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  Gathered during the 1830s by itinerant painter George Catlin, this marvelous leather garment presents designs of different periods and various decorative techniques. Besides the painted patters on the edges and on the porcupine spines woven atop the sleeve, a band of pony beads on the front and back employs …

  CITIZENS OF MILAN RETURNING TO MILAN AFTER THE DESTRUCTION BY BARBAROSSA – BAS-RELIEF ON THE ARCHWAY OF PORTA ROMANA – YEAR 1171 – CITY MUSEUM, MILAN   The naïve coarseness of the figurative elements perfectly represents masculine apparel in the XII century in its every detail: short hair parted …

  CITIZEN OF MILAN – DETAIL FROM THE CIBORIUM DATING TO THE FIRST HALF OF THE XII CENTURY – BASILICAN OF SAINT AMBROSE, MILAN   Example of masculine apparel: a rounded beret, moderately cut hair, moustache and pointed beard, a garment with tight sleeves which flares at the hem, shoes …

Powell collected this female garment in Utah in 1874. It is made of two skins and is decorated with beads and wapiti teeth. Classified as belonging to the Southern Paiute, it is instead typical of the Ute of this time period.

Fourth century – Fresco Vigna Massimo , Rome The “dalmatica”, unisex garment, soft and fluid all the way to the feet, without a belt and decorated with red stripes called “clavi”, with very wide sleeves, is a rather austere look which made it popular for ecclesiastical purposes.