We offer inexpensive and high-quality Greek, Roman costumes for corporate events, parties, performances. We always have a large selection of models and sizes, and therefore you can choose for yourself any image you like.
The Greek style is ideal for those who are serious about choosing a costume for a party and want not to amuse people, but to impress. Girls will be able to choose romantic outfits for themselves or focus on a more daring and passionate image, and the stronger sex will emphasize their masculinity and nobility.
You can dress up in the costume of any mythical deity or creature of Ancient Greece (Aphrodite, Ares, Medusa Gorgon), historical figures (Julius Caesar) or simply dress up as the inhabitants of that time. If you want to buy a Greek costume at an affordable price, well-tailored and with a beautiful appearance, then go through the models of our catalog - you will definitely find an option that you like and will make you the most noticeable person at the theme evening.
The heyday of the culture of Ancient Greece fell on the period of the 7th - 1st centuries BC. e. Despite the political structures and the slave system, the worldview of people was based on the consciousness of human beauty and faith in limitless creative abilities. Today, one can learn about the aesthetic ideals of beauty, as well as about fashion in Ancient Greece, from literary works, art paintings, architecture, as well as old manuscripts.
Fashion of Ancient Greece
The Greek style is distinguished by restraint, rigor and sophistication; there is no place for extravagance and outrageousness. could not go beyond the established rules: a simple style, certain sizes of fabric, as well as colors symbolizing the status of the owner.
The first clothes are not particularly impressive, but when the culture of Egypt captured the hearts of people, baggy forms were replaced with more elegant silhouettes. Bright and saturated colors, hats and jewelry also appear. Most wealthy Greek women in their wardrobe had accessories such as sun umbrellas, fans, mirrors. self made, belts made of precious stones, necklaces, rings and massive bracelets.
The shoes of ancient Greek women were quite elegant and skillfully decorated:
- Ipodimata - sandals on leather or wooden soles with several straps decorated with gold or silver.
- Crepid - the sole had small bumpers, the straps were intertwined, crosswise covering the entire foot to the ankle.
- Peaches - soft leather ankle boots, characterized by bright colors.
- Endromides - semi-open high boots, made mainly of leather, had lacing in front with open toes, the rest of the foot was closed.
Women's clothing in ancient Greece - the ideals of harmony!
Greek women could hide many figure flaws with the help of clothes, and emphasize dignity. Snow-white fabrics, numerous vertical folds, drapery and belts visually slimmed the figure.
Women's clothing in ancient Greece was voluminous, without cutting and sewing. Initially, it was a piece of woolen fabric that was wrapped around and fastened on the shoulders. But over time, under the influence of other cultures, antique outfits began to change, more elegant materials appeared.
Chitons were popular - sheath shirts, the upper lapel of which was decorated with a variety of embroideries, ornaments and appliqués. Later, the Greek women had outerwear - himation.
Many clothing names in ancient Greece are difficult to remember. But you must have heard about the elite pharos cloaks, which were made from bright purple fabrics.
Dresses of Ancient Greece
Modern Greek outfits have absorbed all the sophistication and sophistication of ancient times. Remember the clothes of the goddesses of ancient Greece, which personifies all ancient elegance: straight Long Dresses, high waist, layering, draping & bare shoulders. The main colors are white, beige and light blue.
Considering clothes in the style of Ancient Greece, it is simply impossible not to mention traditional hairstyles. Even then, hairdressing reached a high level. Curling and hair coloring were popular. Women tied up long hair into a knot and left a few curls falling down. The girls wore hats very rarely, well, except maybe small straw hats. Basically, the head was decorated with gilded nets, ribbons, wreaths and diadems.
Today, many designers are inspired by the beauty of the culture of ancient Greece, creating amazing outfits, accessories and jewelry. And this is not surprising, because studying the ancient world, you plunge into some kind of magical and light parallel in which you want to stay.
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“Nannion covered the thinnest Ionic chiton with a blue, gold-embroidered himation (himation) with the usual border of hook-shaped stylized waves along the bottom edge. According to Eastern fashion, hetaera's himation was thrown over her right shoulder and picked up over her back by a buckle on her left side. Thais was dressed in a pink transparent chiton, brought from India or Persia, gathered into soft folds and pinned at the shoulders with five silver pins.
"Tais of Athens" I. Efremov
Probably, many associate with marble. White marble sculptures of ancient gods - Aphrodite and Apollo, Zeus and Neptune, Olympians frozen in marble - Discus Thrower, as well as marble columns of destroyed Greek temples, for example, the ruins of the Acropolis of Athens.
Artemis of Gabia
Dressed in a chiton with drapery
But not only marble was white, the clothes of the ancient Greeks were also white. At the same time, in their clothes, the Greeks in many ways strove to look like marble statues - it was believed that not a single fold should be wrinkled when walking. It was necessary to walk slowly and smoothly, maintaining a regal posture. And the Greeks could well afford such a gait.
In Ancient Greece, there were slaves who could cope with the daily routine, but as for the citizens - residents of the city-states of Ancient Greece, they preferred to spend time in theaters, at feasts in disputes about literature and philosophy, or contemplating and enjoying the speeches of orators at the central city squares.
Fabrics for clothes had to be soft and elastic, because main feature ancient Greek costume is drapery. The Greeks knew wool, and very often clothes were made from fine wool and linen.
Silk may have been produced on the island of Kos and in Lydia. The Greeks saw cotton only during the conquests of Alexander the Great - cotton fabric was brought from India.
Chiton - men's and women's underwear, a piece of linen or woolen fabric, folded in half, with a slit in the fold for a hand, and sewn on the opposite side, with a slit for the other hand. On the shoulders it was fastened with a fibula, at the waist it was pulled together with a belt.
The Greeks valued the craft of weavers. In the mythology of ancient Greece, the goddesses of fate Moira weave the thread of human destiny. The goddess Athena competed in weaving with Arachne, the best weaver in Greece, and defeated her by weaving a plain fabric instead of a fabric with patterns. By the way, the Greeks did not like patterns, as well as colorful fabrics.
The clothes of the inhabitants of Ancient Greece were monophonic - they could be blue, green, yellow, red. But the best and favorite color was white. And only a small geometric or floral ornament could go only along the bottom of the fabric.
The relief of the work of the ancient Greek sculptor Phidias "Water Carriers"
Dressed in himation cloaks
The clothes themselves were also simple - both men and women wore chitons, and over them cloaks - himations.
Himation (himation) - ancient Greek men's and women's clothing,
a cloak, which is a piece of rectangular fabric,
draped right on the human figure,
fastened with a fibula.
The tunic, both male and female, was made from a single long piece of rectangular fabric - woolen or linen. The fabric was folded in half and girded, and on the shoulder it was cleaved off with a fibula clasp. The chiton was sure to drape. Men wore shorter chitons, the women's chiton was most often floor-length. The bottom of the chiton must be hemmed. It was believed that only slaves and free people wear a chiton with an unlined bottom during mourning.
Relief "Nika (goddess of victory) tying a sandal"
In addition to the tunic, women could also wear peplos - a rectangular piece of fabric that folded in half in length, while the fabric was folded back by about 50 cm from above and, thus, a kind of hood was obtained (this lapel was called diploidy), on the shoulders the peplos was cleaved with fibula fasteners . A feature of the peplos was the presence of an ornament, it was decorated with a border, as well as given clothes it was not sewn together and, while walking, swung open on the right side.
The outerwear of both men and women in Ancient Greece was the himation cloak.
In order to feel like an ancient Greek, you will need to take a rectangular piece of cloth (1.7 by 4 meters) and try to wrap yourself in it. By the way, the slaves helped the Greeks put on the cloak, and then they laid the himation fabric itself into perfect folds.
They turned into a cloak in different ways - it was possible to wrap the himation around the hips, throwing one of the ends over the arm, throw the cloak over the shoulders, or completely wrap it up.
Men most often draped in himation in this way: one end of the fabric was gathered into folds and descended from the left shoulder to the chest, the rest of the fabric was on the back and passed under the right arm, then laid in folds and thrown over the left shoulder to the back.
Fragment of ancient Greek relief
The Greeks also had a more convenient version of the cloak - the mantle cloak, which was worn by travelers, and the ancient Greeks loved to travel. Remember at least Herodotus, the author of the first book on history various countries and peoples, although it can be considered the first guide for ancient tourists.
The mantle-cloak was thrown over the shoulders, was short and decorated with ornaments. In addition to the chlamys, tourists of Antiquity also wore a petas hat with wide brim and ties under the chin and endromides - high lace-up shoes with open toes. Such shoes were also worn by hunters, the goddess Artemis and participants in the Olympic Games who compete in running. The shoes were well attached to the foot and therefore were comfortable.
Chlamyda - a rectangular cloak made of soft woolen fabric,
clothes of warriors and travelers, covering the left side of the body, fastened with a brooch on the right shoulder,
slightly above knee length.
In addition to endromides, the Greeks could also wear crepes - shoes with thick soles, fastened to the foot with leather laces. Or koturny - the shoes of the actors of ancient Greek theaters, a feature of which was very high thick cork sole, something like a prototype of modern platform shoes.
Red-figure vase painting
The figures are dressed in himation cloaks.
Women most often wore shoes made of soft colored leather without a heel. Also, when leaving the house, women had to cover their heads - most often they put the edge of the cloak over their heads.
Red-figure kylix depicting a symposia Ancient Greece. 490–480 BC e.
The girl is dressed in a tunic
Jewelry in Ancient Greece, unlike ancient Egypt, were worn only by women. The only jewelry men could wear was rings. Also, it was the Greek women who were the first to actively use cosmetics for decoration, and not in connection with religious beliefs, as was the case in Ancient Egypt. And the very word cosmetics is of Greek origin. Both the word cosmetics and the word cosmos are ancient Greek and have a common meaning - order.
Greek women blushed their cheeks and painted their lips, used aromatic oils, but at the same time, the rule of the golden mean remained the most important rule of makeup. The ancient Greeks believed that in everything, including jewelry and make-up, one should adhere to the rule of the golden mean and try only to complement the natural beauty.
Currently National costumes in European countries, rarely anyone wears in everyday life, but they are one of the important parts of the cultural identity of the people. Therefore, national costumes are kept in ethnographic and historical museums, put on on holidays. Greece, of course, is no exception.
Most often, at the mention of national Greek clothing, images from myths come to mind. Ancient Greece: women in elegant chitons, warriors in short skirts, from shoes - sandals. In ancient times, clothing was given little importance, it was simple, elegant and functional. More focus on beauty inner world, education, intelligence and moral qualities of a person. Of course, noble people were supposed to wear expensive jewelry, as well as decorate their clothes with rich embroidery and precious stones. But in everything else: fabric, style - the clothes were quite simple. The military wore special skirts, and ordinary citizens wore chitons - spacious dresses with a belt. headwear in Ancient Greece did not have. Women's hairstyles decorated with flowers. As for shoes, sandals were worn in antiquity. Men's sandals were plain leather shoes, and women's were decorated with embroidery, precious stones, gold and often painted in bright colors.
During the transition from paganism to Orthodox Christianity, the fashion in Greece . Costumes became more closed, hats appeared, sandals were replaced by shoes.
In Greece, there are several types of national costumes: for different social strata and professions, for different regions, for men and women. These costumes can still be seen to this day not only during national Greek holidays, but even in everyday life.
For example, a traditional men's suit Fustanella Zolias to this day, the National Guard wears it, this is the uniform of the Evzones - soldiers from the Presidential Regiment, who guard in Athens at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. This costume got its name from the name of the fustanella skirt, this white skirt consisted of several panels of fabric and had a triangular shape. The pleating of the skirt had 400 folds, this number symbolized the number of years spent under the yoke of the Ottoman Empire. long time costume Fustanella Zolias were worn by warriors and politicians, during the Turkish yoke, the fustanella skirt was worn by fighters against foreign invaders. Top worn White shirt with long wide sleeves, and the waist was tied with a wide long belt. Over the shirt they wore a vest of black, blue or burgundy. Evzones The Presidential Guard traditionally wear maroon waistcoats. The shoes of the guardsmen are also very interesting: voluminous low-heeled shoes, decorated with huge black pompoms. Each shoe weighs up to 5 kilograms, as they are forged with special heavy nails so that the steps of the Evzones on the Athenian pavement can be heard from afar.
There are other men's national costumes in Greece, for example, vraka. Such a costume was worn everywhere, and today it can be found on national holidays and Greek weddings. This classic men's suit consists of the following elements: panawaca(element of underwear men's underwear), white shirt with long wide sleeves, karamani(black wide baggy trousers), koumbouri(black national men's vest), long wide belt with fringe, outer jacket and headpiece " megalo fesi” (looks like a cap).
baggy trousers karamani worn throughout Greece, including on the island of Crete. In general, the clothes of the Cretans look rather gloomy and intimidating: very voluminous, black, visually increasing the size of a man. The only bright spot in men's suit inhabitant of Crete - a bright red wide belt.
Despite the fact that the climate of Greece is quite hot, the national clothing of the Greeks surprises with its layering and warm materials from which it is made: felt and wool. Layering, volume, numerous fringes and even pompoms performed their important function - the Greeks hid knives and other weapons in the folds of their clothes, they were accustomed to this over many centuries of struggle, when foreign conquerors captured Greece. Ordinary peace-loving peasants could turn into armed partisans in a second.
Not only Greek men had elaborate and layered costumes. Women are not far behind. Casual women's clothing for Greek women consisted of a lower dress, long skirt, shirts with long wide sleeves, pantaloons, a jacket or vest, an apron that covers the skirt in front and sometimes even behind. They wore woolen stockings on their feet. The head was decorated with a heavy headdress with tassels and monists. There are two main types of women's national costume in Greece: Karagouna and defina.
Karagouna- it is heavy multi-layered woman suit bright color, common in Central Greece and Thessaly. These clothes often played the role of the bride's wedding attire. Karagouna consists of an underdress made of white material, a bright wool coat decorated with tassels, a hand-embroidered vest, a white sleeveless coat and a red long apron with gold embroidery covering the skirt both in front and behind, velvet armlets. The head was wrapped in a long scarf, decorated with fringe and monists. This costume was sometimes so heavy that it was very difficult for women to move, they could only turn their heads.
Another version of the Greek women's national costume - definition. This costume is made up of white dress to the floor, a white embroidered vest with red trim, a red velvet long apron with gold embroidery and white handkerchief fringed, worn mostly by peasant women.
Despite the fact that in everyday life the Greeks hardly wear their national costumes, they reverently honor their traditions and visit ethnographic museums with pleasure, take part in folklore ensembles and in folk festivals on holidays.
History of the City of Syracuse
Syracuse is the largest city in the region of Sicily. Now it belongs to Italy, but in Antiquity Syracuse was the possession of Greece. Syracuse became a Greek colony on the island of Ortigia. This policy was founded in the first millennium BC. On the island to this day there is a source of fresh water. Syracuse arose around him.
About the island of Crete. Historical development
The historical development of Crete determined the geographical location of the island. Crete is located at the crossroads of three parts of the world - Europe, Asia and Africa. According to archaeological excavations, the first appearance of man on the island dates back to the Paleolithic period.
Black colonels - pages of the military dictatorship in Greece
Greece, Balos bay
Greek saffron - the gold of the Greek land
Saffron is the most expensive herbal spice in the world, which is obtained from the pollen and stigmas of the plant of the same name. According to botanists, it is not found in the wild in nature, because it has been cultivated since the beginning of the cultural history of mankind. The homeland of the plant is Western and Asia Minor, and India. Sometimes marigold pollen is passed off as a spice called saffron, which also has flavoring and coloring properties, but is much less valued.
Probably, many of you have heard the word "mantle". Now it means very ugly clothes. Also, many have heard about the tunic (as the type of item is now called women's clothing). Some have even heard of the toga. Let's understand these concepts a little. To start: chiton, tunic, toga, mantle originally from ancient Greece.
So let's replenish our section "Needlework" and subsections "" and "" with new materials.
The main task of these garments is to facilitate the transfer of heat and not burn yourself under the sun. The task of "covering nudity" was not set in those days. Why? Because the natural cooling of the body was considered more important, and not bashfulness for the sake of something incomprehensible. Moreover, such clothes made it easier for women lactation.
Have you noticed that in ancient times, a number of “warm” (for example, Harappan, Crete-Mycenaean) cultures had a fashion for women to walk bare-breasted? Last of all, it was necessary in order to seduce men. First of all - to facilitate the feeding of children. For, as you can probably guess, in those days, families were big. And put on and take off outerwear every time one of a dozen kids wants to eat, they get bored very quickly. Therefore, the output is very logical:
So, back to ancient Greek clothing. Why do we need to know all these things now? For example, because such clothes
- a) beautiful
- b) easy to sew (and in some cases there is no need to sew at all)
- c) it is inexpensive, if you get down to business with your own hands and with the mind.
So there is a reason to figure out what's what, and not only natural history. Thus, we turn to ancient Greek and ancient Roman attire.
We'll start with tunic(translated from ancient Greek - "clothes"). This is the most common and simple piece of clothing for both men and women. The purpose of the tunic is to outline, emphasize the body. Initially, chitons were without patterns, just pieces of fabric. The role of decorative elements was performed fabric folds. But subsequently the tunic was decorated no less magnificently than other types of clothing.
Chiton male is a rectangle of fabric about a meter by two meters. The fabric was folded in half vertically and chipped off with brooches on the shoulders. A mandatory attribute is a belt, sometimes two. Often a release of fabric was made above the belt. For training, one shoulder was “split”.
An even simpler form of clothing for men is mantle. Here, in general, only one fibula is needed and no belt is needed. These are clothes for exercise or for work.
However, after a while, the mantle turned into outerwear, which was worn over the tunic. It's kind of like a mantle. By the way, this is a fairly comfortable cape, tested on myself.
The female tunic was of two types. Dorian tunic it was made from a piece of rectangular fabric, 2 meters long and 1.8 meters wide (almost a square).
1.8 meters is the growth, taking into account the release and limb.
It was folded in half and the upper edge was often bent back by 50-70 centimeters.
The resulting lapel resembled a short sleeveless blouse. The tunic was fastened with brooches on the shoulders, and draped on the chest.
The lobular margins were often left unsewn, and they fell sideways in beautiful folds. When walking, the unsewn side of the tunic opened up, allowing you to see the bare right side and leg.
Ionian tunic- these are two pieces of fabric up to the wrist of horizontally outstretched arms.
They were connected with fasteners from the shoulders to the elbows, gathering the fabric into small symmetrical folds, sewn on the sides and girdled.
In some ways, this is a more modest garment than the Dorian tunic.
But, given the colors, transparency, ornamentation and folds, the Ionian tunic was by no means puritanical clothing:
In ancient Rome, the chiton developed into a tunic.
The development took place in the direction of greater collection of clothes and less folding. Since such a means of expression as the folds of fabric disappeared, it was necessary to take on the decoration in other ways - in color, ornament, and so on. Tunic- clothes in the form of a bag with a hole for the head and arms, usually covering the entire body from the shoulders to the hips. Almost no different from modern sweater-shirts. Only longer, thinner and, most often, more beautiful 🙂 Tunic - underwear:
A shirt-like tunic served the ancient Roman as everyday home wear. She was no longer a simple piece of cloth in which the body was draped. Sewn from two panels, the tunic covered both shoulders, and was worn over the head and at first had only side armholes. Then she got sleeves short to the elbow, which were not sewn in, but were formed by folds of fabric; they have long been considered a sign of panache and effeminacy. The tunic did not have a collar - all antique clothing was devoid of collars. A knee-length tunic was girdled.
Over the tunic (chiton) women wore peplos.
When worn, it looked like this:
Or Himation.
As well as a variety of raincoats, capes and so on.
Men wore a toga over their tunic. Toga- this is not ancient Greek clothing (although it comes from there). The toga was worn in ancient Rome. In the ancient period of Roman history, the toga was worn by everyone: men, women and children. During the day they wrapped themselves in it, at night they covered themselves with it and put it under themselves. Later, the toga became only clothing, and only for men. And later it acquired status - only citizens of Rome could wear it. But not slaves and other trifles.
The toga was a very large piece of woolen material, which had the shape of a segment of a circle or a cropped oval. The length of the toga along the straight edge could reach 6 m or even more, and the rounded edge was about 2 m away from the straight edge at the widest point.
Here's how it happened in practice:
Of course, the basic models were additionally decorated as soon as possible (especially by women):
Accordingly, by connecting the imagination, from modern materials based on ancient technologies, you can make very beautiful dresses:
Please note: due to the fact that the authors of these products are not familiar with the issue, these tunics look beautiful, but somehow, in my opinion, incomplete. I think this is primarily because the original width of the material is not preserved, and there are very few folds. Why the general picturesqueness and zest of ancient robes have been lost.
These are how ancient Greek clothes are obtained ...
According to Wikipedia
