GREEK CLOTHING

Presentation by
Akanksha paikara

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INTRODUCTION

CLOTHING OF ANCIENT GREEK WOMEN

CLOTHING OF ANCIENT GREEK MAN

HIMATION

PEPLOS

CHITON

DORIC CHITON

10

CHLAMYS

11

GREEK BATTLE DRESS

12

10

COLORS

13

11

ACCESSORIES

14

12

HAIR

15

13

MAKEUP

16

14

SHOES

17

INTRODUCTION
Fashion in ancient Greece revolved centrally
around a system of draping one or two
pieces of woolen or linen cloth. Clothes
were mainly homemade, and often served
many purposes (such as bedding).
The Greeks wore light, loose clothes as the
weather was hot for most of the year. In
hot weather working men would often just
wear a loincloth. In cooler weather, the
Greeks wore cloaks and hats.

CLOTHING OF THE ANCIENT GREEK

WOMEN

The clothing of the women of Ancient Greece from the fifth century
B.C.E., to the fourth century B.C.E., changed as the time periods
changed. The different clothing styles of this century changed with
events and with innovations.
Women wear a shorter decorated tunic.
Women had two main articles of clothing one being the chiton and
the other was a cloak. The peplos were large pieces of rectangle
fabric that was very heavy and usually consist of wool. The chiton
was made of a much lighter material such as linen. On very rare
occasions Greek women would wear a flat brimmed hat with a high
peaked crown. Wealthy women wore elaborate hairstyles that were
kept in place with ribbons or hairnets. Some even wore wigs. To give
women shape they would wear a girdle around their waste.

Clothing of Ancient Greek Men

Men typically wore a chiton like those worn

by women, but the masculine version was
usually shorter, falling to the knees or thighs
while the feminine version fell to the floor.
They would wear a short chiton called an
exomis for horseback riding and exercise. Like
women, men completed their outfits with a
himation. Young men sometimes wore a short
cape called a chalmys while riding. Men
sometimes went out with a broad-brimmed
hat called a petasos.

Types of Greek clothing

Chiton
Doric &
Ionic Chiton
Himation
Peplos
Chlayms

CHITON
Achiton was a form
of clothing and is a
sewn garment, a
draped garment held
on the shoulders by
afibula.
There are two forms
of chiton,
theDoricchiton and
the laterIonic chiton.

IONIC CHITON
CHITON

DORIC

HIMATION
Ahimationwas a type of clothing
in ancient Greece. It was usually
worn over achiton, but was made
of heavier drape and played the
role of acloak.
The himation was markedly less
voluminous than the Romantoga.
When the himation was used alone
(without a chiton), and served both
as a chiton and as a cloak, it was
called anachiton.
The himation continued into
theByzantine era, especially as
iconographic dress for Christ and
other figures from Biblical times,
although it appears still to have
been worn in real life, especially by
older men of relatively low status.

PEPLOS
Apeplos is a bodylength garment
established as typical
attire forwomen in
ancient Greece by 500
BC. It was a tubular
cloth folded inside-out
from the top about
halfway down, altering
what was the top of the
tube to the waist and
the bottom of the tube
to ankle-length.

CHLAMYS
TheChlamyswas a cloaklike garment pinned at
the right shoulder, worn
by the soldiers of Greece
as a protective covering.
A smaller woolen rectangle
than the Himation, of
Macedonian or Italian
origin; sometimes
bordered, pinned at right
shoulder or front; worn
with short chiton or alone
by younger, more active
men.

GREEK BATTLE DRESS

Greek warriors of battle wore tunics
of leather with metal plaque
reinforcements. Helmets and leg
protection calledgreavesadded more
skin coverage.
Some of the decorative metal
elements paid homage to favorite
Gods the Greeks thought would take
care of them in battle and in the after
life. One characteristic of the Greek
helmet was that it almost totally
enclosed the head and sometime had
moveable sides, (but no visor)
enabling the soldier to push back the
face cover

COLORS
Colors were heavily symbolic in Greek fashion. As
in many societies, dark veils symbolized
mourning, but more often they were a dark
indigo than black. Other common colors include
violet, green, and gray. As time went on,
nearing 400 BC, ancient Greek women began
to favor brighter colors and newer styles.

ACCESSORIES
Greek people were always extremely fashion
conscious. Both men and women in the ancient Greece
used to be very fond of wearing accessories matching
their dress. Especially the rich women of the Greek
society were used to the jewelries made of precious
and semi-precious stones. The style of wearing or
carrying valuable accessories in Greece became outof-fashion in the renaissance period. It came back
again in the modern Greece fashion and at present,
again the use of Greek accessories is on a high.

HAIR
Long hair was popular in ancient Greece, held
together and styled with scented waxes and
lotions in ponytails or braids. Ancient
Greeks, both men and women, favored
perfume a great deal. To create it, men and
women would boil flowers and create a
concentrated lotion or wax to be applied to
the wrists and neck.
Greek women (except slave women) wore
their hair long. This womans style was

MAKE UP
Ancient Greek women also
used makeup. Pale or light
skin was considered a status
symbol for women. Women
used honey and olive oil to
improve their skin. They
often used substances as a
substitute for cosmetics for
enhancing their looks. Dark
powder was dusted over the
eyebrows and red powder
was used over their lips.
Women also loved to wear
their hair long during this
period.

SHOES
At home the Greeks generally
went bare foot but in public they
would strap a piece of leather to
their foot to make a sort of sandal.

THE GREEK MODERN DAY FASHION

The modern day

fashion in Greece
consists of women
wearing dresses and
skirts and
menwearing pants, tshirts, usually black or
brown dress shoes
(although most teens
wear Converse, Toms,
or flip-flops), and
jackets. Most of the

Modern Greek
Clothing for
Women

Jewellery

Foot Wears