Fashion Glossary 
 
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Kakofnitch: Russian women's headdress in the form of a tiara or diadem.

Kandys: a tight-sleeved caftan worn by the Byzantine emperor.

Kepresh: war head-dress of the Pharaoh.

Kimono Sleeve: wide hanging sleeves, sometime longer in the back.

Klaft: the head-dress shown on the sphinx. Striped cloth on which a sparrow hawk was woven, fits over the temples and falls over ears.

Knickerbockers: full knee-length breeches.

Kyne: Greek soldier's leather helmet.

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