Or, DovidM, they looked different because that was the commonly available selection of clothing at the specific local. Untill the advent of the modern sewing machine, ( and this did not penetrate the backwaters) a set of clothing was not a pashut thing, and perhaps you took what you could find. This is also why Rashi, describing the top structure of the trachea ( a pink, pentagonal thing) says “it looks like a hat” (just don’t tell Borsalino)
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