- front-opening
overgown,
often fur-lined for
warmth and slashed, with sleeves. The
overgown was
ankle length early in the period, but knee-length
overgowns were...
- to
reveal the
decorated front of the
kirtle beneath.
Various styles of
overgowns were worn. The
cotehardie ****ed
smoothly from the
shoulders to the hips...
- Shylock, and the term
gaberdine has been
subsequently used to
refer to the
overgown or
mantle worn by Jews in the
medieval era. In the 15th and
early 16th...
-
Sleeveless overgowns or
tabards derive from the cyclas. By the
early 14th century, the
sides began to be sewn together,
creating a
sleeveless overgown or surcoat...
-
century and 18th century.
Initially a
loose gown, the
later mantua was an
overgown or robe
typically worn over stays,
stomacher and
either a co-ordinating...
-
Journade (France) or
Giornea (Italy) is a
sideless overgown or tabard. It was
usually pleated and was worn
hanging loose or belted.
Young men wore them...
-
becoming low-waisted and high-necked by the end.
Italian women also wore an
overgown called a
vestito or a roba. In turn,
these might be
covered by a robone...
-
women of the
Renaissance was an
undershirt with a gown and a high-waisted
overgown, and a
plucked forehead and
beehive or turban-style hairdo. Body alteration...
-
women from c. 1600–1620, as was
reticella tinted with
yellow starch.
Overgowns with
split sleeves (often
trimmed with
horizontal rows of braid) were...
-
sleeves that
sometimes reached down to
cover the knuckles.
Various sorts of
overgowns were worn over the kirtle, and are
called by
different names by costume...
