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The process of making clothing and perfume

__**H ow the dyes were made. **__ The only colour dyes they had were, Brown which was made out of oak bark, Pink which was made out of roots of the herb madder, yellow which was made out of stalks of weld, and blue which they made out of dried wood leaves the material was soaked in the dyes for several days depending on the strength of the dye and how dark they wanted the colour to be.

**__What types of materials were used, and what they made from each material.__** Most People in ancient greece used wool to make their clothes, this was first soaked in hot water to get the greece of the wool and then it was dyed. Only the rich could afford to dye their clothes as it was expensive and time consuming. They would also sometimes use flax to make clothing but it was a much longer process. First the plants had to be gathered and then they were beaten to make the fibres softer. The finer fibres were used to make under garments and tunics, where as the rougher fibres were used in bags and aprons.

Clothing was often covered in perfume made from oils with a mixture of cinnamon, basil, almonds, roses, lavender and/or lilies.

__** Compared to modern day **__

Greece Fashion