tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161793259734630842026-10-15T11:32:47.996-07:00Explore ancient Egypt fashion: facts from history and archaeology for costume-making and contemporary fashion inspiration. Men's kilts, transparent linen gowns, scarabs, Cleopatra's dresses, hairstyles, how-to tips and timeless androgynous beauty.Bat Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03840448546230059845noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816179325973463084.post-16839895816945439952013-01-02T11:10:00.003-08:002013-01-15T15:22:02.202-08:00

One of the star romantic couples of history, Cleopatra and Antony remain an enduring legend of love and tragedy. For a couple's costume for a fancy dress ball, costume party, dress-up event, masquerade or Halloween, a couple or friends can pair up as this famous couple. Because of her reputation as powerful, exotic and seductive, a costume for this famous queen gives a woman an

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Egypt's boy-king Tut had the finest cosmetics, unguents and perfumes available. His portraits show him wearing the striking eye makeup common to his time and place. The eyeliner defines his eyes and his eyebrows are often extended. The famous funerary gold mask that covered his mummified face has eyebrows painted to extend as far as the lines of the eyeliner, creating parallel lines toward his

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The Egyptians used amulets for protection and often displayed and wore images of various gods and goddesses. During most of ancient Egypt's long history it was a pantheistic culture, worshiping many gods. Each of these deities had a specific image and characteristics, such as Isis with her wings, Bet with the head of a cat, Anubis the jackal-headed god and Ptah, who often sports an erect phallus.

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For centuries Queen Nefertiti has reigned as one of the most beautiful and powerful women in world history. The famous bust of Nefertiti shows a regal woman with a long neck, delicate features, a high forehead and full lips. She appears young and self-possessed. Some scholars speculate that she became a pharaoh following Akhenaten's death, but evidence for this tumultuous period of Egyptian

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Weird News: Scientists Have Fun With Dancing Dung Beetles What a National Geographic news flash about scientists studying dancing dung beetles has to do with fashion may require some explanation. Bear with me. We're going to take a little trip into the background of the scarab. And yes, you guessed it, the scarab beetle is a representation of the dung beetle. The dung beetle gets its name from

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In case you've ever wondered who was responsible for all those figure-hugging royal garments featured on pharaohs, queens and princesses, cemeteries and individual tombs in Egypt have served up some intriguing clues. Evidence shows that dwarfs had powerful roles in making royal clothing. Excavations of worker's villages and graves give insights into how the common people lived, and what their

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The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011 A guilty pleasure, a spectacle for voyeurs, a fashion fantasia, a model's dream, a designer's showcase... Whatever you think of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, its impact is far-reaching. This year's crop of long-legged models included young women who first walked in the show in 2000, and other models taking that career-making runway walk for the first

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Queen Cleopatra made a lasting impact on Egypt —and continues to influence fashion. She's one of the most famous women who ever ruled, and was the last pharaoh to reign in ancient Egypt. She was educated, a skilled strategist, a writer, capable of charm and diplomacy in multiple languages— and has had a reputation for centuries for her power over men. Her sense of style embraced both the

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Ancient Egyptian clothing consisted of the same basic elements for hundreds of years. Most garments were based on rectangles of flax. The Egyptians had an appealing fashion sense, with an awareness of line and style to enhance female and male beauty. In a land of sometimes scorching heat, where all work was performed manually and with simple tools, the Egyptians made use of their resources and

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