The gown, analogous to the Western doctoral robe and similar to American judicial attire, is constructed from heavy material, most appropriately of black color, and usually features double-bell sleeves with a cuff (mimicking the cassock once worn under it) and velvet facings (or panels) running over the neck and down both sides of the front enclosure length-wise (mimicking the ecclesiastical scarf or tippet once worn over it. An example of the Geneva gown can be seen here... [1]
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