1. Fashion in Ancient Rome Veni, Vidi, Vici (not Versace)

2. What was worn? Togas Tunics Stolas Tunicas Peplos Sandals

3. Togas Romans clothing is most reconized with the Toga The Toga was a long piece of wool cloth wrapped around the body in a stylish fashion The colour of the toga showed who was rich (patricians) and who was poor (plebians)

4. Togas A toga in the off-white color of the undyed wool that was worn by adult male citizens.

5. An off-white toga with a large purple / reddish border was only to be worn by high ranking politicians (senator, consuls, etc.).

6. An artificially whitened toga would be worn by candidates for political office.

7. Victorious generals and later emperors wore elborate designs in white and purple on their togas (right)

8. After a death, a dark toga was worn to show you were in mourning. This is much like funerals today.

9. Tunics

10. A tunic is like a t-shirt. It was made from a folded piece of cloth sewn up the side with arm holes and a neck hole cut out. It was often held with a belt at the waist.

11. Patricians wore white tunics under their togas. Plebians could often only afford a darker / offwhite tunic Depending on the season you could wear different tunics

12. Women’s Fashion

13. Peplos A peplos was a sleeveless dress that was put together much like a tunic.

14. Tunica (Chiton) Like the men’s tunic, the Tunica was much like a T-Shirt Women made themselves fashionable by using buttons ans pins to hold their tunicas together.

15. Stola Married women dress is layers. After marriage, a woman would begin to wear the stola, a long tunic held together by sigle straps at the top. It was worn OVER another tunica.

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