Vestis
The generic name for clothing. See, for the principal articles of wearing apparel, the
articles
Abolla;
Bracae;
Calceus;
Chiton;
Chlamys;
Crepida;
Fimbriae;
Manica;
Palla;
Pallium;
Petasus;
Pilleus;
Sagum;
Sericum;
Soccus;
Stola;
Toga;
Tunica; and consult
Weiss,
Kostümkunde (1872);
Köhler, Trachten
der Völker (1872); Teirich,
Blätter für
Kunstgewerbe, vol. iv.
(1875); Von Heyden,
Tracht der
Kulturvölker Europas (Leipzig, 1889); and the illustrations in
Hope's
Costume of the Ancients (2d ed. 1875); Moyn-Smith's
Ancient Greek Female Costume
(1882); and Racinet,
Le Costume Historique, vol. ii.
(Paris,
1887).