Fashion and clothing in Rome

The Roman fashion and clothing

The Romans were famous or their amazing architecture and engineering.

They built huge empires and conqured vast and new land.

They believed in gods and goddesess and loved to eat.

Romans are very widely kmown  and popluar for their tunics, togas, stolas, brooches and breeches.Wool was afabric which was most commonly employed by the romans into their clothing.

However, the silk and cotton cloth was imported from China and India.

Rich people wore silk as it was quite exensive and rare.

Soldiers kept themselves warm by wearing leather during travels.

Costumes of women majorly included the tunics or a stola with a palla over the stola.

A stola was a garent worn by a married woman. It was in the form of a long gown which was sleeveless and these sleeves hung neary to the feet.

The STOLA was fastened with the help of two belts. One belt was fastened just below the breats and the other was fastened towards the waist which made it look thinner and enhanced the shape of the body curves.

The palla was also commoly wrm  by the women in ancent Greece.

A palla was basically a large rectangular piece of cloth made up of wool and it could be worn/wrapped  in various ways  around the body mostly over the tunic or a shirt.

Young girls wore short tunics at home and outside of home they wore long tunics.

The toga became a formal wear for the noble men and the toga with a purple borer was specially worn by the kings.

Tunics under the toga were quite common for men and for the wmne, a stolla with a palla or shawl was the most common and popular form of outfit worn.

Togas were very complicated to wear as they were very heavy as they used huge lengths of fabric which had to be draped from the shoulders and the arms. The coour of the toga and its border was determined by the wearer’s rank.

Different genders had different dress codes and languages as well. however, when it came to the TOGA, both the genders wore it.

As footwear, leather or wools andals or boots were worn.

The romans did not tend to wear decorative headdresses or hats througtout their civilization.

Howver, they had some rituals fo thir hair.they believed that the spirits watched over them therefore it was not good to watch the hair frequently as it would disturb these spirits who watched over them.

Men had the most basic and simple hairstyle. – it was short and combed frontward.this hairstyle was quite popular throughout Rome. It was called Caesar, named after the roman general and statesman , Julius Caesar.

Men and womrn also wore wigs and hair extensions during this time. Women liked to keep their hair long and simply. Men liked to dye their hair.

Hair curlers, pins and hair net were used as headwear amongst the romans.

Hair was curler by heating up a cylinder and rolling it up the hair and heating it with fire. Used of perfume and nail  colour was also common.

Roman women loved to wear jewellery. Men mostly ore a gold ring with a decorative stone at its centre.

Due to variable climate , the romans did not like to walk barefoot as it was quite uncomfortable.

Therefore they mostly wore sandals.

Leather was primarily employed in manufacturing sandals and became the most common form of footwear especially for indoor purposes.