ABACOST : Dress worn by men in DR Congo between 1972 -90 as a replacement for suit and tie of the English during the regime of MOBUTUSESE SERO.
ABONYE: Prescribed attire for females in the Scottish national dances.
AOBABA: Traditional Vietnamese costume consisting of a pair of silk plant and long sleeved buttoned down silk shirt.
AO DAI: A traditional colourful Vietnamese woman costume flowing from closed neck down to ankle .
ACHIKAN: Long sleeved coat like garment worn close to the body, reaching down to the knees or even lower and buttoned in front middle. Worn by Sikh and Muslim community in India.
BURQA: An enveloping outer garment worn by Islamic women.
BOGOLAN FINI: A traditional wear of Mali.
BOU BOU: A flowing wide sleeved robe worn in most of west Africa.
BUCKSKIN: A jacket and leggings made form the hide of deer or elk worn by native Americans.
BERNOS: A garment worn by Ethiopians.
BARONG TAGALONG: An embroidered formal wear of the Philippines. It was popularized by Ramon Magasasay, former President.
BAJU MELAYU: Men's wear among Malaysians. It consists of two parts (i) A long sleeved shirt with a standing collar sewn in a style called "Cekak Musang" and (ii) the trousers, which is also replaced by a skirt like wear. National dress of Malaysia.
BELTED PLAID: A large blanket like piece of fabric wrapped around one's body pleated or loosely gathered secured by means of a belt. A male dress of Scotland.
CHADOR: An outer garment worn by women of Iran.
CHEICH: A scarf worn in windy desert areas of Sub Saharan Africa.
CHEONGSAM: Male Dress in China.
CHOKA: Male clothing of Georgia. Tight on the waist and wide on the bottom.
CHIMAJEOGORI: Chima = Skirt' Jeogori -Top; women's costume of korea.
CHUBA: Long sheep skin coat made of thick Tibetan wool worn by the many nomadic people in high altitudes of Tibet.
CHURIDAR: Tight fitting Trousers worn both by men and women.
DASHIKI: Colourful men's garment widely worn in west Africa covering top half of the body.
DJELLABA: Moroccan traditional loose fitting outer robe.
DIRNDL: Traditional dress worn in southern Germany and Austria.
DHAKAI: A type of Sari-cotton - Traditional one of South Asia specially Bangladesh.
DONKEY JACKETT: Short buttoned coat, made of black or dark blue woolen material. Normally used in UK.
DUFFLE COAT: Made form Duffle -a coarse thick woolen material -Traditional British Garments.
DALMATIC: A long sleeved wide tunic (Greece Romans Men's Garment) a liturgical vestment worn by Deacon of churches.
DELIA: Khurdish male apparel, made of wool or velvet worn over other traditional dress.
DHOTI: Also called LACHHA -Punjabi, Mundu or Veshti in Malayalam; DHUTI- Bengalis; PANCHA in Telugu; DHOTAR in Marathi; PANCHE - Kannada; VESHTI -Tamil; A traditional rectangular, 4/5/8yds length, which piece of cloth, worn by men, below the waist and around.
DUPATTA: Along rectangular piece of cloth worn over two shoulders on dresses like Kurta, Kameez by women.
FUSTANELLA: Skirt like garments worn by men in the Balkan Tribes - Greece, Albania, Macedonia etc.,
FUSTIAN: variety of heavy woven, mostly cotton men's wear in UK.
FUNDOSHI: A traditional Japanese loin cloth used by men, similar to LANGAT in India.
FURISODE: An off-spring of the national dress KIMONO -worn by unmarried woman, Japan.
GOWNI: Long flowing, colourful frilly garment worn by Zanzibari women.
GAMCHA: How a towel is called in west Bengal, Bangladesh and eastern states.
GRAMEEN CHECK: A type of clothing design that is very popular in Bangladesh.
GUERNSEY: Seaman's knitted woolen wear - widely used in British Navy.
GABI: A piece of cloth worn over the shoulder and upper body normally made of chiffon used by men and woman in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
GHONELLA: A from of women's head dress and shawl or hooded cloak, unique to Malta.
GILET: A sleeveless jacket like a waist coat or blouse made of different material and used for different purpose. A Spanish wear.
HARINGTON JACKET: short light weight Jacket, UK.
HACHI MAKI: A head baud worn by Japanese on various occasions.
HADAGI: A type of Japanese shirt attire worn by the samurai class.
HAKAMA: A traditional Japanese clothing to cover the lower body and resemble a wide pleated skirt, worn by men and women.
HAPPI: A traditional straight sleeved coat usually made of indigo or brown cotton, commonly worn by all with crests imprinted. Japan.
HARAMAKI: A component of the Samurai class of attire.
HANBOK: Traditional Korean dress in vibrant colours and simple lines.
JEANS: A bottom wear like a pant made of denim, corduroy etc., worn by men and women throughout the world and very popular among youth. Famous brands are LEVIS, JORDACHE, WRANGLER etc., comes in different styles like Baggies, Boot leg, Skinnies Bell Bottom, Saggy. Wide leg, Low hip etc.,
JELEBIYA: A long dress like clothing extending to the ankle with a small black jacket mostly worn by TIGER ethnic group of Eritrea.
JO -E : A garment worn by Shinto priests in religious ceremonies.
JUNIHITOE: An extremely elegant and complex from of KIMOND -Japanese woman wear.
JAMAWAR: A special type of shawl of Kashmir Kaniika Janmawar is the high end variety.
JODHPURI: A western type coat and pant made to Indian style, normally accompanied by waist, suited for wedding ans gatherings, pride and groom parties.
JUBBA/JIBBA: A long sleeved, collarless or short collard, from shoulders to knee length, plain colors, light or other material, sometimes embroidered, worn over the trunk of the body.
KURTA: A traditional to wear worn by men and women in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.
KANGA: A colorful garment worn by women (also by men) throughout eastern Africa.
KOTO: Traditional dress of Afro - Surinamese women.
KITENGE: An African garment often worn by women wrapped around the chest /waist, over the head as a head scarf or as baby sling.
KRAMA: A Cambodian garment with multipurpose use, worn by all.
KUTA: A hand made fabric used by Eritrean and Ethiopean men to cover their lead while attending church. NETELA is the female version.
KEBAYA: A traditional blouse worn by Indonesian and Malaysian woman.
KAGINAWA: A type of attire used by samurai class - Japan.
KAPPOGI: A type of gown like apparel of Japan.
KIMONO: National costume of Japan -full length traditional garment worn by all. It is a T shaped straight lined robe, that fall to the ankle, with collars and full sleeves, wide at the wrist.
KUBI BUKORO: A samurai class attire.
KONTUSZ: A type of outer garment worn by the polish and Lithuanians. A long robe reaching to below the knees, with a set of decorative buttons down the front.
KILT: A traditional garment of Scottish culture, worn by men for the lower half of the body from hip to the knee level.
KOJE: Folk costume of Czechs and Slovenians.
KHALAT: A long sleeved outer wear, loose fitting worn by both among Muslims.
KHARADUPATTA: A complete outfit comprising of a kurta churidaar and a dupatta traditionally worn by Hyderabad brides.
LUNGI: A piece of long cloth, ends stitched /joined or not, worn around the waist among, Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Burmese and in Sri Lanka. LONGYI is how it is called in Myanmar.
LEDERHOSEN: Are knee level pants worn with straps made by different leather hides, worn generally in Germany.
LAPLAP: A waist cloth or loin cloth worn in Papua New Guinea.
MAACKINTOSH: A type of raincoat - UK
MAO SUIT: A close collar, full sleeved four pocketed coat popularized by Mao-Tse-Dung.
MAWASHI: The bell that the RIKHISHI - a sumo wrestler wears during training or competition.
MANTILLA: A light weight lace or silk scarf worn ever the head and shoulders by worn en in Spain and Latin Americans.
MADISAR: A style of wearing a sari by the Brahmin community women in Tamil Nadu and some parts of south India. It requires a 9 yards saree.
MUNDU: A Dhoti or Veshti, as called in Kerala, wom around the waist.
MUNDUM NERIYATHUM: A TWO PIECE CLOTHING FOR Kerala women - Mundu for the waist and Neriyathu for the upper body.
NIQAB: A Veil which covers the face worn by some Muslim women as part of their regular dress common in Arab countries.
NEHRU JACKET: A hip length coat for men and women with a small "mandarin" collar.
PURDAH: A body covering clothing mostly worn by Islamic women.
PONCHO : A simple casual wear of South America.
PRAIRIE SKIRT: An American style of skirt.
POSSUM SKIN CLOAKS: Worn by Australian Aborigines.
PIEN FU: Traditional Chinese clothing consisting of a knee length tunic over a skirt or a pair of pants.
QIPAD: A body hugging one piece dress for women in China.
SALWAR KHAMEEZ: Top is Khameez and the bottom is Salwar. A unisex dress worn by Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Afghanis.
SARI / SAREE: A traditional women garment in the Indian sub continent - 6 to 9 yds- worn on the waist up to ankle and one end spread across top - worn in different styles in different regions.
STOLA: Traditional Roman women garment.
SMOCK FROCK: Outer garment worn by rural women in England.
SHENYI: A type of Han - Chinese clothing.
SARONG: A large sheet of fabric, often wrapped around the waist and worn as a skirt by then and women throughout much of South Asia and South East Asia, part of Africa and on many Pacific Islands.
SHIRZAYA: A Samurai class Attire - Japan.
SEHRA: A head dress worn by the grooms during marriage in Muslim community specially in UP and Hyderabad, with flower garland covering the face.
SHERWANI: Coat like garment worn neck to knee, full sleeved, close neck, buttoned throughout with Churidar for the lower body, worn by grooms in Indian sub continent.
TAGELMUST: A long, even up to 10mtr. Indigo dyed cotton combination which acts as a veil and a turban, used by TUAREG community of people living in Niger, Mali, Algeria, Burkino Faso, Libya.
TRACHT: A traditional German costume.
TILMATLI: A type of outer garment worn by men in Central Mexico among AZTEC people.
TANK TOP: A knitwear without sleeves-UK.
TOME SODE: A type of kimono - Expensive formal dress worn by Japanese married woman.
TSUNOKA KUSHI: A traditional Japanese wedding head wear.
TREWS: Men's clothing for the legs and lower abdomen - a traditional dress of Scotland.
UCHI BUKURO: Samurai class attire.
YASH MAK: A type of veil/niqab worn by Islamic women.
YUKATA: a Japanese summer garment - A casual form of Kimono.
ZUPAN: A long colouful male garment worn by polish and Lithuanians.