Baş bezi
A type of headcloth worn by women.
Tag: clothing
Kaftan
The full-length robe worn by both men and women as a formal outer layer. Because the long skirts implied that the wearer didn’t do physical labor, men who wore kaftans were usually high-ranking, and/or had jobs with a certain gentlemanly aura. There are exceptions–some janissaries wore kaftans–but even those…