halloween costume eight egyptian cleopatra white linen dress with blue lotus pattern and jeweled collar and red sash tabbed beadnet dress Fashion History Timeline White Egyptian Sheath Dress Faerie Queen Costuming The original Egyptian linen is over 5000 years old and has been internationally classified as the first and oldest piece of woven clothing in the world where it was found in 1913 The Tarkhan Dress: The World's Oldest Linen Garment This ancient Egyptian beaded dress was worn sometime between 2345 2182 BC. It would have had a simple linen sheath beneath it. How beautiful is this?! I would wear it.