As we will see over and over again, clothing is a link to the larger spirit of the culture and society. What are we seeing reflected in the various eras of Ancient Greek clothing?
In the early ages of Greek fashion, we saw quite a lot of stiff, decorative, very fancy clothing. However, as time goes on, we see a huge simplification of clothing there was almost no sewing – they ended up as clothing resembling large sheets draped loosely around the body. And again they changed slightly as time went on and started fasten it with rope (chiton) or fibula (Chlamys); depending on social status.
Also, Greeks eventually became interested in their appearance. In the early eras greeks wore very little make up but as the years went on almost everyone wore makeup aside from lower class women. They held high importance in hair styles, they cut it off and gave it to corpses, brides cut it to show they were not vain, and young boys would not cut it until they grew facial hair because beards held very high importance as well. This was not only seen in the male gender. Women also cut their hair when getting married as a sign of humility.
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