Thursday, December 17, 2009
Renaissance
Zapotec Fashion
--Zapotec--
-The Zapotec men wear white clothing to keep cool working in their corn fields. The women wear colorful blouses and long skirts.Children wear smaller clothes of the same kind as their parents.When the weather turns cold, the men wear a brightly colored poncho or blanket over their shoulders. Some of the Zapotecs are famous for the things they made, Some make beautiful rugs and other wool weavings. Others make lovely baskets, gold jewelry and colorful embroidery.
[This is an example of a fiesta huipil from Juchitan in the Istmo of Tehuantepec of Oaxaca Mexico. The embroidery is a combination of hand work - the flowers - and machine embroidery - the red and yellow designs.]
Friday, December 11, 2009
Aztec,Inca,Maya
-Women wore their hair long, but on important occasions they braided it with colorful ribbons and wound it around their heads.Pictures of women in Aztec books show the endsnof their braids sticking up like little horns on the tops of their heads..
-The Clothing in the Inca society was very important,Just by looking at the clothing shows the status of that person in the society can be readily perceived.The general trends were naturally more and warmer clothing was worn in the highlands than on the coast.
-The traditional garments were woven;maya clothing is different in every region, and even varies from village to village.The had there own way of doing things.The designs and colors told a story about there native village.The Huipil is a garment worn as a blouse by Mayan women since the anicent times.
Men
Women
Through the Mayans,Aztecs, and Incas were separated in time and in geograpghy, their clothing closely resembled each other.The fabric used for clothing held great importance among the Mayans,Aztecs,and Incas. In each culture the cloth were alittle different, but in a way all three cultures come together in one way.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Arabian Fashion
Monday, October 19, 2009
--Byzantine Fashion
Friday, October 16, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
ANCIENT ROME...
Fashion has been known to make a statement in every culture and civilization throughout the centuries. From the Hellenistic Era to present day, fashion fads and statements evolved from similar backgrounds to make styles that seem new, but are really just "doctored-up" versions that can be traced back to the times of ancient Rome.
According to Friedlander, the women of ancient Rome wore a long tunic called a "stola." The stola, which went down to the feet of the wearer, often had a woolen mantle over it called a "palla"(47). The positioning of the tunic was complicated due to the many layers of the cloth used for the different styles of the garment. In most cases, the stola was worn as described: first, a long-sleeved tunic was put on, and over it, a shorter tunic with short sleeves.
Showerman and the "Women's clothing and Hairstyles" websites compare hairstyles of today with those of Roman times.(95) For example, Roman women often dyed their hair, usually golden-red. Like modern women, they used false hairpieces to make their hair thicker or longer. Sometimes, Roman women wore their hair up, in carefully arranged styles held with jeweled hairpins. Sometimes they wore it down, curled in ringlets and spirals. Actually, until the middle of the first century, styles remained fairly simple.
ornate necklaces
armlets
anklets
breast chains
brooches
and jeweled buttons
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
All About Ancient Greece....
- Clothing in ancient Greece was loose fitting, unlike the tight-fitting outfits worn by those people the Greeks considered barbarians. Both men and women typically wore sleeveless tunics. The women’s tunics were usually ankle length, while the men’s were shorter. For the common person, the color of cloth was plain. Those with the financial resources had their clothing dyed in various colors. During the winter, a heavy wool cloak was worn for warmth. Greeks went barefoot or wore sandals outside the home. Inside the home, they went barefoot.
- Hairstyles in ancient Greece also changed over time. In the early days of Greece, men normally wore their hair short and grew beards. During the Hellenistic era, beards went out of style. Long hair was typical for Greek women; only slave women would wear their hair short. Women curled and braided their hair in early Greece. Later the style was to tie their hair back or put it up into a bun.
- Makeup was used in ancient Greece. Rich women stayed indoors most of the day. Pale skin was fashionable and a sign of prestige. Women applied white lead (which was toxic) to their faces to lighten their complexion. Chalk was also used to lighten their complexion, but it wore off quickly. Connected eyebrows were also fashionable, so women decorated their eyes with dark powder. Red powder was also applied to their cheeks.
- Many pieces of jewelry have been found by excavating burial sites of the Ancient Greeks. Masterpieces of exceptional workmanship have been found in Crete and other Aegean Islands where the Minoan Civilization prospered. Great pieces have also been found from the Mycenae Civilization which preceded the historical Greek Civilization. Many of the pieces were modeled after Homer's description of Achilles' shield, Aphrodite's girdle, and of the gold door knobs in the palace at Troy.
--Greek clothing was very simple and practical. In the winter ancient Greeks wore clothes made of wool, and in the summer they wore clothes made of linen. Clothes and fabric could be bought in the angora, the market place, but it was very expensive. Therefore, many Greeks made their own clothes at home. This was the job of the women: the mother, the daughters, and the female slaves. To be more specific, men wore tunics. A tunic is basically a knee-length t-shirt also made of wool or linen. If it was cold, Greek men wore woolen cloaks or himations over their tunics. Their cloaks could also be used as blankets, for example if they were off fighting a war. As for the shoes, most Greek men didn’t even wear any shoes. And when they did, they were usually basic leather sandals.
Did You Know:
--Women in Ancient Greece dressed in a single rectangular piece of cloth that was just pinned together.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Fashion In Ethiopia
--Yonatan Teferra is a male model who says he would like to earn more for a day's work.
Ethiopian women traditionally wear white dresses, while men wear white tunics over riding pants. The distinctive part of Amharic and Tigrayan dress is a large white cloth worn by both men and women over their shoulders.
http://www.nilefall.com/cloth.html
--people now in the United States take some if the Ethiopians ideas on the ways they wear there outfitts..
Thursday, September 10, 2009
India's Fashion
--There are different varies from one village to another village,from oe city to another city.India's fashion heritage is rich in tradition,vibrant in colors and prepossing.The bold colors are created by the inventive drapes of these textiles that catch the imagination like no other contemporary clothing.