Academic dress

type of headgear

lightweight white smock or coat traditionally worn over street dress or scrubs by doctors, technicians, and scientists

thumb|right|200px|A dragon-themed robe originating from the Qing dynasty thumb|right|200px|Academic robes thumb|An Indian Angarkha A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. Unlike garments described as capes or cloaks, robes usually have sleeves. The English word robe derives from Middle English robe ("garment"), borrowed from Old French robe ("booty, spoils"), itself taken from the Frankish word *rouba ("spoils, things stolen, clothes"), and is related to the word rob.

regulated formal attire worn by students and officials at certain schools and universities, especially for commencement or other cerimonial occasions

portion of a skirt, overskirt, or dress that trails behind the wearer

mortarboard-topped cap

right|thumb|Two men wearing abollas, as seen on the bas-reliefs on the triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus at Rome. An abolla was a cloak-like garment worn by ancient Greeks and Romans. Nonius Marcellus quotes a passage of Varro to show that it was a garment worn by soldiers (vestis militaris), and thus opposed to the toga. Roman women also wore a version of the abolla by at least the imperial period.

cap worn to indicate that the wearer is a student

colors chosen by a educational institution to represent it on uniforms and other forms of identification

hat worn with formal dress by Ph.D. recipients in Finland and Sweden

A toque ( or ) is a type of hat with a narrow brim or no brim at all.

thumb|American silk and cotton ball gown, circa 1860, Metropolitan Museum of Art A gown, from the Latin word, gunna, is a usually loose outer garment from knee-to-full-length worn by people of both sexes in Europe from the Early Middle Ages to the 17th century, and continuing today in certain professions; later, the term gown was applied to any full-length woman's garment consisting of a bodice and an attached skirt. A long, loosely fitted gown called a Banyan was worn by men in the 18th century as an informal coat.

thumb|Ribbon, cap and of an Austrian thumb|Couleur bands of the Zionism|Zionist Nehardea from [[Basel, in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland's collection.]] Couleur (from French, meaning 'colour' in English) is the expression used in Central European for the various headgear and distinctive ribbons worn by members of these student societies.

ring awarded to those who earn a doctorate

oldest tailors in London

a costume used in student events

thumb|Archbishop of Canterbury, [[William Laud, wearing a black chimere over his white rochet]]

thumb|upright=1|King Vajiravudh wearing the khrui of a barrister-at-law