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1805 Scots Mag. June 459/2 A splendid work, entitled, A Graphic and Descriptive Tour of the University of Oxford, is in considerable forwardness. It will comprehend general picturesque views, correct representations of all the principal public buildings,..and the academic costume.

1834 Oxf. Univ. Mag. 1 101 It is very fresh to walk about in academic costume with a stick in his hand.

1910 Nature 22 Dec. 259/1 Patterns for academic costume have been approved by the governing body. In each case the gown is as for the University of London B.A., of black silk or stuff, but with the forearm seam open, and without button, cord, or pleats.

1999 C. E. Odegaard Pilgrimage through Universities 66 That academic costume has survived being worn by me on innumerable other occasions at dozens of universities.