Fashion of today and yesterday

The ancient Egyptian fashion

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The ancient Egyptian fashion

Egypt

is one of the ancient time kingdoms as archeologists estimate that ancient

Egypt

was established about 3100 B.C so from that time onwards I try to bring some ideas of fashion and compare it with today’s fashion. People wore draped sheer garments-loincloths, skirts, capes and robes-fastened with knots belts or sashes.

In the ancient Kingdome it was notable for its simplicity men work kit like skirts called schenti which evolved from loincloths the variation in style depend on rank and occasions.

Women wore tightly wrapped sheaths called kalasinis falling from below the Brest to ankle it was held up by one or two straps. The Kalasiris evolved into a style that was sewn down one side eventually it came to describe and seemed dress like piece of clothing worn by men and women.

By the new kingdom men had discarded the Schenti in favor of skirts made from line rectangles width were folds into single box pleats at the front the nobility wore skirts made from more generous amount of fabric that fanned into wide decorative belts hanging from each skirt was a wedge with precious stones the front peace without the decoration was adapted by the lower class.

Another style introduced in a new kingdom was a sleeved tunic which resembles a short sleeved nightshirt. But the most unusual garment of this period was made from a rectangle of fabric about twice that height of the wearer. It was folded down the center and had a stet cut for the head. The sides sewn from creating voluminous sleeves. Inspired by the style from Asia Minor it was worn in ancient Egypt by both man and women.

Ancient greek fashion

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During the ancient time of Greeks their was no fashion

Industry most clothing was homemade and the same piece of homespun fabric that was used as a type of garment, or blanket. Garments often included elaborate border design.

Made of linen, cotton, or wool was woven in home. As the ancient Greek were very skilled in arts of weaving and embroidery

, we can tell that the fabrics were intensely colored and usually decorated with intricate designs. Greek clothing was made out of three types of materials. The first mostly used was wool which was woven from very coarse to very soft. They used linen grades from fine to very soft.

Clothing was not cit to fit and was usually made from a rectangle of wool or linen. Women wove the fabric on s loom in a loom in their homes. Ancient Greek clothing was easy to clean and store.

Clothing was simper and loose fitting, with few basic forms and much similarity between outfits worn by man and women.

Ancient Greek women wore long tunics called Chilton

Chiton is wide and long .It was made up of linen witch is very light the it was designed as a long and wide rectangle of fabric sewn up at sides, pinned or sewn at the shoulsers,and girded around the waist. The chiton was wide enough to allow for sleeves that were fastened along the upper arms with pins or buttons Women sometimes wore an epiblema (shawl) over the peplos or chito

The peplos was a large rectangle of heavy fabric, usually wool, folded over along the upper edge so that the over fold (apoptygma) would reach to the waist. It was placed around the body and fastened at the shoulders with a pin or brooch. There were armholes were on each side, and the open side of the garment was either left that way, or pinned or sewn to form a seam.

Both the peplos and chiton were floor-length garments that were usually long enough to be pulled over the belt, creating a pouch known as a kolpos. Under either garment, a woman might have worn a soft band, known as a strophion, around the mid-section of the body.

. Men wore a shorter tunic called an Exomis Men in ancient Greece customarily wore a chiton similar to the one worn by women, but knee-length or shorter. An exomis (a short chiton fastened on the left shoulder) was worn for exercise, horse riding, or hard labor.

Clothing for women and men consisted of two main garments-a tunic (either a peplos or chiton) and a cloak (himation).

The himation (cloak) worn by both women and men was essentially a rectangular piece of heavy fabric, either woolen or linen. It was draped diagonally over one shoulder or symmetrically over both shoulders, like a stole.

Fashion evolution

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Before any thing just ask yourself if u have some place to go or do some thing for example if you are invited any were or having a job interview or to do any thing the first thing that came to you mind is what to ware? because the clothes that we ware reflect who we are and definitely any one in this world need this reflaxtion to be good. That’s why I am so concerned about the origion of our clothes that we are wearing in this modern age, the designers of those clothes have some inspirational factors behind the design the hug inspirational factor is ancient way of closing this is the ground derivation of evrey designed clothes people wearing in the ancient period are coming in the modern days witdesigning changes but with the same idea. about me I made some reading and searching about the ancient ways of closing in different part of the world and I try to relate it with the modern way of wearing

ancient Rome way of clothing

Ancient Rome public display and recognition of status were an essential part of having status. Much of Roman clothing was designed to reveal the social status of its wearer, particularly for freeborn men. In typical Roman fashion, the more distinguished the wearer, the more his dress was distinctively marked, while the dress of the lowest classes was often not maked at all.

The Roman man clothing

The traditional garment for the Roman man was Toga a semicircle of wool or lines, scrupulously white which could reach five meters in diameter and was draped around the body. This was a rather symbolic garment attuned to the gravitas to which Romans set such store but there is ample evidence as to it luck of comfort.

Roman men generally wore two garments, the tunica and the toga. The tunica was a short woolen under garment with short sleeves. By contrast, to wear a long tunic with long sleeves was considered effeminate and was generally avoided by society as a whole. It was originally worn mainly by the working class plebes, freedmen and slaves, though its function as an undergarment for any class of people is attested. As the toga was specifically meant as a public display garment, the tunica was also worn by any people within the comforts of their own homes. The tunic worn by patrician men was made from white wool or expensive linen, while the poor would wear whatever fabric was readily available

The,Tunic which hung down to the knees and was clinched, at the waist if climate so required this garment was topped by a mantel, fastened at the shoulder. The Toga was reserved for official occasions where it was obligatory in part because requisite decorations, a narrower, strip, for knights and the drapery indicated the rank and social status of the wearer.

The Roman women clothing

Roman women also wore tunica in much the same fashion as the men. There were two types, both adapted from Greek fashion. One, the peplos was made from two rectangular pieces of cloth partially sewn together on both sides with the open sections at the top folded down in the front and back. It was pulled over the head and fastened with two large pins, forming a sleeveless dress. A belt was then tied over or under the folds.

The women equivalent to Toga was the stola, a floor, length sleeveless garment worn over a tunic .If a women needed further protection from the elements the stola was covered by a large mantle Palla which could also go over the head .Women often wore a stola which was long dress with many folds.

Modern Day Refinement:

. The beauty of ancient clothing styles of the Romans has a lasting impact on the modern fashion industry.

Modern interpretations of ancient roman fashion have an amiazing and graceful look.