HISTORY OF CLOTHING

By lina02211
  • 3150 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt
    Women wore a strap that crossed over each shoulder.
    They shave their heads, rich and poor protected against the sun, they wore skullcaps and wigs, they used make up and used many fragances.
    Jewelry was very important in their clothes and bodies.
    They liked decorate themselves with luxury things depending on their social status.
  • 2700 BCE

    Crete

    Crete
    The Crete island opted for show the woman beauty wearing clothes that exalted their figures, they wore a long and colorful skirt with a jacket which covered the back and arms.
  • 200 BCE

    Ancient Greece and Roman Empire

    Ancient Greece and Roman Empire
    In Greece, people wore a chiton that is a tunica but the difference was how long was it, women wore it to the ankles while men wore it to the knees. The chiton was made with fine and soft fabrics.
    When the Roman Empire conquiered Greece, they started to wear the tunic that was inspired by the chiton of Greece
  • 330

    The Byzantine Era

    The Byzantine Era
    The dress of this era was inspired by Greece, Rome and the Orient, they did a version of the Roman dress with rich fabrics, the church had a influence because women started to use long tunics, a belt with jewerly that hidden the most parts of their bodies.
  • 1400

    Middle Ages

    Middle Ages
    In this era, women had a drastic change on their clothes, they started to constrict the waist for have a better body, they wore a particular haircut, these contained headdresses for make this more attracitive.
  • 1480

    The Renaissance

    The Renaissance
    The brocades, patterned fabrics and velvets were more popular, this period was characterized for a increase in the clothes volume, the skirts were shortest and in this period Italy marked trend in Europe.

  • The 18th Century

    The 18th Century
    In the middle of this century, dresses was inspired by China. Fabrics, pastel colors and a stylized clothes were proof of this. The skirts were bigger, women and men wanted to be a porcelain doll, they used cosmetics but in a big way, it didn't see natural.
    By 1774, French imposed its style, the haircuts were bigger and taller and so much decorates.

  • The 19th century

    The 19th century
    In this century, people wanted to use ancient motifs, this was made for the importation of fabrics from India, with only these fabrics, people was forced to come back to the puffed dresses, these was colorful and shorter skirts that leaft the feet exposed.