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Clothing and Make-up __What people wore daily__ In ancient Greece people wore different types of clothing depending on where they were in the social structure, this was so you could recognise if people were of a high or lower class, as well as the fact that the less wealthy couldn't afford to buy/make the clothes that the wealthy could. People in greece wore very free flowing clothes this was because it was very hot during the day. Both womens and mens outfits normally consisted of two main pieces, a tunic (pepolos or a chilton) and a cloak (himation). Women often wore a shawl over these garments at special occasions

- A pepolos was a big rectangle, made from a heavy material (normally wool) which was folded up the top, the fold would reach down to waist length. this would be pinned at shoulders with pins or a broach. Open sides were often left but they were sometimes sewn up to leave only arm holes.

- A chilton is much lighter than a pepolos and it is normally made out of linen, just like the pepolos it is a large rectangle. It was sewn at the sides and either sewn or pined at the shoulders. With a chilton women often wore a belt around their waist, to show off their figure.

- A himation was made from a heavy material (normally woollen) draped over one shoulder and pined with one side open sometimes worn with a rope around the waist.

__What people wore to work and special occasions e.g weddings and feasts __ On special occasions most people wore Greek robes called synthesis, and did there hair in special ways depending on the occasion they put hair accessories such as crowns tiaras and so on in.

__Weddings__ Women wore beautiful, elegant dresses to show their figure, which was made out of a long square cloth (red chilton), pinned at their shoulders. These were decorated with two clasps, the richer the womens family the more precious and expensive the clasps. The wealthy also wore a bright yellow vail to represent happiness and virginity. The groom would normally come half nude with only straw covering his genitals otherwise he would also wear a red chilton.

__Their make-up__

Greek women, just like the romans found it fashionable to have pale skin, they often used white lead chalk to whiten there complexion, which is dangerous because lead is poisonous. They also used minerals to create blush and lipstick, they also used coal to use for eyeliner and eyeshadow

__**Compared to modern times**__

What they wore is very different to what we wear now as we have so many different types of clothing and materials as well as dyes. Another difference is that dying clothes is now cheap so now everyone can afford to buy clothes in different colours depending on what clothes you like. Ancient Greek fashion is similar in the way that we still get dressed up to go to special occasions such as weddings. The make-up is similar as we still use some minerals to make make-up but we have many different types of makeup and it can be alot more expensive these days.

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