Minoan female dress, as it figures on iconographic representations, seems to consist of three garments: a tight-fitting bodice with short sleeves, a long skirt formed by separate woven bands and a decorative front. Minoan women wore headbands and diadems, and decorated their hair with many different jewels and elaborately tied ribbons. These combinations occur in representations of eastern priestesses and feminine divinities and one can unreservedly claim that the Minoan feminine costume is a copy of Near East priestess garments.

In most religious Epiphany scenes the bodice was open in front or left the breast entirely exposed. However, it is not certain whether the exposure of the feminine breast was an essential element of Minoan dress or part of the Epiphany ritual.