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Mike Markowitz illustre sur le site coinweek avec des monnaies antiques quelques tenues portées dans l’antiquité : Chiton, Peplos, Chlamys, Himation, Toga, Stola, tunica & Paludamentum. Clothes carried a range of social and cultural meanings that are expressed by the garments we see on ancient coins. Coin auction catalogues and reference books describe these garments with a Greek and Latin …

Want to wear a Roman toga as a costume or for another reason? Make sure you wear it the right way! Roman togas were very specific when it came to fabric type, color, and style. Consulter le tutoriel : http://www.wikihow.com/Put-on-an-Authentic-Roman-Toga

Clothing in Late Antiquity was not the disposable commodity it is nowadays; it was valuable enough to be named in a will, used as surety for loans, or included in a dowry. Literary sources suggest that wealthy and high status individuals had many and beautiful clothes, however for the middle and lower classes clothing was an expensive necessity that was …

Roman undergarments are a difficult thing to uncover. Archaeologically, only extremely wet or extremely dry climates preserve leather, linen, wool, and silk, so there are few recovered textiles. Artistically, many of the monuments and sculpture that survive from antiquity are pieces of state propaganda, and rulers weren’t usually depicted in their skivvies. Nudity among the Romans was also a bit …

Merci à  Roma Aeterna (Archéologie et Histoire) pour ce sympathique tutoriel : (crédit inconnu)

En 1926, Paul Louis de Giafferri publiait l’ouvrage “L’histoire du costume féminin mondial”. Vous pourrez en admirer de très nombreuses planches en suivant le lien ci-dessous qui vous emmènera au chapitre “le costume grec”. Lien vers le site http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-64b1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99/book?parent=66ebbe10-c617-012f-4a17-58d385a7bc34#page/81/mode/thumb

Sur le site (américain) “Village Hat Shop”, vous pourrez (de manière inattendue !) trouver une partie consacrée à l’histoire du chapeau avec un ouvrage en accès libre représentant de nombreux chapeaux portés à diverses époques, notamment chez les Grecs, en Egypte. Un exemple : Lien vers le site “Village Hat Shop” Enregistrer Enregistrer