The Chokha (Abkhaz: акәымжәы, akʷymzhʷy; Armenian: չոխա, chokha; Azerbaijani: çuxa;[1]Chechen: чоа; Georgian: ჩოხა, ტალავარი, chokha, t’alavari; Lezgian: чуха, chukha; Ossetic: цухъхъа, cuqqa; Russian: черкеска, cherkeska) is part of the traditional male dress of the peoples of the Caucasu
Boy’s outfit, silk, cotton, leather, metal and wood, 1885, American.
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Afternoon dress, c. 1855-1865
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Costume designed by Bob Crowley for Maggie Smith as Lady Bracknell in the 1993 production of The Importance of Being Ernest.
From the V&A
Time to bring this back: Disney animator Millicent Patrick’s work as sole designer of the Creature From the Black Lagoon was downplayed by a male coworker who then received credit for it for half a century.
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