Robes and cloaks

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thumb|Girls planting trees in [[Mashhad on Arbor Day wearing chador]]

thumb|A young man in an evening cloak, 1823. thumb|Cloak, 1580–1600 Victoria and Albert Museum, No. 793-1901

thumb|Kurdish people|Kurdish man wearing a kaftan. Illustration by [[Max Karl Tilke published in Oriental Costumes: Their Designs and Colors (1922), Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi.]]

thumb|First native Catholic priest in the Belgian Congo, wearing a Roman cassock with the standard 33 buttons. Early 1900s.

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A is an unlined cotton or linen summer kimono, worn in casual settings such as summer festivals and to nearby bathhouses. The name is translated literally as "bathing cloth" and originally were worn as bathrobes; their modern use is much broader, and are a common sight in Japan during summer. Though are traditionally indigo and white in colour, modern commonly feature multicoloured designs, and are designed to be machine washable. They are similar in appearance to the , a unisex short-sleeved kimono-like garment worn by guests at traditional inns.

thumb|upright|A Roman Catholic deacon wearing a dalmatic and a biretta during a service in the Traditional Latin Rite thumb|upright|Ornately embroidered dalmatic (shown from the back with a collarin) The dalmatic is a long, wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment in the Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, United Methodist, and some other churches. When used, it is the proper vestment of a deacon at Mass, Holy Communion or other services such as baptism or marriage held in the context of a Eucharistic service. Although infrequent, it may also be worn by bishops above the alb and bel

thumb|Two people wearing bathrobes|alt=A black woman and a black man wearing white bathrobes

thumb|Black scapulars worn by Cistercian [[monks as part of their religious habits]] thumb|The devotional Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel or "Brown Scapular"

thumbnail|200px|Johan Bonny, a Catholic [[bishop, wearing a gold-embroidered cope, Antwerp, Belgium]]A cope ( ("rain coat") or ("cape")) is a liturgical long mantle or cloak, open at the front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour.

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thumb|Urban Algerian man wearing a white/beige burnous, 19thcentury A burnous (), also burnoose, burnouse, bournous or barnous, is a long cloak of coarse woollen fabric with a pointed hood, often white, traditionally worn by Arab and Berber men in North Africa. Historically, the white burnous was worn during important events by men of high positions. Today, men of different social standing may wear it for ceremonial occasions, such as weddings or on religious and national holidays.

thumb|upright| Indian village women wearing Odhni with Ghagra choli The dupattā, also called chunni, chunari, chundari, lugda, rao/rawo, gandhi, pothi, orna, and odhni is a long shawl-like scarf traditionally worn by women in the Indian Subcontinent. Traditionally, in India, the dupatta is part of the women's lehenga or ghagra/chaniya choli. A lehenga is a three-piece outfit which is made up of a skirt, called a ghagra or chaniya; a blouse, called a choli, and a dupatta. The dupatta is worn over one shoulder, and traditionally, married women would also wear the dupatta over the head in temples

150px|thumb|Hermes wearing a chlamys. Painting attributed to the [[Tithonos Painter, .]]

robe worn by fully-ordained Buddhist monks and nuns, pieced out of discarded clothing

distinctive set of garments worn by members of a religious order

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.

traditional men's outer cloak worn over the thobe, often in the Gulf and Levant regions

A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment of any length that hangs loosely and connects either at the neck or shoulders. They usually cover the back, shoulders, and arms. They come in a variety of styles and have been used throughout history for many different reasons.

thumb|Bhutanese boys wearing gho at a festival in Punakha, November 2006 thumb|Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, [[Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan, wearing a gho and royal saffron kabney]] The gho or '''g'ô' (, ) is the traditional and national dress for men in Bhutan. Introduced in the 17th century by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, to give the Ngalop people a more distinctive identity, it is a knee-length robe tied at the waist by a cloth belt known as the kera'' (). On festive occasions, it is worn with a kabney.

robe said to have been worn by Jesus during or shortly before his crucifixion

thumb|200px|Greek Orthodox deacon wearing a red sticharion and [[Orarion.]]

thumb|alt=A young unmarried Japanese woman wearing a deep orange with her arms outstretched.|An unmarried Japanese woman wearing a thumb|A Japanese woman wearing a at a Japanese garden

thumb|300px|Pelerine, muslin with [[whitework embroidery, c.1835. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute: 2009.300.3886.]] A pelerine is a small cape-like garment that covers the shoulders, similar to a fichu. Historically, the pelerine possibly originated in a type of 15th century armor padding that protected the neck and shoulders by itself, if the padded fabric was reinforced internally with metal, and/or acted as padding between armor and the skin in the neck-to-shoulder region. The pelerine often had fasteners so that pauldrons could be attached.

thumb|17th-century sakkos. It has 16 buttons on each side, plus 1 at the collar to make a total of 33: the traditional number of years in the earthly life of Jesus (Benaki Museum, [[Athens, Greece).]] thumb|Priest in phelonion (left) and archbishop of Prague Joachim in sakkos thumb|right|Greek Catholic Church|Greek-Catholic [[bishop wearing a sakkos. What appears to be a collar is a separate vestment, called the omophorion (Prešov, Slovakia).]]

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.

thumb|Polish magnate [[Jan Zamoyski (1542-1605) dressed in a crimson delia over a blue silk żupan, and tied with a pas kontuszowy. The right hand holds a buława.]] Żupan (; , , , , ) is a long lined garment of West or Central Asian origin which was widely worn by male nobles in the multi-ethnic Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the Ukrainian Cossacks in the Cossack Hetmanate. It was a typical upper class male attire from the late 16th to the first half of the 18th century.

thumb|upright|Mohammed Alim Khan (1880–1944), emir of [[Bukhara, wearing a khalat]]

thumb|Classic Saltillo Serape, circa 1825|upright thumb|187px|Traditional serapes are worn like a shawl or [[cloak. Its alteration into a poncho-like clothing item is more recent.]]

flowing wide sleeved robe worn by men in parts of West Africa and North Africa

The is a traditional Japanese outfit worn only by courtiers, aristocrats and the emperor at the Japanese imperial court. The originated in the Heian period, and consists of a number of parts, including the (outer robe), , a flat ritual baton or sceptre, and the , a cap-shaped black lacquered silk hat with a pennon.

garment worn over nightwear or undergarments for warmth and modesty

thumb|A young woman modelling a The , more formally known as the , is a style of formal court dress first worn in the Heian period by noble women and ladies-in-waiting at the Japanese Imperial Court. The was composed of a number of kimono-like robes, layered on top of each other, with the outer robes cut both larger and thinner to reveal the layered garments underneath. These robes were referred to as , with the innermost robe – worn as underwear against the skin – known as the . were also worn as underwear with the ; over time, the two would gradually become outerwear, with the eventually de

thumb|A Catholic cleric wearing a mantelletta over his cassock A mantelletta, Italian diminutive of Latin mantellum 'mantle', is a sleeveless, knee-length, vest-like garment, open in front, with slits instead of sleeves on the sides, fastened at the neck. It was for a period of time even more common than the mozzetta.

thumb|Polish noble Stanisław Antoni Szczuka (1652–1710) in a representative national Polish outfit. A red kontusz tied with a [[pas kontuszowy. Underneath a żupan with a low collar. Left hand holds a fur cap with a low band. Characteristic hair and moustache. Unknown artist.]] thumb|Noble Zaporozhian Cossacks|Ukrainian Cossack in a yellow [[żupan and red kontusz.]] A kontusz is a type of outer garment worn by the Hungarian and Polish–Lithuanian male nobility. It became popular in the 16th century and came to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth rule via Hungary from Turkey. In the 17th century,

thumb|Women wearing Çarşaf in Shiraz A çarşaf (), also written charshaf, is a simple, loose over-garment, essentially a robe-like dress, similar to the abaya, niqab and chador.

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loose gown or coat worn by men in the 18th century

thumb|Archbishop [[Fulton J. Sheen wearing the ferraiolo, 1952.]] thumb|Théodore-Adrien Sarr|Cardinal Sarr of Dakar wearing his ferraiolo of watered silk The ferraiolo (also ferraiuolo, ferraiolone) is a type of cape traditionally worn by clergy in the Catholic Church on formal, non-liturgical occasions. It can be worn over the shoulders, or behind them, extends in length to the ankles, is tied in a bow by narrow strips of cloth at the front, and does not have any 'trim' or piping on it.

thumb|15th century costume - the HouppelandeA houppelande or houpelande is an outer garment, with a long, full body and flaring sleeves, that was worn by both men and women in Europe in the late Middle Ages. Sometimes the houppelande was lined with fur. The garment was later worn by professional classes, and has remained in Western civilization as the familiar academic and legal robes of today. However, back then it was always worn over a doublet by men.

thumb|250px|right|upright| Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry|Charles Stewart, in [[hussar uniform with a military pelisse slung over the shoulder, 1812 portrait by Thomas Lawrence]]

fictional theme and a device under some scientific inquiry. In folklore, mythology and fairy tales, a cloak of invisibility appears either as a magical item used by duplicitous characters or an item worn by a hero to fulfill a quest

draped outer garment worn by men in Ancient Rome

Cloak believed to have been worn by the founder of Islam

general term for a form of outerwear of differing lengths and having some shaping

sleeveless caped overgarment

draped and pleated woman's dress

thumb|A Catholic bishop (Carmelo Canzonieri of Roman Catholic Diocese of Caltagirone|Caltagirone) wearing an amaranth red-trimmed black [[cassock and pellegrina]]

thumb|150px|Aztec warrior priests and priests as depicted in the Codex Mendoza, wearing battle suits and tilmàtli tunics. thumb|150px|Saint Juan Diego, wearing a tilmàtl during the 1531 [[Our Lady of Guadalupe Marian apparitions.]] thumb|left|250px|Emperor [[Moctezuma II wearing a tilmàtli.]] thumb|Nezahualpiltzintli wearing an elaborate tilmàtli. A tilmàtli (or tilma; , ) was a type of outer garment worn by men as a cloak/cape, documented from the late Postclassic and early Colonial eras among the Aztec and other peoples of central Mexico.

thumb|right|250px|The megas doux [[Alexios Apokaukos in the garb of his office, including a richly-decorated blue kabbadion]] The kabbadion () was a caftan-like garment of oriental origin which became a standard part of court costume in the last centuries of the Byzantine Empire.

thumb|Papal simar with double half-sleeves (without the sash)

right|frame|The Maltese "Faldetta", now virtually only seen in vintage photographs and historical recreations. The għonnella (; ), sometimes referred to as a faldetta, is a form of women's head dress and shawl, or hooded cloak, unique to the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo. There was an alternative blue version in the south-east of Malta, and it was referred to as xurqana. Another in the village of Għargħur was referred to as stamijna.

thumb|Gandoura thumb|A French Spahi uniform c.1960 consisting of a khaki gandoura and [[seroual, both under a white burnous.]] The Gandoura, also Gandura (), is a kind of light tunic, in wool or cotton, with or without sleeves. It normally comes in colored stripes, or more simply white, and is worn primarily in North Africa and Western Asia. The term gandoura is Arabic in origin. In Algeria, there are two varieties of gandoura. The first is worn by women and is also known as Jebba Fergani. It is a traditional Algerian garment made of thick velvet that originated in the Constantine region. The

thumb|250px|Men wearing kanzus at a wedding in Kampala, Uganda. A kanzu is a white or cream coloured robe worn by men in the African Great Lakes region. It is referred to as a tunic in English, and as the thawb in Arab countries. The kanzu is an ankle or floor length garment. It serves as the national costume of Tanzania as well as the Comoros, where it is called a kandu as well as a thawb. The robe is also worn in some coastal Muslim regions of Tanzania and Kenya. The men of Uganda consider it their most important dress. Kanzu is a Ganda word of Swahili origin, which means "robe" or "tunic".

rectangular carrying cloth used by women in traditional Andean communities in South America

thumb|upright|Charles Blair in a frock (c. 1761–66), a coat with a flat collar.

Angarkha is an outer robe with long sleeves which was worn by men in Indian subcontinent. By the 19th-century it had become the generally accepted attire of an educated man in public. It had evolved from the Persian cape balaba or chapkan as a result of being given a more Indian form in the late medieval or early modern era.

Agbada () : Cloak, Mantle, is the flowing robe traditionally worn by the Yoruba people across West Africa. It comes with an innercloth of varying lengths and it also comes with a pair of bottom wear in form of native trousers called Shokoto. It also is worn most times with different caps like Fila , Abeti Aja and so on. Traditional Yoruba beads are most time worn with it. It's a male attire worn for special events and everyday life, depending on the extravagance of the garment. It is a distinct robe that comes in different styles and designs thumb|Yoruba man in Agbada thumb|A Yoruba man actin