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dress

Versatile one-piece garment for women, incorporating a bodice and skirt which may be combined in a wide variety of styles. A dress may have long or short sleeves or no sleeves at all; the length can vary from very long to very short; it can be made of any fabric; and designs can be adapted to suit all occasions and all seasons. ‘Dress’ is also a general term for clothing, sometimes indicating formality.



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A peasant from either the north or the south dresses up to go to the city to deal with the government, at which time he often adopts western clothing to more closely resemble the people he is dealing with, or they wear a more elaborate and expensive version of their traditional dress when having business dealing with Caireines, in this case in order to avoid being taken for country bumpkins.
Political science without clothes: the politics of dress or ... by Fandy, Mamoun / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
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