Sumptuary law
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Sumptuary laws are laws that regulate consumption. Black's Law Dictionary defines them as "Laws made for the purpose of restraining luxury or extravagance, particularly against inordinate expenditures
Le Courtisan suivant le Dernier Édit by Abraham Bosse – a French courtier casting aside lace, ribbons and slashed sleeves in favor of sober dress in accordance with the edict of 1633
Colonial Massachusetts sumptuary law prohibiting lace, 1634
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Kabney
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A kabney is a silk sash worn as a part of the gho, the traditional male attire in Bhutan. It is raw silk, normally 90 cm × 300 cm with fringes. Kabney is worn over the traditional coat gho; it runs fr
Sumptuary law
…places, such as when visiting government offices, was made compulsory in 1989 under the driglam namzha laws. Part of the traditional dress includes the kabney, a long scarf whose coloring is regulated. Only the King of Bhutan and Chief Abbot may don the saffron scarf, with various other colors reserved for…
Ruling king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck with saffron kabney (reserved for the Bhutanese king and chief abbot).
Gho with orange kabney.