#548 garb

garb- clothes, especially the distinctive attire of an occupation or profession; style of dress; fashion

C16 from Old French garbe graceful contour, from Old Italian garbo grace, probably of Germanic origin

She has straight black hair and dressed in Japanese garb.

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