Encyclopedia entry on "Kroj" (costume, dress) from Ottův slovník naučný, in Czech. It surveys the history of European fashionable dress from Roman and Byzantine times through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Spanish and French fashions, the French Revolution, and the 19th century. It also covers historical costume in painting and the novel and costume reform in the theatre, and ends with a bibliography of costume histories in German, French, English, Polish, Russian and Czech.