Fashion and Clothing in ancient Egypt

Fashion and Clothing in ancient Egypt

The ancient Egypt civilization is one of the best known, powerful and early civilizations.

Lots of pyramids, temples, fascinating mummies in tombs, were created during this time by great builders.

In ancient Egypt , the fabric linen was developed. Women wore long straight dresses. Egyptian civilization was one of the most early civilizations.

During the ancient Egypt, most of the clothing was made up of linen and few items were made up of wool. Cotton was also introduced at that time.

Garments were made from spinning, weaving and sewing.

Women’s clothing in ancient Egypt were quite conservative as compared to men. During the old, middle and the new kingdom, a simple sheath dress was worn by the women very commonly.

A rectangular piece of cloth was folded once and sewn down the edge to make a tube and this dress was worn by the women and would extend a few inches above the ankles to below or above the breasts.

The rich wore jewellery and wide garments which they wrapped and tied around them. The priests wore leopard skin robes.

However the working class wore simple loin clothes.

The schenti, was the main form of clothing adopted by the ancient Egyptians.

It was a rectangular piece of cloth wrapped around the hips and held in place and hung about to the knees.

Itb was generally tightly wrapped around the waist by a tight belt.

The women wore a very distinctive and important garment known as KALASIRIS, a long linen dress.

After this, the tunic was introduced amongst the Egyptian.

The collars were generally highly decorated with beats and elaborated crowns were worn.

The farmers however just wore a simple short kilts wore from coarse linen. Women during this time also wore braided wigs which were decorated with lotus flower.

Both the Egyptian en and women shaved their heads and wore wigs, which were made up of wool or they were made up of human hair itself. Even young boys shaved their heads but the young girls kept long hair.

Curled wigs were worn by women on special occasions and they liked to colour their hair by henna.

A beaded net dress was mostly worn by dancers and entertainers. This beaded dress continues to be inspired by designers in the current century.

 Elaborated robes with wide colours were worn by the high class and the royalty.

In Egypt, mostly costumes were not decorated with colours and patterns and instead they were mostly simple costumes worn with elaborated jewels.

Men also wore tunics, shirts, socks, sashes, head-dresses, caps, scarves, gloves and an underwear in the form of a loincloth with a triangular shape.

Children mostly were seen running around in wraps and cloaks during summer along with an addition of a wig or hairpiece which was added to their natural hair.’

One of the specialties in ancient Egypt was the use of a variety of hairstyles to choose from for everyday wear as well as festivity.

Eye paint was one of the most important characteristics of the Egyptian cosmetics.

Collars were so broad that they covered most of the chest. The collar had a lot of weight, which was supplemented by the weight of jewels. Egyptians believed that the jewels would protected them from the tangible and intangible forces.

As a part of their footwear, the ancient Egyptians wore sandals which were made up of grass or leather or woven reed. Generally a bar was attached between the first toe and the second feet toe to wear the footwear.

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