Ancient Egypt | Greece

Ancient Egypt | Greece Women Fashion Trends

• Sheath dress
• Women often wore a strophion, the bra of the time, under their garments
• Shawl, or Sari
• Flounced skirt
• Women and men typically wore sandals, slippers, soft shoes, or boots
• Minoan women are shown wearing a vest-like top that exposes the breasts and a girdle-like belt around the waist
• The wig
• Cosmetics
• It was the fashion at parties for men and women to wear a perfumed cone on the tops of their heads

Ancient Egypt | Greece Men Fashion Trends

• Minoan men wore short pants
• It was the fashion at parties for men and women to wear a perfumed cone on the tops of their heads
• The chiton is a simple tunic garment of lighter linen that was worn by both sexes and all ages
• The peplos was a square piece of cloth that was originally worn over the chiton
• Himation is a simple outer garment worn over the peplos or chiton
• Chlamys is a seamless rectangle of woolen material worn by men for military or hunting purposes
• Women and men typically wore sandals, slippers, soft shoes, or boots