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In all the ancient world, first and foremost clothes needed to be simple. As for
possible materials there was only really one. Wool, although to some extent linen
was also available.
Mens Dresses:
Underwear:
As undergarments Romans would wear a simply loin cloth knotted on each side.
This garment appeared to have several names.
The most probable explanation for this is that they varied in shape.
The Tunic
The most basic garment in Roman clothing was the tunic
(tunica).
It was the standard dress of Rome.
For most Romans and slaves the tunic would be the entire
clothing they dressed in before setting foot outdoors.
The male tunic would generally reach roughly to the knees,
whereas womens tunics would generally be longer, some
reaching to the ground.
Female tunics often also had long sleeves. However, it took
until the second or third century AD for long sleeves to become
acceptable for men. Until then it was perceived as highly effeminate to be wearing
one.
The Toga
The toga was made of wool.
The toga was allowed to be worn only by free Roman citizens. Foreigners, or even
exiled citizens, could not appear in public wearing a toga.
If in the early days the toga was worn directly on the naked body, then later a
simple tunic was added, tied at the waist with a belt.
Women's Dress
Fewer restrictions by laws, customs and traditions existed on the dress of women. If
initially is believed to have been largely white, like the dress of men, then didnt
appear to stay so for long. Female clothes instead being of almost any colour.
Stola
The basic female garment was the stola. It was essentially a long tunic reaching to
the ground. If could have long or short sleeves, or be entirely sleeveless.
The stola was generally worn over another long tunic, the tunica interior.
It was often the case that the stola therefore was shorter than the under tunic in
order to show the layers of garment (which invariably was a display of wealth and
status).
Another display of wealth could be a wide ornamental border (instita) on the lower
hem of either the under tunic or the stola.
Palla:
Palla was described as a draped cloak similar to the toga, albeit smaller and much
less unwieldy.
There seems to have been no specific size or shape that specified a palla.
So it could range from a large garment which draped around the body to something
no more significant than a scarf.
Footwear
Roman footwear showed little distinction between male and female. One usually
wore sandals tied round the ankle with thin strips of leather.
The common Roman footwear, the calceus.(Plural: calcei)
There were three main types of footwear:
The calcei were the standard outdoor footwear for a Roman and formed part of the
national dress with the toga. It was a soft leather shoe, generally speaking a cross
between a shoe and a sandal.
Hair:
Scissor cut was popular in men. Clean shaved faces.
Curly hairstyle was popluar among women.
Colors of Roman:
The main Colors of Roman Clothing include the following colors :
White
Purple
Blue
Red
Scarlet
Yellow
Green
Brown
Black.
Bilbiography:
http://www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-dress.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing_in_ancient_Rome
http://www.historyonthenet.com/romans/clothing.htm
http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romel/html/clothwomen.html