By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comEgyptian Art as a Source of InspirationThe decorative pattern elements within Egyptian art, and other archaeological finds, have fascinated me since childhood. Therefore, it was a wonderful surprise to receive these terrific images of wearable art coats from John Jones. John is a gifted textile and digital artist, who works …
Early Clothing in Costume History – From Skins to Celtic Costume
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comWeaving and Use of SkinsNo one can be absolutely certain that early man wore clothing as we know it. But researchers in the late C20th, found evidence of fine weaving in the Czech region. This was observed from studying illustrated archaeological pottery artefacts from the region. Clearly cold or hot climatic …
Ancient Costume Fashion – Egyptian King Tut (Tutankhamun) Colouring Pictures
Explore King Tut costumes and ancient Egyptian fashion history with some coloring pictures and insights.
Ancient Assyrian Clothing c800 B.C.
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comEarly AssyriaEgyptians were geographically close to the other great civilisations of the ancient world, including Iraq an area once known as Mesopotamia. The Greek term Mesopotamia meant ‘land between Rivers’, i.e. land between the river Tigris and river Euphrates, rivers often mentioned in the Holy Bible. Thousands of years ago, …
Ancient Egyptian Clothing Costume Dress Plates
Ancient Egyptian Clothing History -Skirt, Cape and Draped Shawl StylesBy Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comThird Style – Skirts & CapesThe Petticoat Skirt and CapeAfter 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 threaded through at the waist …
Ancient Greek Hairstyles
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comFancy Dress – Greek Costume Ideas for Drama, Carnival Floats & Olympic EventsRead 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 Greek women and men …
Styles of Roman Battle Dress for War in Costume History
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comRoman Battle DressThis page has pictures of battle dress and armour of the Roman soldier.The normal formal robe for a noble Roman citizen was a toga worn over a simple tunica. As time passed the Roman toga lost the bulk of its fabric and became much smaller. You can see patterns …
Ancient Greek Clothing History | Greek Chiton Doric | Peplos Himation Chlamys
The chiton was a type of clothing made of a rectangular piece of woolen or linen fabric, worn by ancient greek men and women.
Egyptian Dress Costume Plates – Warrior King Costumes
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comWarrior 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 worn by both …
Roman Costume History | Roman Women – Hairstyles and Dress | The Stola
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comRoman Women – DressAs 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 (much like a …