1920

Black silk and gold metallic lame shoes

2 1/2 inch heels, and ribbon ties

HISTORICAL DRAPED & TAILORED GARMENTS

KILT


The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century.


It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern.


Though the Scottish kilt is most often worn mainly on formal occasions or at Highland Games and sports events, it has also been adapted as an item of fashionable informal, and formal, male clothing in recent years.

20th century: a Persian Zoroastrian woman’s costume

Mid to late 19th Century - 1850 to 1900

This pants pattern is made from an actual salesman's sample dated after 1853. The buckle for the back cinch comes with the pattern

Worn during the Wild West - Gold and Silver Rushes - Pioneers - Civil War Civilians

Ladies' Reform Dress - Cowboy and Cowgirl - or Victorian

Handkerchief Garments
In the late 19th century free Swahili women commonly sewed together six imported Portuguese handkerchiefs to make a garment. The border design on these handkerchiefs inspired the border design of kanga.

THE SAREE

A sari / saree is the traditional female garment in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. A sari is a very long strip of unstitched cloth, ranging from four to nine metres in length, which can be draped in various styles. The most common style is for the sari to be wrapped around the waist, with one end then draped over the shoulder baring the midriff. The sari is usually worn over a petticoat (pavada/pavadai in the south india, and shaya in eastern India), with a blouse known as a choli or ravika forming the upper garment.

This is a Buddhist priest of 1890
He is wearing a monk’s stole, called kesa (袈裟) made of sumptuous silk brocade. Kesa are draped over one shoulder and under the opposite arm in order to wrap it around the body. They are believed to resemble a garment made for Buddha by his mother. Of a simple rectangular form, they have barely changed since Buddhism was first introduced in Japan during the sixth century.