Looking For Fashion Elements In Ancient Costumes: Ancient Greek Costumes

"Fashion is perishable, but style is eternal." This is a famous French fashion Design? division Chanel once said. Among the numerous clothing styles, I think the ancient Greek style is the one that can be called "eternal".

The ancient Greek clothing, called "gowns", is a piece of uncut square white cloth, which shows a spirit of freedom and freedom through the basic ways of hanging, winding, pinning, and strapping on the human body. Although Greek costumes are extremely simple in form, they are extremely changeable in wearing methods. It can be divided into two basic types: "hanging" and "winding". Let me tell you the difference between these two types.

Cloaked clothes

The drape style clothing is to cut the fabric into two squares, similar to two large square scarves, which can be draped on the body by fixing the shoulders in front of the body and behind it. The waist is tied with a rope, which not only shows the waist, but also forms a natural drooping fold. The rope can also be tied to the chest, crotch and other different parts in the form of multiple pieces to produce different effects, and different shapes can be changed every day.

Winding clothing

The winding type clothing mainly depends on the fabric to wrap a long piece of fabric on the human body at will to form a continuous and free flowing pleated line. Different ways of wrapping result in different styles. This way is very similar to the Indian sari. People usually wrap the body first, and the rest of the fabric will be made into various shapes on the body, forming beautiful and smooth folds.

In a word, the difference between these two wearing methods is similar to the different ways we decorate ourselves with large square scarves and long scarves. Hanging and wrapping up are not as good as our clothes today. Instead, we should use our brains to try the best wearing methods. They should be beautiful and different. It is really a test of our own aesthetic and practical ability!

Because ancient Greek clothing is full of random flexibility, it has become the inspiration source of many designers. For example, three-dimensional cutting, to a large extent, is modeled on this ancient clothing style, which has become another important cutting and design method after plane cutting, and is now adopted by many designers and pattern designers, especially in the design of gorgeous dresses. Therefore, the clothing of ancient Greece has naturally become a permanent theme of fashion, and will certainly retain its charm in the history of clothing development.

In our daily life, we can buy several square or long scarves, or a piece of beautiful calico. We can try to hang and wrap ourselves in imitation of ancient Greek clothes, fix and bind them with pins, ropes, etc., and design unique clothes by ourselves. Very DIY, if you think hard enough, I believe you will design a variety of styles. How successful it is!