Dict: easton - Apparel

Apparel @ In Old Testament times the distinction between male and female attire was not very marked. The statute forbidding men to wear female apparel kjv@Deuteronomy:22:5) referred especially to ornaments and head-dresses. Both men and women wore

(1) an under garment or tunic, which was bound by a girdle. One who had only this tunic on was spoken of as "naked" ( kjv@1Samuel:19:24; kjv@Job:24:10; kjv@Isaiah:20:2). Those in high stations sometimes wore two tunics, the outer being called the "upper garment" ( kjv@1Samuel:15:27 kjv@1Samuel:18:4 kjv@1Samuel:24:5 ; kjv@Job:1:20).

(2.) They wore in common an over-garment ("mantle," kjv@Isaiah:3:22; kjvKings:19:13; kjv@2Kings:2:13), a loose and flowing robe. The folds of this upper garment could be formed into a lap kjv@Ruth:3:15; kjv@Psalms:79:12; kjv@Proverbs:17:23; kjv@Luke:6:38). Generals of armies usually wore scarlet robes kjv@Judges:8:26; kjv@Nahum:2:3). A form of conspicuous raiment is mentioned in kjv@Luke:20:46; comp. kjv@Matthew:23:5. Priests alone wore trousers. Both men and women wore turbans. Kings and nobles usually had a store of costly garments for festive occasions kjv@Isaiah:3:22; kjv@Zechariah:3:4) and for presents kjv@Genesis:45:22; kjv@Esther:4:4 kjv@Esther:6:8 kjv@Esther:6:11; kjv@1Samuel:18:4; kjv@2Kings:5:5 kjv@2Kings:10:22). Prophets and ascetics wore coarse garments kjv@Isaiah:20:2; kjv@Zechariah:13:4; kjv@Matthew:3:4).