Drape (lat. Pelegrinus - stranger, foreigner) - sleeveless shoulder cape, originally worn by pilgrims pilgrims through which got its name. Sometimes ligated with other elements of clothing, such as a collar, cape, hood or mantilla (Gugel). In the XVIII century. became popular among women of high rank in the European part of Russia, and at the end of the XIX century. it began to wear and peasant. At the same cape became part of uniforms in the Institute for Noble Maidens and girls' school, and each institution had its own color capes: light green, white, blue, etc. Modern cape sewn silk-lined, often made of fur and worn over dresses, facilitates the chest, shoulders and back. However, variations may occur, for example, women's wedding dresses is sometimes used lace cape.
Cape
Drape (lat. Pelegrinus - stranger, foreigner) - sleeveless shoulder cape, originally worn by pilgrims pilgrims through which got its name. Sometimes ligated with other elements of clothing, such as a collar, cape, hood or mantilla (Gugel). In the XVIII century. became popular among women of high rank in the European part of Russia, and at the end ...