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A well-known traditional garment from Najran Province is al-Mukammam, a long, loose black dress with wide sleeves embellished around the waist and chest

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Historical Context of the Cocktail Dress When dissecting exactly what a cocktail dress is, fashion historians point to the glamorous transitional periods of the early twentieth century, specifically the 1920s and the elegant post-war era of the 1950s