Draped Garments

A man wearing a sarong. A very simple draped costume. In American society sarongs are the typical uniform for the beach. 

Tilda Swinton at the Oscars, 2009, in an elegant draped ensemble by Lanvin. Despite the stronger influence of tailored garments purely draped garments are still relevant today. 

Sharon Stone in a Fendi fur wrap. The use of animal skins in this draping fashion is as old as man kind himself. Animal rights groups strongly protest the use of fur and many sects of society do view wearing fur as wrong or immoral. However, despite this fur garments still play an important role on fashion. 

From 3000 - 300 B.C. this wrapped costume was the standard form of dress in Egypt. Egyptians influence on fashion can still be seen throughout the times from the use of linen to hair and makeup styles and trends. 

In ancient Greece the Chiton was the standard form of dress. It is simply a large piece of fabric draped around the body.