By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Fancy Dress – Greek Costume Ideas for Drama, Carnival Floats & Olympic Events Read more factual details of Greek clothing on the Greek chiton clothing history page. This page has images of typical draping arrangements of Grecian dress for women of ancient Greece. The overall look for both Ancient …
Ancient Egyptian Clothing Costume Dress Plates
Ancient Egyptian Clothing History -Skirt, Cape and Draped Shawl Styles By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Third Style – Skirts & Capes The Petticoat Skirt and Cape After the tunic and the robe, came the third style of Egyptian dress, the petticoat skirt with cape shawl. The petticoat skirt was a straight piece of material …
Early Clothing in Costume History – Saxon, Frankish and Anglo Saxon Cloth 500-1000AD
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com After the fall of the Roman Empire Britain went into the period known as the Dark Ages and the next area of costume is of the Saxon and Frankish fashion era 500 to 599 AD. This page is one of illustrations only and further below these small illustrations are …
Roman Costume History | Roman Women – Hairstyles and Dress | The Stola
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Roman Women – Dress As ever, Roman women’s dresses were a little different from the men’s tunics. For example, they were often pale rose, or aqua. The female equivalent of the male Subacula (under tunic), was the Intusium, a sleeveless under-tunic. Women also wore a bust bodice called strophium …
Egyptian Dress Costume Plates – Warrior King Costumes
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Warrior King Egyptian Costume Right – A male costume which is easy to make. This site concentrates on female dress, but for Egyptian fancy dress purposes I have included these few extra male styles from the book that I researched. As well as noting that most Egyptian costumes were …
Roman Toga | How to Make a Roman Toga & Tunic. Byzantine Dress
A look back into ancient costume, the roman toga.
Egyptian Makeup and Cosmetics for Fancy Dress
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Egyptian Makeup of 4000 Years Ago Egyptian burial furniture of c2000 B.C. has enabled researchers to learn a great deal about the grooming habits of the Egyptians of 4000 years ago. The ancient Egyptians were like any other civilisation; both men and women liked to make themselves look better …
Ancient Greek Mens Clothes | Greek Soldiers costumes
Ancient Greek men wore a chiton or a himation typically made of linen or wool and could be sleeveless or have short sleeves.
Ancient Costume – Egyptian Dress Costume Collars
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Ancient Egyptian Decoration Styles of Egyptian robe with free pattern guides were discussed on the detailed pages of Egyptian Costumes. However, decorative elements were mostly confined to the removable collars on garments and other removable accessories such as headwear, girdles (striking wrap sash belts) and deep arm cuffs. To …
The Song of the Shirt Poem – Female Sewing Occupation
Female Occupations C19th Victorian Social History & Later The Song of the Shirt Intro Comments to Page Edited by Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Female Occupation Sewing Poems The Song of the Shirt By Thomas Hood.First Published – Punch, 16 December 1843. With fingers weary and worn,With eyelids heavy and red,A woman sat, in unwomanly …