Help me with the right word choice

[Nezhul]

Hello!
Please, I need some help with describing certain piece of clothing. English is not my first language and I sometimes struggle with terms, duh...
And that's what I'm looking for:
https://img.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/rubies/888741-Super-Deluxe-Star-Wars-Jedi-Robe-Adult-Costume-large.jpg

And no, I'm not writing a jedi story =D
Anyway, I understand this is called a Robe. However if you google Robe, then all sorts of pictures pop up, so I'm afraid that a simple word "robe" will not be enough to describe pearticularly what I want.
I basically need to clearly describe a loose hooded piece of clothing that covers the entire body.

Also how do you call it when such robe would be held on only by a single piece of tied rope around the neck? I found the word "drawstring" but I'm not sure if that's corrent.

Thank you!

 

[oggbashan]

A reasonable description would be 'monk's habit'.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

The Jedi robe is modeled on the "monastic robe" or "monk's robe." As religious garb, it is properly called a "habit" in English, but that term is more commonly associated with nun's attire. They do not close with. or even feature, a drawstring around the neck.

I'm sure you'll get some other suggestions here; use the one(s) that best convey the image you're trying to create.

 

[Nezhul]

I don't want to put "monk's habit" on a young girl though =H

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I don't want to put "monk's habit" on a young girl though =H

Then it would be a "nun's habit," or just "habit," a term, as I said, that is commonly seen as referring only to a nun's clothing.

 

[OliviaM]

Hello!
Please, I need some help with describing certain piece of clothing. English is not my first language and I sometimes struggle with terms, duh...
And that's what I'm looking for:
https://img.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/rubies/888741-Super-Deluxe-Star-Wars-Jedi-Robe-Adult-Costume-large.jpg

And no, I'm not writing a jedi story =D
Anyway, I understand this is called a Robe. However if you google Robe, then all sorts of pictures pop up, so I'm afraid that a simple word "robe" will not be enough to describe pearticularly what I want.
I basically need to clearly describe a loose hooded piece of clothing that covers the entire body.

Also how do you call it when such robe would be held on only by a single piece of tied rope around the neck? I found the word "drawstring" but I'm not sure if that's corrent.

Thank you!

A robe is anything that wraps loosely around the body and has sleeves. With or without a hood, it's still called a robe.

A cape is anything that drapes over the shoulders and is fastened at the neck. It goes over the arms and can be any length, from just covering the shoulders (sometimes called a capelet) to nearly floor-length.

I can see where it might get confusing. I think when you use the word "robe", it suggests something religious or ceremonial. Capes are just for fashion. Jedi, monks, and occultists wear robes. Dracula and Superman wear capes.

Edit: A drawstring is the cord sewn inside the fabric with the ends hanging outside of it for tying. If it's just wrapped around the outside of the garment and tied, you just describe what is actually being tied there: cord (thick or sturdy), string (thin and small), ribbon (usually flat)

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

Hello!
Please, I need some help with describing certain piece of clothing. English is not my first language and I sometimes struggle with terms, duh...
And that's what I'm looking for:
*snip*

I don't want to put "monk's habit" on a young girl though =H

A piece of outerwear for a young girl kinda like a robe, but not?

May I suggest then the word: 'cloak'


...thought those typically do not have sleeves...robes do.

 

[OliviaM]

A piece of outerwear for a young girl kinda like a robe, but not?

May I suggest then the word: 'cloak'


...thought those typically do not have sleeves...robes do.

Why didn't I think of that word?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Why didn't I think of that word?

Because cloaks don't have sleeves!

 

[Nezhul]

cloak may actually fit, thanks.

Edit: A drawstring is the cord sewn inside the fabric with the ends hanging outside of it for tying. If it's just wrapped around the outside of the garment and tied, you just describe what is actually being tied there: cord (thick or sturdy), string (thin and small), ribbon (usually flat)

what if there's strings sewn onto the edges of suck robe or cloak or any other piece of clothing? They are just there on both sides and you take them and tie together, making the cloak come together?

 

[OliviaM]

Because cloaks don't have sleeves!

Hmm... that's true, but I wouldn't blink if an author used it to describe something sufficiently long and loose-fitting and didn't have rigidly defined sleeves.

cloak may actually fit, thanks.

what if there's strings sewn onto the edges of suck robe or cloak or any other piece of clothing? They are just there on both sides and you take them and tie together, making the cloak come together?

Ties, strings, ribbons, cords...

 

[Nezhul]

Thanks everyone! I think I'll go with something like a "floor-length hooded cloak that covers her entirely"

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

Because cloaks don't have sleeves!

Calm yourself, that was already covered.

I was simply adding options for the O.P. to use if they did not like the term 'robe,' and by the sound of it, a final piece of clothing had not been settled upon yet.


Edit: Win.

 

[CoffeeWithMonkeys]

Cloak is the first word that came to mind when I saw the picture, so I agree with everyone that said cloak.

 

[Handley_Page]

I think it might be of help if you were to explain if this garment is to be purely 'outer wear' or an all-enveloping garment such as that worn my those in a religious order.
And if the wearer is male or female.

Take a look HERE, and study the different orders and their dress.
Note that a hood is not particularly common amongst males.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

My first thought was cloak also. A hooded cloak like this one...

http://www.thevikingstore.co.uk/ekmps/shops/thevikingstore1/images/costume-fantasy-hooded-cloak-[2]-5997-p.jpg

 

[Kantarii]

The word that comes to my mind is "cloak". A robe is something I associate with bathrobes and Japanese KimonosKant

 

[Hard_Rom]

Abaya

http://abaya.zahras.com/Designer/Abaya LV.jpg

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Abaya

http://abaya.zahras.com/Designer/Abaya LV.jpg

Hmmm....

The abaya "cloak" (colloquially and more commonly, Arabic: عباية‎‎ ʿabāyah , especially in Literary Arabic: عباءة ʿabāʾah ; plural عبايات ʿabāyāt , عباءات ʿabāʾāt ), sometimes also called an aba, is a simple, loose over-garment, essentially a robe-like dress, worn by some women in parts of the Muslim world including in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.