古埃及、巴比伦及亚述服装风格特征

    由于气候常年温暖，埃及服装均由棉麻制成。埃及起初最基木的男装是采用一长块布巾围在臀部并用腰带系什的缠腰裙“申提”。女装为直筒紧身裙，白胸而下长至踝骨，单肩吊带或双肩吊带。上身通常裸露，只有上层人士才穿长及肘部交叉折叠的碎褶披肩。后来出现的筒形服装“卡拉西利丝”，男女均以多种方式穿着，可以保持宽松也可以系腰带，通常透明并带有精美的褶裥。
    巴比伦和亚述服装有两种。  一是边缘带有流苏的或长或短的袍服“坎迪斯”，再有就是各
种尺寸的流苏披肩。尽管巴比伦和亚述也有麻织品，但主要是羊毛织品。

Ancient Egypt, Babylonian and Assyrian style

Because of an even, warm climate, the garments of the Egyptians were made of cotton and linen. The first and principal garment of the men was the schenti, or loin cloth, which was a long scarf wrapped around the hips and held in place by a tied belt.
Women wore a straight, narrow-sheath gown, which hung from under the breasts to the ankles and was held up by either a single shoulder strap, or one on each shoulder. The upper body remained uncovered. Only members of the upper class wore a cape which came down to the elbows and was gathered into crossways folds. The shift form kalasiris appeared later was worn by both sexes in many different ways. It was worn loose or belted, and was usually transparent and finely pleated.
The costumes of the Babylonians and the Assyrians consisted of two garments a straight tunic edged with fringe, either long or short, called the candys, and a fringed shawl of varying dimensions. Linen was used, but the principal fabric seems to have been wool.