French clothing

thumb|French Army kepi thumb|upright|1942 portrait of General Charles de Gaulle of the [[Free French Forces wearing a kepi]]

Espadrilles ( or ; ; ; ; ) are casual shoes with soles made of esparto rope. The upper is usually canvas or cotton fabric and can vary widely in style. They are usually flat but sometimes high-heeled.

right|thumb|150px|Woman wearing a one-piece bliaut and cloak or mantle, c. 1200, west door of Angers [[Cathedral.]] The bliaut or bliaud is an overgarment that was worn by both sexes from the eleventh to the thirteenth century in Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or pleating across a snugly fitted under bust abdomen. The sleeves are the most immediately notable difference when comparing the bliaut to other female outer clothing of the Middle Ages. They fit closely from the shoulder to approximately the elbow, and then widen from the elbow to drape to floor- o

thumb|Poulaines worn in Burgundy near the end of their most fashionable period

thumb|345x345px|Chemise, linen, c.1790–1810. Metropolitan Museum of Art|The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute: 2009.300.392.

woman's headgear

thumb|200px|Girl's costume showing linen pantalettes from ''Godey's Lady's Book'' 1855

thumb|right|upright|A single-breasted, fly-fronted paletot from 1903 A paletot is a type of topcoat. The name is French, but etymologically derived from the Middle English word paltok, meaning a kind of jacket.

draped and pleated woman's dress

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traditional clothing of the Breton peoples of France