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node: fashion_muhammad_ali
type: fashion
slug: muhammad_ali_dynasty_fashion
title: "Fashion in the Muhammad Ali dynasty"
lead: "In the Muhammad Ali dynasty, dress changed with Egypt's modernisation: the Turkish cap (tarboosh) became the standard men's hat, and officials and the army adopted Western-style uniforms."
published: 2026-07-28
updated: 2026-07-28
image_file: muhammad_ali_dynasty_fashion.jpg
image_source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ModernEgypt,_Muhammad_Ali_by_Auguste_Couder,_BAP_17996.jpg"
image_author: "Auguste Couder"
image_license: "Public domain"
change: "Created as a fashion sub-page under the history section, with a period image (egypt region)"
requester: internal
reason: "Per the owner's decision, fashion lives under each history era"
---

## Overview

Under this modernising dynasty, dress moved between tradition and Western and Turkish styles.

## Key garments and style

The army and officials adopted Western uniforms and frock coats with the red tarboosh; the urban elite moved towards Western dress, while most people still wore the long galabeya and, for women, a covering garment.

## Transition

In modern Egypt after 1882, Western dress spread further, coexisting with the traditional galabeya.