Kandys
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A kandys, plural kandyes, also called candys, kantuš, or Median robe, is a type of three-quarter-length Persian coat. It originally described a leather cloak with sleeves worn by men, but evolved into
Modern reconstruction of Achaemenid era Persian noble attire featuring the "Kandys" and wearing the Medo-Persian headwear known as a "Tiara"
Detail of a relief showing two men (left and right) wearing kandys. Apadana of Persepolis, 550-330 BC.
Sasanian embassy to Byzantine Empire, stone relief in Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Turkey
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Pelisse
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A pelisse was originally a short fur-trimmed jacket which hussar light-cavalry soldiers from the 17th century onwards usually wore hanging loose over the left shoulder, ostensibly to prevent sword cut
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…sleeves worn by men, but evolved into a garment worn by Athenian women. The kandys is sometimes compared to the much later 17th-19th century military pelisse as worn by Hussars, in the sense that it was a sleeved jacket or coat worn cloak-style. It is suggested that the term kandys / candys was probably an…
1812 portrait of Charles Stewart wearing a pelisse slung over the shoulder
Uniform of French Second Empire Hussar with the characteristic loose-hanging pelisse over-jacket
Woman's fur-lined pelisse from Ackermann's Repository, Nov.1811
Green silk pelisse from La Belle Assemblée, Apr.1817