Daily Clothing
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All the clothing that people wore in Ancient Greece was homemade. This was usually made by women with homespun fabric used and a garment or blanket. The clothing they made was usually intensely colored with intricate designs. Clothing for women and men usually consisted of tow main garments- a tunic and a cloak.
Tunic:
Peplos- a large, heavy piece of fabric that goes over your shoulders and hangs down to your waist.
Chiton- a much lighter piece of fabric than a peplos, normally linen, very long and wide. This piece of clothing usually gets thrown over tour shoulders and guards your waist, it also normally had sleeves.An Exomis is a short chiton used for exercise, horse riding, and hard labor
Cloak: made of wool or linen and was very heavy. It was meant to keep your warm
-peplos and chitons, were usually floor length and long enough to use a belt. When men wore chitons they usually went down to their knees or they sat a little bit shorter. Females usually wear an under-garment called a strophion, this was a bad that goes around your mid-section.
Footwear: mainly consisted of sandals, slippers, very soft shoes, or boots. When you were at home you went barefoot.
Tunic:
Peplos- a large, heavy piece of fabric that goes over your shoulders and hangs down to your waist.
Chiton- a much lighter piece of fabric than a peplos, normally linen, very long and wide. This piece of clothing usually gets thrown over tour shoulders and guards your waist, it also normally had sleeves.An Exomis is a short chiton used for exercise, horse riding, and hard labor
Cloak: made of wool or linen and was very heavy. It was meant to keep your warm
-peplos and chitons, were usually floor length and long enough to use a belt. When men wore chitons they usually went down to their knees or they sat a little bit shorter. Females usually wear an under-garment called a strophion, this was a bad that goes around your mid-section.
Footwear: mainly consisted of sandals, slippers, very soft shoes, or boots. When you were at home you went barefoot.