TGC-Fashion+Traditional+Styles

Roman Fashion Q1. Hair styles- __woman__ Roman woman liked there hair platted and pinned back and held in place with a comb,men and woman sometimes wore beads and pearls threaded in there hair.Roman woman also liked little curls, platting there hair and clipping it behind with a clip. Young girls usually had long hair and tied it or wore it in a bun.Wigs were commonly used, it was more hygenic.They used curling tongs, brushes, wires(to hold it in place),ribbions and sometimes threaded gold through there hair and dyed there hair to get a beautiful blonde, these were all used to make the look,They also put perfume in there hair to make there hair smell nice.Thier hair was also a symbol of thier beauty and class. Rich woman or high society woman wore the most elaborate hair styles and always had the latest hairstyles.They used hairstyles to show off their worth and social standing. __Men__ Beards were in and out of fashion in that time, long hair was in Roman fashion untill a barber was introdused ('Roman slave hair dresses were called 'Ornatrices'), then men started to wear there hair short and cleanly shaved beareds.Side burns and short beareds were in.

__Make up-__ In Rome it was fashionable for woman to keep a pale complection.Perfume was used in there hair and in there body, it was usually made out of plant extract. The Romans paid alot of attention to their hygiene and alot of there time was spent in the baths which was not only a place to take a bath but to also meeting and socialising.Roman woman enjoyed applying moisturising cream,The first layer of make up considered by Romans is foundation, Wealthy woman often used white lead chalk which is dangerouse, because lead is poisinous.Chalk and roots were some materials used to make foundation paste, startch and tin oxide were also used.

Roman woman paid alot of attention to thier eyes, especially paying attention to there eyebrows.The black make up was made with kohl which is made from galena used as an eye liner, Galena is a blue-grey mineral(it is a form of lead sulphiside).The Roman Woman applied rouge over the foundation layer of make up, to stain there checks.Rouge was also used as a lip stick, to stain there lips. __Footwear-__ In Ancient Rome they used leather and wood mostly to make there shoes.The shoes that were worn outside were called calceus, it covered the whole foot with leather lace. Another shoe worn out side was called crepida it was slightly lighter and it covered the sides and the back of the shoe. The Romans also wore many different styles of shoes, The cothurnus it was a high ornate boot worn by horse men,hunters and some people with authority to show status.Another boot that was common was called gallicae it was a rugged up boot made for working in and for cold weather. In ancient Rome there were also many indoor shoes one called solea meaning sandal it is a light shoe made of leather or woven paparusleaves it is held to the foot with a simple strap.Other indoor shoes included the soccus a lose leather slipper.and the sandlium a wooden solid sandel worn by woman.Also people wore footwear as a sign of status and power of there wearer. For example: The senators who made the laws in Roman times wore a special form of calceus that was secured with four black thongs, were as emporers wore calcie that was held up by a red strape. Slaves were not allowed to wear shoes, they went bare foot, and prisoners were forced to wear crepidae a heavy wooden shoe, that were very hard to work in.Actors in Roman time also used footwear to show the status of the character.

__jewllery-__

In ancient Rome gold,emeralds,large pearls. Earrings were prefered by acient roman woman most earrings were made from gold.Soon glass earrings were instyle for all citizens of any status. Glass makers from Syria and palestine were bought to Rome in the 1sy century as the empire grew.They were the first to descover the process of firing and blowing glass.and descovered the process of colouring glass by adding minerals such as cooper,iron,lead and molten glass, after that descovery people started to wear glass jewllery.All children wore a special locket around there neck called a bulla given to them at birth, it contained an amulet as a protection against the evil. Worn on a chain,strap or cord. Girls wore there neclese untill the eve of there wedding, boys wore there bullas untill there were male citizens- they were concidered a male citizen at the age of 16-17. In ancient Rome they also wore coins in there jewllery(though it wasnt a Roman invention) coins were used in necleses and broches, mostly worn by men.Emperors becam trend setter wearing large bronze and gold earings, rings and necklaces.To make jewllery, jewllers sometimes imported stones from other countrys. Gold, silver,bronze and many different stones were used to make jewllery.

__how does this compare to modern days-__

Compared to today in ancient Rome hair showed status, wealth and profession were as today people can put there hair in a bun and i wouldnt be able to tell if they were rich or poor and if they were very high in social status but relly i dont think there is a social status. were as in ancient Rome if a lady wore a bun i could know if she was rich or poor and where she is in social status. In ancient Rome foot wear was also used to show status but today it isint used to shoe status.Ladys now of days dont care if its going to be cold they will just wear highheels in the freezing cold were as in ancient Rome ladys would wear warm leather boots no matter what they looked like they just wanted to be warm. Jewllery, I think is pretty much the same compared to now a days. jewllery worn today is earrings ans necleses and bracletes made out of gold and emeralds and stones. I think jewllery now of days is more fun, more creative were as in ancient Rome jewllery was more 'boring'I think that in ancient Rome the make up they use eg. eye liner and lip stick is the same as today but I the way they are presented and how expencive some make up is today.

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