PEPLOS

A 'peplos' (Greek: πέπλος) is a body-length Greek garment worn by women in the years before 500 BC.
The peplos is essentially a tubular cloth, folded inside-out from the top about halfway down, so that what was the top of the tube is now at the waist and the bottom of the tube is about ankle-length. It is then gathered about the waist, and the open top (at the fold) pinned over the shoulders. The top of the tube (now inside-out) drapes over the waist providing the appearance of two pieces of clothing. Except in the statues of the Caryatid applied often in the vase painting since the 5th century B.C. and in the metopes of the Temples in Doric order.
The typical dress of Shawyas womens called Lhaf look like this dress.

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★ http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/museum/peplostext.html

★ http://seegras.discordia.ch/Medieval/Kleidung/Peplos.phtml