The headdress was a scanty white turban.
The dress of the women was somewhat similar to that of the Hindoos, consisting of a single garment like a sheet wrapped round the body, fastening under the arms and falling to the ankles.

Those of the upper classes were more elaborate.

The rank among the women was distinguished, so Stanley's guide pointed out to him, by the manner in which the hair was plaited and twisted, and by the ornaments in it.
The men, like the women, wore their hair long but, while the men wore theirs in a knot at the top of the head, the women gathered it in at the back.

Their faces were broad at the cheekbones, but narrowed in sharply, both at the forehead and chin.

The narrow and oblique eyes showed the relationship between the Burmese and their Chinese neighbours.