--Byzantine Fashion

--The Byzantine costume tradition took its form from the Roman Empire (27 b.c.e -476 c.e) and its color and decorative tradition from the Middle East.After all, the Byzantine Empire began in the fourth century C.E. as the Eastern Roman Empire its capital, Constantinople, it was a short time as the capital of the Roman Empire.Byzantines inherited their basic clothing forms, the tunic and toga for men, and the stola, a type of long dress, for women , as well as their shoes and their shoes and their hairstyles.These basic garments had become more ornate and luxurious late in the Roman Empire.