FashionBy: Sage

Fashion in Ancient Mesopotamia

• They made their own clothes using natural resources that were available to them.

• Clothing was made from wool and flax stems which they harvested them selves.

• Men were bare chested and wore skirts like garments that tied at the waist.

• Woman usually wore gowns that covered them from their shoulders down to their ankles the right arm and shoulder was left uncovered.

• Men usually had shaved or had long hair and beads.

• Woman had long hair but usually braided it and raped it around their head. When entertaining woman put headdresses in their hair.

Fashion In Ancient Mesopotamia

• Although the rich and the poor both wore the same style of clothing, the wealthier people wore clothes made out of more expensive and luxurious materials. • Wealthy woman and princesses also wore

clothing that was colourful and bright. • Both men and woman wore necklaces and

earrings. • Wealthier people wore beautiful gold and

silver bracelets and earrings. • Necklaces were also worn and were set with

bright precious stones.

Fashion in Ancient Egypt

• Their clothing was light, and made out of plant fibres, like linen, cotton, and wool.

• Their clothing was often simple, a short loincloth resembling a kelp for men and a dress with straps fro women.

• Very little sewing was done when making these clothes, they were wrapped around the body and held in place with a belt.

• The colour was whitish to contrast with the clothing the foreigner wore in Egyptian depictions.

Fashion in Ancient Egypt

• In the old kingdom, the kilt reached the calf, in the middle kingdom when it was often completed with a sleeveless shirt or a long robe.

• The robes that were worn by both men and women kalasiris.

• The kalasiris that were worn by women often covered one or both shoulders, or be worn with shoulder straps.

• While the top often reached below the chest to the neck the bottom could reach down to the calf or even the ankles

Fashion In Ancient Greece

• Ancient Greece clothing was typically handmade with the homespun fabric that was used as a type of garment or a blanket.

• Clothing for men and women consisted of two main garments, a tunic and a cloak.

• There were two different types of tunics, a peplos and a chiton. But, there was only one type of cloak a himation.

• Women and men wore sandals, slippers, soft shoes, or boots.

Fashion In Ancient Greece

• Men usually wore close to the same thing as women but knee length or shorter.

• The peplos was a large rectangle of heavy fabric usually wool, folded over at the top.

• The chiton was made out of much lighter fabric, usually linen, it was a very ling very wide rectangle piece of fabric.

• Both the peplos and the chiton are floor length but can be healed up by a belt

Fashion in Ancient Celts

• In ancient Celts, both men and women wore tunic.

• Tunics had rounded ‘v’ necks, or a simple ’t’ shape.

• They can be any length form the knee to the ankle, depending on the weather situation.

• Any position that would be doing any type of movement would wear the shorter tunic.

• The sleeves would have to be tight down to the wrist to be able to use their hands.

Fashion In Ancient Celts

• Colours of the tunic could be saffron (most popular), crimson, blue, black, yellow, purple, and grey.

• Fabric used would be linen, a light weight wool, or a linen like cotton.

• Under short tunics both men and women would were pants.

• Torcs or neck rings would be worn by the people of high office, or by people who are champions of others.

Fashion In Modern Canada

• Girls usually wear black leggings or jeans, with boots.

• Girls wear many different types shirts in many different colours, like t-shirts, crop- tops, and tank tops.

• They also wear printed jeans, like camo, or stripes.

• Girls wear clothes from stores like, Brandy Melville, forever 21, and Aritzia.

Fashion In Modern Canada

• In the summer time girls usually wear dresses, shorts or skirts.

• Boys usually wear shorts and t-shirts, with running shoes, or vans.

• In the summer girls wear sandals, flip-flops, vans, converse, keds, and wedges.

• Girls also wear cardigans, juicy sweaters, and hoodies.

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