
Fashioning the United Arab Emirates with Dr. Reem El Mutwalli, Part I
Dressed: The History of Fashion
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The Evolution of the Traditional Red Dress
The cloak used to be made out of indigo dye, and therefore it was dark and in color. With the influx of oil, these of garments, the silk one, usually was wrn is worn by women. And as i said, the woollen one is mainly worn by men. Nowadays, with the evolution of this type of dress, or style of dress, it changed from this over garment, which is shapeless almost, and it engulfed the whole body. And it became a cloak. Can be worn with sleeves,. And can be worn almost like a jacket, a long jacket. Why? Because they began to use computers. They are part and parcel of the working
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