Clothen and Costumes Worn by Witches
Because Witches commonly dress “differant” than the average citizen,they tend to stand out in scociety. Contrary to popular belief,however,Witches do not dress differantly with the intention of standing out from others. Witches dress differantly for various religious reasons,and they are not alone in this. Many of the world’s most contraversial faiths are rediculed,persicuted,and called cults on the basis of the nonconvetional way of dress alone. Take the Muslims for example: in many contries all around the world it is illeagle for a Muslim to wear “religious clothen” in school (this usualy means no veils,no shawls,no burcas,no tunic dresses,and no prayer beads),but it is okay for Christians to wear a Rosary in that same school! Zorostrians in the Middle East are offten exicuted for wearing the Sudereh Kushti. The Jews are another example: they are not allowed to wear their hats,shawls,aprons, or even braid their hair! Mennonites are often told they can’t wear thier 1800′s style clothen and veils. These schools are not all overseas either: most of them are right here in the United States. While Witches certainly stand out from the crowds,they don’t stand out alone–every person who is deeply devoted to his/her religion strives to dress only in clothen considered to be sacred by their faith–and for striving to obey their religion,they are often condemed and ridiculed. Witches are no exception–if you came into Witchcraft to wear the clothes,you may be in for a shocking suprise: most people in America don’t like and even hate people who don’t dress like everyone else. While they may like the clothen,and think it looks good on people in the movies,they don’t like to allow people of today to wear them in real life. Most new Witches come in for the clothes,thinking that they well only wear them during ritual were no one well see them–this is not true. When you become a Witch you well through away most of your current wardrobe,and were gowns,robes,and capes everywhere you go every day for the rest of your life. Most people leave Witchcraft simple because they are unable to live with the constant critisim that they start recieving just as soon as they walk out in public.
Now for those of you who are truely devoted to Witchcraft and willing the sacred clothen you well be required to wear everyday for the rest of your life: here is a list of items that are worn by many Witches today,and are also worn by many Wiccas,and Wiccans as well (you will not find very many pants listed,as pants are often looked on as taboo,by men and women alike and the common trend amoung most Witch religions throughout history is the long loose unisex styles,inspired by the ancient Eunuchs,that can be worn by either men or women):
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Ao Dai:
Amish Dress: see also Puritian Dress; same as the Puritian Dress,except that it may be made from any color of plain unprinted fabrics,but dark colors are usualy prefered; Mennonites wear a simarlar dress that is often made from pale pastle or very dark colored calicos with small floral prints; usualy worn with a white,muslin,or brown apron or pinafore,and a sunbonnet; worn over a camisole,drawers,and one or more unembelished petticoats
Apron:
Bell Sleeve: worn by men,women,and children,but most common with women than men; very common today by most all fashionable Americas (mostly non-Witches); loved by feminist Goddess worshipping male denouncing Wiccans and Wiccas,who practicly live in them,because of their very feminine appearance; a few Witches use them,but many don’t because they are too form-fitting at the uppersleeve-and most Witches prefer to mantain a “sexless” or Eunuch appearance and wear Bishop or Dalmation Sleeves instead; bell sleeves can be seen on everything from summer tops to winter coats,from spring dresses to ball gowns and can even be seen on places other than sleeves,such as Bell Bottom Pants which are straight from hip to knee and than flare out to the hem; while the word Bell Sleeve is loosely used to describe nearly every wide sleeve,this title properly belongs to the following sleeve: A smooth tight-fitting straight sleeve from the shoulder to the elbow, that gets progresivly wider from the elbow to the wrist and may have a hem as wide as 30″ or more; while a one piece bell is limited as to how wide it can get a two peice bell has no limits; the two piece bell (which may actualy have more than two peices) is made by a 3/4 leangth straight sleeve that ends just below the elbow,the “bell” is than attached seperatly,and may be a cicle with a whole in the middle,a wide ruffle gathered to the sleeve,or tiered layered of fabrice that get progresivly wider gathered one onto another; another style two piece bell sleeve is to take a long wrist leangth straight sleeve and cut the seam from the wrist to the elbow and than sew a godet in the seam ( godet is a triangle the same leagnth as the cut,with a sharp fine point at the top and a convex hemline at the bottom anywhere from 4 to 36 inches across; a lovely bell sleeve was made during the 1500′s by taking a long straight sleeve and cutting it from hem to elbow over and over again making long skinny strips each about an inch wide and than cutting godets from two differant colors that contast with the sleeve color and sewing alternat colored godets into the cuts-this creates a stunning pleated apearance and is sometimes refered to as false lined pleats
* A word of caution,when wearing any garment with Bell Sleeves: while much smaller and more practical than Dalmation sleeves,these are still not easiy to wear and it will take quite some time and practice to get used to wearing; these are beautiful,but clumbsy sleeves-because they are loose and freeflowing they get caught on everything,and tear easily; but probably the worst thing about them is that they can actualy be quite dangerouse if you are not carful when wearing them: very long ones (knee leangth or longer) well get in your way when you walk,causing you to trip and fall, and while certainly much safer to wear than the Dalmation Sleeve,even the shortest ones can prove deadly around candles–Bell Sleeves are a fire hazzard just begging to happen
Beret: worn by men,women,and children;
Biretta:
Bishop Sleeves: see also Dalmation Sleeve; aslo called Angle Sleeves or Chior Sleeves; worn by men, women,and children; this is a very full puffed sleeve that is realy only a Dalmation sleeve that has had its wrist hems gathered or pleated into long bottoned cuffs; often this name is also given to any very wide sleeve that is the same width from top to bottom and may or may not be cuffed and is gathered or pleated at the crown
Bloomers: sometime worn by Witches instead of modern day underwear; originaly the name for long ankle leangth drawers (see Drawers); but today more commonly means any panties,shorts,or pants that are very full and gathered by a drawstring or elastic at the waist and legbands; most people today only use the word bloomer to discribe the short puffy,and often ruffled,panty-style shorts worn by women under Baby Dolls,cheerleader skirts, and tennis dresses and those commonly worn by babies and toddlers under all of their dresses to cover-up their diapers
Broomstick Skirt: a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today; often worn with peasent blouses,this is a common way for Witches to dress traditionaly without giving up on modern clothes entirely–this is what most female Witches will be dressed like when you meet them on the streets; any long full ankle leagnth skirt that has been soaked in water and than tied over a broomstick handle alowing it to dry in a crinkled shape; they loes their shape when wet and so must be recrinkled after each washing; the skirt may be straight, circle,tiered,flounced,or gored
Bum Roll: not very common,but some Witches do were them (I’ve never heard of a Wicca wearing one); this is exactly want it says it is: a C-shaped pillow or padded roll with ribbons tied to the ends that is worn on the hips, across the bum,and tied in the front; originaly worn by peasant women who could not afford to buy a crilloline, drum,fatherngale,or other type of hoop skirt,in order to acheive a fashionable fullness to their skirts; larger ones often covered in layers of ruffle’s were worn by most all women during the mid 1800′s under skirts that were smooth down the front but,heavily gathered and draped in the back,in order to acheive a bigger bustle; while niether the bum roll nor the bustle are common today,both can be worn under any skirt or dress in order to make the skirt stand out away from the back of the body and apear fuller–it is also much easier to walk in floor leangth gowns,skirts,and dresses while wearing a bum roll as the skirts stand out away from your legs and are less likely to wrap around your legs while you walk
Burca: not common with Witches,but once in a while a Witch can be found who wears this; this is the famouse “Muslim body veil” that looks like a Halloween ghost custom,in black; a huge shaped capelike sheet of fabric that goes over the head and has three holes cut into it-one near the top to allow the eyes and nose to show,so that the woman can see and breath,and two at each side to allow her to send her hand out should she need to pick up somthing or hold the hand of her child
Bustle: see also Bum Roll; a bum roll that has had several gathered layers of fabric added to the top of it,each one shorter than the last; the first layer is often knee leangth,with each additional layer being about an inch shorter,and often with ruffles on the hems; is worn over the foundation petticoat (usualy undecorated) and under the fashion petticoat (often has two or more skirts sewed into one waistband,with layers of ruffles down the back), all of this was worn under a bustled skirt; while niether the bum roll nor the bustle are common today,both can be worn under any skirt or dress in order to make the skirt stand out away from the body and apear fuller
Burnoose: (my personal favorite outerwear–I own several of these); worn by men,women,and children; a burnoose is a huge,wide flowing floor leangth cape with a large loose hood that in sometimes so large it can double as a capelet over the shoulders; these enourmuse capes are often made from seven to twelve yards of velvet; store bought ones are very expensive and therefor not common; if you’d like to make your own than you can follow the instructions for making the Houppelande, only do not cut sleeve holes or add sleves to it,and make the hood following the instructions under Habit-Monk’s; to fasten the Burnoose sew ribbon ties,buttons,or frogs at the neckline
Camisole:
Cape: worn by men,women,and children; the most common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today-condidered to be the one item that no Witch can live without-there are many who feel that you are not realy a Witch or Wicca until you own and wear a cape on a daily basis; a cape is any long full vulumptuosly flowing coat without sleeves that is tied ’round the neck; there are many styles of capes: they may or may not have a hood and can be made from almost any shape,and come in any leangth from a small one yard capelet that covers only the shoulders to the huge twelve yard Burnoose that trails along the ground behind the wearer
Cassock: worn by men,women,and children,but most commonly worn by men;
Chasuble:
Chemise:
Cheongsam:
Chiton: worn by men,women,and children; this is the classic draped sleeveless white guaze gown of the ancient Greeks; made from two rectangles of fabic cut the full height of the individuel by the width from fingertip to fingertip,sewn down both sides,and for about an inch at both “shoulders” about 10 inches from each side of the center neckline; can be made with sleeves; worn girdled or ungirdled,long or short,with or without a cloak and over one shoulder or two; this is most likely to have been what Jesus wore,as he lived during the period and regine that these were popular
Choli:
Chrisom: worn by men,women,and children;
Chupa:
Churidar:
Cloak: simalar to a very large shawl,worn by men and women of nearly every ancient culture,shapes vary but the most common type is the rectangular one seen during the days of the Roman empire worn draped over one arm and under the other one (this is the type artists often show Jesus as wearing in blue or red over a white tunic-robe)
Cloak-sleeved: worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today and is often refered to as a modified Monk’s Habit; a sleeved cloak is the same as a cape but it has sleeves which may be worn or left unworn, cloaks often have a hood; when the sleeves are worn the cloak is often held closed by a girdle or belt (the Grim Reaper is often pictured wearing a black cloak); Dalmation sleeves are common on cloaks worn by Witches and Wiccas today
Cloister dress: the day dress originaly worn by nuns confined to a convent; a black,brown,or blue pullover dress with a semi-fitted bodice and a full floor leangth skirt gathered into the waistline; the bodice is cut from two pieces a front and a back,with the sleeves cut as one peice with the bodice; worn over a chemise alone or over a camisole,drawers,and one or more unembelished petticoats
Coat: worn by men,women,and children;
Coat with Dalmation Sleeves: worn by men,women,and children; this is probably the most common coat worn by Witches and Wiccas today; same as described under Coat,but with huge long over exagerated bell shaped sleeves that end in a point; the Dalmation sleeve is sometimes called the Medival Bell Sleeve as it was at it hight of popularity during the Middle Ages from the 1100′s until the 1600′s,reaching the most extreme leangths during the 1500′s when thet often reached the floor or dragged along behind like a train.
Cocoon: a dress that is very close fitted at the neck,cuffs,and hem but the body of which is very full and flowing; the neck and sleeves are usualy pleated into a collar and cuffs; a popular style in the 1920′s
Cocoon Coat:a coat that is very close fitted at the neck,cuffs,and hem but the body of which is very full and flowing; the neck and sleeves are usualy pleated into a collar and cuffs; a popular style in the 1920′s
Cope:
Cowl: worn by men,women,and children;
Dalmation Sleeves: worn by men,women,and children; this is probably the most common style sleeves worn by Witches and Wiccas today; these are the beautiful,huge,long,over exagerated “classic Witch” bell shaped sleeves that end in a point; they are often lined with a contrasting color; the Dalmation sleeve is sometimes called the Medival Bell Sleeve as it was at it hight of popularity during the Middle Ages from the 1100′s until the 1600′s,starting out somewhat short at first and reaching their most extreme leangths during the 1500′s when they often reached to the floor or dragged along behind like a train-at this time the hems were often dagged (a scalloped or jaggared edge); while sometimes called bell sleeves,they are not,as bell sleeves are quite thin and tight fitting from the shoulder to the elbow flairing out wide only from the elbow to the wrist and the Dalmation sleeve is wide and full thoughout the whole leangth of it,and is often gathered or pleated at the shoulder crown were it meets the garment
* A word of caution,when wearing any garment with Dalmation Sleeves: while very beautiful,exotic, and awesome to see-these are not easiy to wear and it will take quite some time and practice to get used to wearing; most people are surprised by the sheer weight of them,but it is not unusual for a single sleeve to use 4 yards of fabric (8 yards if you choose to line it)-these are quite heavy and clumbsy sleeves; because of the heavy weight of them,they baddly restrict the movements of your arms; because they are loose and freeflowing they get caught on everything,and tear easily; but probably the worst thing about them is they are actualy quite dangerouse: very long ones (knee leangth or longer) well get in your way when you walk,causing you to trip and fall, and even the shortest ones can prove deadly around candles–Dalmation Sleeves are a fire hazzard just begging to happen
Djellaba: worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today who make them out of velvet; traditionaly worn by tribes from Morroco,Egypt,Turkey,Ethiopia,Alaska,Canada,Iceland, Norway,Ghauna,Iran,Indian,Pakistain,Russia,and thoughout most of Africa; each tribe has their own style and calls them by a varity of names,but Americans refer to them by their African name: the djellaba,which is often used to describe any loose fitting ankle to knee leagnth tunic or caftan that has a hood,often with a deep V-neck,and usualy has a long slit at each side from the hem to the hips to alow for easy access to one’s pockets,purse,or satchel; worn over other clothes like a pullover coat,but is sometimes made of lightwieght fabrics and worn as a robe or dress; most often made of heavyweight cotton or wool,usualy in either a muti-colored verticaly striped fabric or of white fabric that has been embriodered with bright colored wool; for cerimonies and special occasions the djellaba is made of a heavy bright colored striped silk; in the Sahara Desert regian djellabas are dyed varying shades of indigo blue and worn over blue or white tunics,with several blue cloaks and scarves wraped around the body,head and face to keep out the wind and sand; in cold snowy mountain regians the djellaba is made of leather hides or a thick warm embriodered and felted wool and are lined with fur to portect one from the cold–these fur lined djellabas are often above knee leangth and called Parkas by Americans and traditionaly worn by the Inuet (Eskimos),and Lapland tribes of the extreem +North
Dirndl: (think of the Sound of Music); an Austrian or German cotton or calico dress with a tight bodice and a knee leangth very full skirt that is worn over a billowy white blouse and knee leangth ruffled petticoats; often the bodice is made of black,red,or green velvet and the skirt of black,red,deep rose,or blue cotton,both decorated with embriodered braids and ribbons (like Hiedi or Hansel and Gretal)
Dogi: worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;
Drawers: worn by men,women,and children; an undergarment worn from the 1700′s and still sometimes worn today instead of or in addition to underpants (underpants,boxers,and panties are all inventions of the 1920′s,before than everyone wore drawers, longjohns,or nothing at all beneath their cloths and prior to the 1700′s no body wore anything at all under their clothes,as now such garment had been invented prior to the invention of drawers); wide.loose fitting white cotton,wool,or flannel shorts that may be as short as thigh leangth to as long as 2 or 3 inches below knee leangth; gathered into a drawstring or buttoned waistband and often with embroidered hems; worn by men,women,and children; women’s and girl’s drawers were often decorated with pintucks,pleats,ribbins,lace,and ruffles; a girl’s drawers wear often made longer than the hems of her skirts which wear generaly knee leangth; short dresses became popular for both girls and women in the mid 1800′s,but bare legs wear usualy considered improper,and during this breif period drawers became ankle leagnth; these long drawers heavily decorated were known as “bloomers” and remained popular even under long dresses
Empire Dress: a dress of any leagnth,this is the more modest and thus more popular version of the French Empire Gown; any “waistless” dress were the bodice ends and the skirt just under the breasts; versions that are shorter than knee leagnth are called “Baby Dolls” and often worn ofer matching bloomers or drawers
Empire Dress with Dalmation Sleeves: see also Dalmation Sleeves); (my personal third favorite–I own several of these); this is probably the most common empire dress worn by Witches and Wiccas today; same as described under Empire Dress,but with huge long over exagerated bell shaped sleeves that end in a point; the Dalmation sleeve is sometimes called the Medival Bell Sleeve as it was at it hight of popularity during the Middle Ages from the 1100′s until the 1600′s,reaching the most extreme leangths during the 1500′s when thet often reached the floor or dragged along behind like a train.
Empire Gown: originaly called the French Empire Gown; (my personal second favorite–I own several of these–this makes up 90 % of my personal wardrobe-I live in empire gowns-wear them all day everyday, even when shoveling manua out of the barn); a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today; a floor leangth gown often with a train; consists a low cut,very tight fitting bodice that resembles a string bikini top,with very full floor leangth skirt cut from 4 to 10 yards of fabric often with long trains; worn over a chemise; this dress was made popular by and named for Napoleon’s wife Empress Josephine in the late 1700′s and was condidered scandelous right on into the 1990′s;
Empire Gown with Dalmation Sleeves: see also Dalmation Sleeves); (my personal favorite–I own several of these); this is probably the most common Empire Gown worn by Witches and Wiccas today; same as described under Empire Gown,but with huge long over exagerated bell shaped sleeves that end in a point; the Dalmation sleeve is sometimes called the Medival Bell Sleeve as it was at it hight of popularity during the Middle Ages from the 1100′s until the 1600′s,reaching the most extreme leangths during the 1500′s when thet often reached the floor or dragged along behind like a train.
Entari: worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today; a long robe semi fitted at the top but very wide at the bottom,open down the front and held closed by a wide sash; worn by both men and women of ancient Turkey,Persia,and the Ottoman Empire and still worn in Egypt,Turkey,and by many peoples liveing in the Mediteraian desert regains; usualy worn in layers over Sarouelles (“haram pants”); often made of unadorned striped homespun material by the poor and made of fine cotton,linen,and silks all heavily embelished and embroidered for the wealthy.
Fez: a flat topped conicel shaped hat,made of red felt with a long black or gold tassle hanging from the center of the crown; worn by men in Egypt,Turkey,and some religious groups or brotherhoods,such as the Shrinners; also worn by both men and women of Greece,Crete,and Cypress
Girdle: worn by men,women,and children; any chain,rope,belt,or sash that ties tightly around the waist leaving the long ends hanging down to knee leagnth or longer
Gown:
Gown with Dalmation Sleeves: this is probably the most common gown worn by Witches and Wiccas today; same as described under Gown,but with huge long over exagerated bell shaped sleeves that end in a point; the Dalmation sleeve is sometimes called the Medival Bell Sleeve as it was at it hight of popularity during the Middle Ages from the 1100′s until the 1600′s,reaching the most extreme leangths during the 1500′s when thet often reached the floor or dragged along behind like a train.
Greek Beret: worn by men,women,and children; a red felt hat made like a regular beret excet that it has a point that hangs down over one side (think of Santa Clause’s red hat or a red capped salior on a pirate ship) and a 12 inch long black tassle hanging from the point
Greek Smock: worn by men,women,and children; is made simalar to the houppelande,but smocked at the bodice (smocking is mutiple rows of gathers or teeny tiny pleats) and may be of any leagnth; the Evzone Greek guards wear a smock called the Foustanella that comes to just below hip leangth;
Habit-Exicutioner’s: see Habit-Monk’s; today is worn by men,women,and children; this is the classic black hooded,caped,and robed “Grim Reaper” outfit; this is exactly the same as the Monk’s Habit except that it is made of black wool or cotton
Habit-Monk’s:see also Houppelande; today is worn by worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today,who usualy make a less full version of the originals (see Cloak-sleeved); the Monk’s Habit is very popular with Witches who often view it as the only thing that a real Witch should wear at all-purple velvet seems to be the prefered color amoung most Wicthes; this was one of the most popular robes of it’s time,worn by everyone-men,women,knigs,peasants,merchants, monks,and nobles-everyone wore this robe,and it was made out of every fabric available in every color imaginable at that time; this is the traditional Medival long brown homespun robe that Robin Hood’s Friar Tuck is always pictured wearing; if you want to make a traditional brown cotton,wool,or velvet “Friar Tuck” style-robe simply follow the instructions for making the Houppelande and after the last step conntinue as follows:
measure from your shoulder to elbow,add 2 inches and times by 2,cut a circle to this diameter,fold in half than half again and mark the exact center,from the center cut a straight line all the way to the outer edge,cut neckline same as before (this is the shoulder cape),hem the enter edge of cape includining front and neckline-set aside
cut 2 pieces of fabric the following shape: 12 inchs straght across,turn at a 90 degree angle and cut straight across for 18 more inches (this should look like one coner of a rectangle),turn a 90 degree angle again,and cut straight for 7 inches,than cuntinue this line curving to meet with the 12 inch line at were you started,you should have two triangles that are perfectly square on one side and a half a horseshoe on the other side,this is the hood (you can make it bigger if you’d like by changeing the 12 to 15 and the 18 to 24)
pin the two hood peices together wrong side out,along the curved edge-sew this edge; fold and hem the front of the hood (the two 12 inch sides that are now one 24 inch); gather the neckline edge (the long straight 36 inch)
with right sides together sew hood’s gathered edge to cape’s neck edge; with wrong side of cape facing the right side of the houppelande sew hooded shoulder cape to houppelane at the neckline
this is worn over a floor leangth tunic-like gown of the same fabric and held closed with a simple rope;
most modern day monk however,find the Houppelande style Habit to be a “waste of resorces/fabric” and no longer wear it,instead wearing only the undergown which today usualy called the Habit,even though it is the hooded and caped Houppelande that is the Habit and not the robe worn undernearth it.
Habit-Nun’s: orriginally this was a black or a white Houppelande worn by Catholic nurses and midwives, worn over a chemise,and with a whipple; later this ment the long black tunic-like robes worn by convent nuns; today it has come to mean any black or blue garment worn by a nun and may or may not include a whipple
Hakuma: worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;
Haori: worn by men,women,and children;
Hapi: worn by men,women,and children;
Hennin: a flat toppped conicel hat,simalar to a Fez
Hennin with Lappets: a Hennin with a veil like drape that goes round the front and hangs down losely on both sides
Hippari:
Hood: worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;a hood with a shoulder cape attached to it,but nothing else;often worn over a Houppelande,a robe,or a tunic; see Monk’s Habit for instructions to make one;make as instructed,just don’t attach it to the Houppeland
Houppelande: (means gown/coat made of a hoop or circle) worn by men,women,and children; an item loved by Witches and Wiccas today but rarely actualy used due the the large amounts of fabric required to make one,the difficulty in finding fabric today wide enough to make one,and the difficulty in walking while wearing such a huge robe; a very full sumptiouse coat-like robe worn durning Medival times; to make one yourself is quite simple these instructions come from instuctions found in an ancient tailors guidebook and are as follows:
measure your height from your shoulders to the floor and times this number by 2,than take this figure and cut a circle in that size,fold in half than in half again to find the exact center and mark with a safty pin,unfold the circle,starting at the pin cut a straight line all the way to one edge (this is the front opening),(as this circle will be very huge,and very wide fabric has not been common since the 1700′s,you may have to cut it in two halves and seam them together down the center back of the coat)
going back to the pin cut paralle to the previous cut for 3 inches on each side of the pin,for a straight cut 6 inches long (this is the neckline),
now measure from each end of this cut outward 5 inches and mark these two points with pins,starting at one pin and heading towards the egde cut a straight line 8 inches,repeat for the other pin (these are the armholes),set this circle aside-
-next measure your arm from your shoulder to your fingertips and times this number by two, cut two circle at this diamiter,fold in half and than half again and mark the exact center as before,make a cut that extends to 4 inches to each side of the pin—you should have a straight cut 8 inches long,repeat for the other circle (these are the sleeves)
with right sides (the outsides facing each other) of the fabric together,pin the sleeves to the sleeveholes and sew by hand or machine,turn right side out
fold back and hem the entire outer edge starting at the center of the back of the neck going down the front, around the entire hemline,up the other front side and ending were you started,then fold and hem the sleeves
like this the houppelande is finished,or you can repeat the process to make a linning for it,many were also trimmed with squirral,ermine,lynx,mink,beaver,or sable fur along the front and the sleeves,sometimes the sleeves were cut up the middle an left hanging from the shoulders somewhat like wings and other times the hems were dagged;while most Houppelandes were floor leagnth,shorter knee leagnth ones became popular with danies,court jesters,minstrels,and hunters; amoung entertainers,most notably mintrels,trubadores,and court jesters in became common the make Houppelandes parti colored by useing two half circles of differant colors,and to make the sleeves enormuse by making them only slightly smaller than the body of the coat or by useing two circles for each sleeves; the most popular fabrics were homespun,cotton,linen,flax,wool,brocade,and most often the newly invented velvet.
The Houppelande is very popular with Witches today who often view it as the only thing that a real Witch should ever wear at all-purple velvet seems to be the prefered color amoung most Wicthes; this was the most popular robe of it’s time,because it required no pattern to make it and it would fit almost anyone; it was possibly worn by more people than any other article of clothen at any other time in history; was worn by literaly everyone-men,women,children,kings,peasants,merchants,monks,and nobles-everyone wore this robe,and it was made out of every fabric available in every color imaginable at that time; worn by men and women closed or open over a gown,by women closed over a chemise,and by men open or closed over soft gathered shirts and/or doublets; black ones were worn by scholars,doctors,and lawyers–and are still worn by members of the British courts,but usualy not so long or as full as the originals and with the sleeves gathered into cuffs–a garment simalar to the Houppelande is worn by judges in America
Jewelry: worn by men,women,and children;
Kaftan: see also Djellaba; worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;traditionaly a house dress that is worn under the Djellabe when going outside; usualy ankle leangth,a long wide tunic,with long loose sleeves,that is open at the neckline and may or may not be closed with a button or ribbon ties; often also made knee leangth of white cotton and worn under clothes; traditionaly made of heavy brightly embriodered brocade and worn by brides
Kalasirs:
Kamiz:
Kente: worn by men,women,and children;
Kerchief:
Kilt: worn by men,women,and children;
Kimono: worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;
Kinsale Cloak: worn by men,women,and children,but most commonly worn by women; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;
Kirtle:
Kurta:
Kushti: see also Sudreh; worn by men,women,and children; a flattened tube of white wool about 1/4″ wide and made of 72 strands of wool woven together; it is worn like a belt over the Sudreh,as a reminder to pray to the Holy Spirit 5 times a day and is removed before praying and used like a whip to drive evil spirits out of the room/area so that they willl not bother you while you are praying; the Kushite is always made of white wool as wool stands for the sacred animal of the Creation
Mennonite Veiling: not actualy a veil,but rather a small bonnet of semi-sheer white fabric,used for covering a women’s long hair which is tied at the back of the neck in a knotted bun
Miter:
Mob Cap:
Paendula: worn by men,women,and children; a bell shaped cape with a hood
Pancho: worn by men,women,and children;
Pelicon:
Pelisse:
Petticoat: a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;
Pinafore:
Poulaines:
Prairie Dress: see also Puritian Dress; same as the Puritian Dress,except that it may be made from fabrics of any color or print; often made from bright colored calico and is often embelished with ruffles and/or pleats along the hem,at the cuffs,and down the front of the bodice; worn over a chemise and/or a camisole,drawers,and one or more ruffled petticoats
Prairie-style Sunbonnet: usualy a calico bonnet made of a large circle of fabric gathered into a fabric covered burlap brim; often decorated with ruffles,ribbons,and bows
Prayer Beads: see also Rosary; worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;a string of beads of varying leangths, which are held during prayer;the pray-er often says a differant prayer on each bead–these prayers are often leangthy and said one at a time in a pre- determined order,on each and every bead-there may be as few as five beads,most have 50 to 100 beads,while some strings may have as many as 200 or more beads on them-it is not uncommon for the pray-er to sit/kneel in prayer for as long as several hours before they come to the last bead,this is done at least once a day,sometimes twice (when waking in the morning and before going to bed), while three times a day is very common (morning, noon,and night),and the most devote of all do this each and every day five times a day (upon riseing,at breakfeast, at dinner,at supper, and before bed)-while not very commonly used by Wiccas,prayer beads are worn by nearly every Witch-men,women,and children alike,regardless of race or religion; the general purpose of prayer beads is to teach respect of the Creator,devote reverance,piety,a humble spirit,and a prayerful mind–one need not go out and buy some fancy string of beads–it is quite easy to make your own,all you need is some string and beads-crochet thread or pearl cotton is best,and any beads will do,from plastic crow beads,wooden beads,gemstone beads, pearls,ceramic beads,or even fany dicoric glass lampwork beads–the beads may be just strung on the string or the string may be knotted and tied between each bead to seperate them.
Puritian Dress: a dress worn by Puritian and Quaker girls and women of the 1600′s,and is still worn by Amish women and girls today; usualy worn with a white apron,a white caplet,and a plain white sunbonnet; usualy consists of a seperate bodice and skirt,but may also be of one peice; bodice is close fitting with long sleeves and a mandrin collar,usualy buttons down the front; the skirt is very full,usualy made from 4 to 6 yards of fabric,gathered into the waistband, floor leangth,and sometimes deeply pleated at the back; traditionaly the entire gown is made out of homespun,cotton,wool,or flax,modern ones are also made of calico and velvet; this dress is always of very dark colors-black,grey,navy blue,deep brown,hunter green,deep purple,or dark burgundy wine; worn over a chemise and/or a camisole,drawers,and one or more unembelished petticoats; this is the classic “Thankgiving Day pilgrim woman’s dress”
Puritian-style Sunbonnet: this is the classic white “Thankgiving Day pilgrim woman’s bonnet”
Robe: worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;a long loose straight dress with or without sleeves that may be closed all around or open at the front and held closed with a belt; these are worn by both men and women,young and old; often an open front robe is worn as a coat over a closed front robe (if you need help picturing this in your head,think of Obi-Wan on Star Wars); some common names for various styles of robes include: kimono,bath robe,caftan,dressing gown,evening robe, chemise,tunic,and sheath just to name a few; there are some people who also call all styles of capes robes
Robe with Dalmation Sleeves: worn by men,women,and children; this is probably the most common robe worn by Witches and Wiccas today; same as described under Robe,but with huge long over exagerated bell shaped sleeves that end in a point; the Dalmation sleeve is sometimes called the Medival Bell Sleeve as it was at it hight of popularity during the Middle Ages from the 1100′s until the 1600′s,reaching the most extreme leangths during the 1500′s when thet often reached the floor or dragged along behind like a train.
Rosary: see also Prayer Beads; worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;prayer beads with the addition of a cross or crucifix pendent; used and recognized by many faiths both Christian and non-Christian alike,but today is most commonly used by the Catholic, Vodun,Voodoo,Hoodoo,Buddist,Moslem,and Hindu religions;contrary to popular belief the Rosary is of ancient Buddist and Hindu origins and was not adopted by the Christian faiths until after Marco Polo’s “opening of the silk road” in the 1500′s when every one wanted to own something Oriental in their possesion,and the Rosary was the cheapest and most easily obtainable item,as well as one that was easily converted for use by Christians and therefor was approved by the Catholic Church,who quickly set out lay down “approved and authorized” prayers to be said with the Rosary.
Runa:worn by men,women,and children but most commonly worn by women; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;
Sabbatons: worn by men,women,and children;
Sari:
Sarong: worn by men,women,and children;
Sarouelles: sometimes refered to as Haram Pants; worn by men,women,and children; wide loose fitting pants that are gathered at the waist and ankles; traditionaly gathered by means of drawstrings,and modernly either with elastic or buttoned cuffs and waistband;sometimes made “bisque-style” with the pants being gathered into a yoke;
Sash: worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;
Scarf: worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;
Sudreh: Both men and women Magi and Zoroastrians are required to dress by a very strict dress code consisting of long deeply pleated robes,gowns,tunics,and mantles,as a sign of their loyaltiy to God and can never wear “modern” clothen and no one man or woman ever wears pants and women are often “veiled” much like the Muslim traditions-these are the world’s smallest and very strict and old fashioned religions with less than 32,000 combined members world wide; worn by men,women,and children; the Sudreh is only worn by Witches who follow after the traditions of the Magi Brotherhood; a white tunic with a V-shaped neck and a 1″ pocket at the neck to symbolicly carry prayers in,worn at all times by Magi,Zoroastrians,and some Hindus underneath their clothen and is only removed for bathing,swimming,and love making; the Sudreh is worn to show their reverance before God and must always be kept clean-people often own several of them to ensure that they always have a clean one available-some also have Sudrehs that they wear only during the day and a differant one that they wear when they sleep; sometimes they may have embrioderies of sacred symbols on them,but the embroidery is always done in white cotton; Sudrehs must always be made of only 100% pure cotton as cotton is the sacred plant of the Creation; they must always be washed by hand in a river or stream to preserve their purity,(there are some Zoroastrians who wash them in a washing machine along with other clothes,but this is very rare and only done by “liberal” Zoroastrians);for men the tunic is made of white cotton and has sleeves; the women’s version is sleeveless and either made of white cotton or white cotton lace,a midriff Sari top is often worn over it (as long as the lace is made out of cotton,women are allowed to wear Sudrehs made out of lace,because of the belief that God made women to be beautiful and attractive to men and lace is more attractive than plain cotton); most children begin wearing the Sudreh at 8 years of age,but always before the age of 15.
Sudereh Kushti: worn by men,women,and children; the Sudereh and the Kushti worn together
Sukman: see also greek Beret and Greek Smock; worn by men,women,and children; a common style for Witches and Wiccas; a Greek black or dark blue tunic dress that is worn over a long white smock with an embroiered edge; the Sukman is slightly shorter than the smock alowing it’s embriodered hem to show from underneath; usualy worn with a long sleeved jacket,belts made of silver and coins,a floral print head scarf,and a “Greek beret”; this costume was later addapted by wandering Egyptian normadic magicians called Gyptians or Gypsies.
Surcoat: worn by men,women,and children;
Surplice:
Szur:
Tabi:
Tallith:
Toga: worn by men,women,and children; worn by the ancient Romans; a large oval three times the width of the body from fingertip to fingertip, and twice the full height; draped around the body to form a dress and over the shoulders and head,with large folds in the front that were used as pockets;
Tunic: worn by men,women,and children; a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;a long straight robe worn by men,women,and children of most ancient cultures,was popular in Medival times,and is still quite common today; may be any leangth from just below the hips to floof leangth and may have sleeves of any type or be sleeveless; sometimes has a slit at the front neckline to alow it to go on and off easier,and sometimes with slits at the sides from the hem to the knee to alow for easier walking
Tunic-modern deffinition:
Tunic with Dalmation Sleeves: worn by men,women,and children; this is probably the most common tunic worn by Witches and Wiccas today; same as described under Tunic,but with huge long over exagerated bell shaped sleeves that end in a point; the Dalmation sleeve is sometimes called the Medival Bell Sleeve as it was at it hight of popularity during the Middle Ages from the 1100′s until the 1600′s,reaching the most extreme leangths during the 1500′s when thet often reached the floor or dragged along behind like a train.
Turban: worn by men,women,and children;
Veil: a common item worn by Witches and Wiccas today;
Wimple:
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