2. Fashion in Ancient
Mesopotamia
• They made their own clothes using natural
resources that were available to them.
• Clothing was made from wool and flax stems
which they harvested them selves.
• Men were bare chested and wore skirts like
garments that tied at the waist.
• Woman usually wore gowns that covered them
from their shoulders down to their ankles the
right arm and shoulder was left uncovered.
• Men usually had shaved or had long hair and
beads.
• Woman had long hair but usually braided it
and raped it around their head.When
entertaining woman put headdresses in their
hair.
3. Fashion In Ancient
Mesopotamia
• Although the rich and the poor both wore
the same style of clothing, the wealthier
people wore clothes made out of more
expensive and luxurious materials.
• Wealthy woman and princesses also wore
clothing that was colourful and bright.
• Both men and woman wore necklaces and
earrings.
• Wealthier people wore beautiful gold and
silver bracelets and earrings.
• Necklaces were also worn and were set with
bright precious stones.
4. Fashion in Ancient
Egypt
• Their clothing was light, and made out of
plant fibres, like linen, cotton, and wool.
• Their clothing was often simple, a short
loincloth resembling a kelp for men and
a dress with straps fro women.
• Very little sewing was done when making
these clothes, they were wrapped around
the body and held in place with a belt.
• The colour was whitish to contrast with
the clothing the foreigner wore in
Egyptian depictions.
5. Fashion in Ancient
Egypt
• In the old kingdom, the kilt reached
the calf, in the middle kingdom when it
was often completed with a sleeveless
shirt or a long robe.
• The robes that were worn by both men
and women kalasiris.
• The kalasiris that were worn by women
often covered one or both shoulders, or
be worn with shoulder straps.
• While the top often reached below the
chest to the neck the bottom could
reach down to the calf or even the
ankles
6. Fashion In Ancient
Greece
• Ancient Greece clothing was typically
handmade with the homespun fabric that
was used as a type of garment or a
blanket.
• Clothing for men and women consisted of
two main garments, a tunic and a cloak.
• There were two different types of tunics, a
peplos and a chiton. But, there was only
one type of cloak a himation.
• Women and men wore sandals, slippers,
soft shoes, or boots.
7. Fashion In Ancient
Greece
• Men usually wore close to the same thing
as women but knee length or shorter.
• The peplos was a large rectangle of
heavy fabric usually wool, folded over at
the top.
• The chiton was made out of much
lighter fabric, usually linen, it was a very
ling very wide rectangle piece of fabric.
• Both the peplos and the chiton are floor
length but can be healed up by a belt
8. Fashion in Ancient
Celts
• In ancient Celts, both men and women
wore tunic.
• Tunics had rounded ‘v’ necks, or a simple
’t’ shape.
• They can be any length form the knee to
the ankle, depending on the weather
situation.
• Any position that would be doing any type
of movement would wear the shorter tunic.
• The sleeves would have to be tight down to
the wrist to be able to use their hands.
9. Fashion In Ancient
Celts
• Colours of the tunic could be saffron
(most popular), crimson, blue, black,
yellow, purple, and grey.
• Fabric used would be linen, a light
weight wool, or a linen like cotton.
• Under short tunics both men and
women would were pants.
• Torcs or neck rings would be worn
by the people of high office, or by
people who are champions of others.
10. Fashion In Modern
Canada
• Girls usually wear black leggings or
jeans, with boots.
• Girls wear many different types
shirts in many different colours,
like t-shirts, crop- tops, and tank
tops.
• They also wear printed jeans, like
camo, or stripes.
• Girls wear clothes from stores like,
Brandy Melville, forever 21, and
Aritzia.
11. Fashion In Modern
Canada
• In the summer time girls usually
wear dresses, shorts or skirts.
• Boys usually wear shorts and t-
shirts, with running shoes, or vans.
• In the summer girls wear sandals,
flip-flops, vans, converse, keds, and
wedges.
• Girls also wear cardigans, juicy
sweaters, and hoodies.
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