Draped garment

A draped garment (draped dress)^[1] is a garment that is made of a single piece of cloth that is draped around the body; drapes are not cut away or stitched as in a tailored garment. Drapes can be held to the body by means of knotting, pinning, fibulae, clasps, sashes, belts, tying drawstrings, or just plain friction and gravity alone. Many draped garments consist of only one single piece.^[2]^[3]

An advanced form of the garment is the tailored dress, which is constructed from fabric that has been cut into pieces and stitched together to fit various parts of the body. In comparison to draped dresses, they are more fitted to the body.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Tortora, Phyllis G. (1998). Survey of historic costume : a history of Western dress. Internet Archive. New York : Fairchild Publications. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-56367-142-5.
^ Priest; Faiola-Priest, Theodora (1990). Guide to Clothing. McGraw-Hill School Division. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-07-050943-6.
^ Beck, Astrid B. (1995). Fortunate the Eyes that See: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 534, 540. ISBN 978-0-8028-0790-8.

[:2-1] Tortora, Phyllis G. (1998). Survey of historic costume : a history of Western dress. Internet Archive. New York : Fairchild Publications. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-56367-142-5.

[2] Priest; Faiola-Priest, Theodora (1990). Guide to Clothing. McGraw-Hill School Division. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-07-050943-6.

[3] Beck, Astrid B. (1995). Fortunate the Eyes that See: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 534, 540. ISBN 978-0-8028-0790-8.

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