This overgarment had the practical purpose of keeping a scholar warm while they were sitting, immobile, studying.įormal or sober clothing is typically worn beneath the gown so, for example, men would often wear a dark suit with a white shirt and a tie, or clerical clothing, military or civil uniform, or national dress, and women would wear equivalent attire. The academic dress found in most universities in the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States is derived from that of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, which was a development of academic and clerical dress common throughout the medieval universities of Europe.
Overview and history Erasmus of Rotterdam in a functional warm scholar's robe, fur-lined dark wool Academic dress is also worn by members of certain learned societies and institutions as official dress. Today, the ensembles are distinctive in some way to each institution, and generally consist of a gown (also known as a robe) with a separate hood, and usually a cap (generally either a square academic cap, a tam, or a bonnet). It is also known as academical dress, academicals, and, in the United States, as academic regalia.Ĭontemporarily, it is commonly seen only at graduation ceremonies, but formerly academic dress was, and to a lesser degree in many ancient universities still is, worn daily. Academic dress of King's College London in different colours, designed and presented by fashion designer Vivienne WestwoodĪcademic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate students at certain old universities).
0 kommentar(er)
