#A jacket like that wasn't. Worn? The closest thing was the Sassanid riding coat (which looks quite different) | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

bijoumikhawal · 4 months

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I get a specific type of Egyptian fashion recommendations on pinterest which are untrustworthy but funny in a slightly depressing way

For the unfamilar "Egyptian history defender" is basically a dogwhistle as far as I'm concerned, whoever made this shit is 95% likely to be racist and freakishly preoccupied with hating Black Africans

Youre an Egypt defender and you chose photos of two women in what I'd identify as Moroccan dress? (I could just be unfamiliar but these designs look VERY Moroccan and I don't know of Egyptian designers making soutached caftans like these)

Youre a history defender and you don't know the second woman here isn't wearing a dress with a caftan on top? She's wearing a tunic with wide clavi (patterned stripes)- it's one garment and has no resemblance to the modern image used as comparison

#cipher talk #Also I don't think the left is 4th century. Lmao #The painting style is reminiscent of the 9th century at the very earliest and I instinctively think that's too early #The clothes certainly don't make sense for 4th century Egypt #That style of cloak wasn't common in paintings- the casula was (its sort of like a poncho)#A jacket like that wasn't. Worn? The closest thing was the Sassanid riding coat (which looks quite different)#A red long tunic is perfectly possible though #My guess is it was actually painted in the 17th-18th century because it looks like icons I know of from that era

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