She is shown seated and wearing her academic gown. He was mild-mannered and conservatively dressed in an academic gown. Buckland preferred to do his field palaeontology and geological work wearing an academic gown. Dress has usually been black tie, and residents wear an academic gown. Each of the Prefects wear an academic gown or robe. Over this is typically worn a preaching gown or the academic gown of the minister. The gown is somewhat like an academic gown and is open-fronted in the English tradition. In Tunisia, University of Ez-Zitouna graduates wear an academic gown.