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I don't know too much about it. I learned sewing and embroidery in, one might say, the British tradition, from a woman who's mother was a seamstress in England. So I hand sewed a Regency era ballgown. I haven't examined it since, because whenever I have enough time to embroider, which is rare, I just do something else instead.
The words that come up, though, are vestments and regalia, though they're more embroidered and beaded than knitted. https://www.monasteryicons.com/product/christ-the-lifegiver-vestment-emblem-559ve/165
I personally love Albanian (and Turkish) wedding dresses, which are vestment looking, and worn on holidays and anniversaries. https://static.themarthablog.com/2018/03/IMG_3432.jpg
Native American regalia is often also beautiful, and people put a lot of effort into it. There's some especially excellent beadwork involved. There was a Christian Alaskan man I met once who had made himself a deer hide jacket, and designed and painted Jesus and Christian symbols all over it in his local style, and it was really neat.
I used to have some Scottish pieces from my great grandfather's clan, featuring a clan tartan and "Dread God" brooch that I would wear sometimes, but couldn't find enough occasions, so eventually I seem to have lost it.
It seems like there's pretty strong demand for wearing special garments, hence the popularity of cosplay and reenactments. But Americans aren't really sure how to wear them seriously or liturgically. Perhaps I should make my daughters folk dresses from where their father is from and have them wear it to Pascha or something. It looks like I would have to order some special trims, but is probably feasible if they don't grow out of them before they're ready.
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