to a steeple henin but had two large cones on each side of the head with large veil coming down over it. had wire framing.
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padded roll/roundel
women - late middle ages shortened steeple hennin. looked like a chunky headband.
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escoffin
women - late middle ages wide and stuffed role. usually reserved for upperclass women
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frontlet
women - late middle ages loop of hair on a shaved forehead.
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wimple
women - late middle ages a form of head covering that was worn around the chin
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liripipe
men - late middle ages a hood that had a long peak and a tail like flow at the end
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veil
women- late middle ages a form of hea covering that went over the head
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pattens
men - late middle ages shoes
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houppelande
women - late middle ages one of the three main things a woman would wear. worn over a gown with a girdle. very full. went to the butt. a robe or long tunic belted with a fitted bodice usually haveing full trailing sleeves and sometimes lined with fur
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sideless surcote
women - late middle ages reserved for royalty- would be a robe like thing that went over the head and had openings on the side.
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gown
women - late imddle ages one of the three main things a woman would wear. worn with chemise, hose, and shoes underneath
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surcote
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chemise
unisex - late middle ages like a t shirt basically.
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roc.
women - late middle ages loose, sleevless, ungirdled robe that was worn over a gown by women in the late middle ages
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cote-hardie
women - late middle ages one of the three main things a women would wear during this time. tight fitting gown that opens up at the torso and has hanging sleeves
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girdle
unisex belt.
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mi parte or particolor
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dagging
men - late middle ages cutting the ends of fabric with shear to show off whats underneath
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crackowe or poulain
men - late middle ages shoes
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pourpoint
men - late middle ages one of three main things men wore. a quilted fitted jacket type thing that would fit over everything. would most usually have a jacket over it
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doublet
men - late middle ages a close fitting, waisted, padded jacket worn over a t shirt
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jacket
one of the three main things a man wore durinf the late middle ages
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houppelande a mi-jamb
men - late middle ages. one of three things a male wore most during the late middle ages. a robe or long tunic belted or fittted bodice usually having full trailing sleeves and often timmed or lined with fur. went down to the mid calf length.
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huke
men - late middle ages worn over a doublet or other ungergarment. opens at sides and sometimes a slit in the front for riding.
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camica
unisex - italian rennaissance a linen undergarment worn closest to the skin. doubled as a nightfown. went somehwere between the knee and ankle for women.
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chopines
women. - 15-17 century tall clog worn in venice
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french farthingale
women - phase 3 northern rennaisance a table like thing that would go on the waist to create and intense perpendicular line on the waist
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spanish farthingale
women - phase.2 northern renaissance a hooped skirt with the hoops on the outside of the skirt to keep the shape
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verdugale
women - phase 2 new rennaisance spanish style skirts worn by women
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peascod
men - phase 1 northern rennaisance a padded and extended belly stuffed with bombast
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trunk hose
men - lot of different times buddy attatched to the bottom of the doublet and bagged outward before fastening on the upper leg.
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ruff
women - phase 3 northern renaissance pleated and went straight out from the neck worn with the supportasse
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stays
corset - women - so many different times that youll never have a shot knox, give up now. stupid fucking dumbass.
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venetians
men - phase 2 northern rennaisance fabric used especiialy for suits or coats
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bum roll
women - phase 3 northern rennaissance plush padding put under the french farthingale that would help keep the farthingale up
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shirt
men - all the fucking time long enough to cover genitals
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doublet
men - across many phases mans snug fitting jacket that is shaped and fitted to the mans body
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drawers
mens underwear
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stockings
women - all the time like socks with no feet worn over the leg
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gable hood
women - phase 3 northern renaissance a type of headwear a women would wear. had a triangular shape over hair
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crescent cap
women - phase 3 northern rennaissance a type of headwear that was worn farther back on the head
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canions
men - PHASE HUH northern rennaissance a pair of fitted tubes of cloth worn below short trunk hose and above stocking to cover the leg in between them
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mary stewart cap
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aigullete
gilded cords shown to wear status - new rennaisance
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ropa
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panes
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bombast
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petticoat
an underskirt that provides fullness
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pecadils
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blackwork
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conch
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supportasse
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gallygaskins
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slops
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culots
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