Court uniforms and dress

portion of a skirt, overskirt, or dress that trails behind the wearer

The is a traditional Japanese outfit worn only by courtiers, aristocrats and the emperor at the Japanese imperial court. The originated in the Heian period, and consists of a number of parts, including the (outer robe), , a flat ritual baton or sceptre, and the , a cap-shaped black lacquered silk hat with a pennon.

thumb|A young woman modelling a The , more formally known as the , is a style of formal court dress first worn in the Heian period by noble women and ladies-in-waiting at the Japanese Imperial Court. The was composed of a number of kimono-like robes, layered on top of each other, with the outer robes cut both larger and thinner to reveal the layered garments underneath. These robes were referred to as , with the innermost robe – worn as underwear against the skin – known as the . were also worn as underwear with the ; over time, the two would gradually become outerwear, with the eventually de

ornate uniforms worn by ambassadorial and consular officers on formal public occasions

Japanese ceremonial headdress of lacquer-coated black silk with a tail of black horsehair, worn by the Emperor of Japan, Shinto priests, and courtiers

thumb|right|250px|The megas doux [[Alexios Apokaukos in the garb of his office, including a richly-decorated blue kabbadion]] The kabbadion () was a caftan-like garment of oriental origin which became a standard part of court costume in the last centuries of the Byzantine Empire.

Mianfu () is a kind of Chinese clothing in hanfu; it was worn by emperors, kings, and princes, and in some instances by the nobles in historical China from the Shang to the Ming dynasty. The mianfu is the highest level of formal dress worn by Chinese monarchs and the ruling families in special ceremonial events such as coronation, morning audience, ancestral rites, worship, new year's audience and other ceremonial activities. There were various forms of mianfu, and the mianfu also had its own system of attire called the mianfu system which was developed back in the Western Zhou dynasty. The mi

everyday dress of the emperors or kings of China, Korea, Vietnam and the Ryukyu Kingdom

regulated formal dress for presentation to the monarch and attendance at certain courtly functions in Japan