from "The New Compact Bible Dictionary" c.1967 pg 137
Womans Dress. Among the Hebrews, neither sex was permitted by Mosaic law to wear the same form of clothing as was used by the other(
Deut. 22-5). A few articles of female clothing carried somewhat the same name and basic pattern, yet there was always sufficient difference in embossing, embroidery, and needlework so that in appearance the line of demarcation between men and women could be readily detected.