| A cursory glance at ancient Greek costume helps | | | | Along with the regular chitons, the 'peplos' was a part |
| people to reflect on the past so as to have a deeper | | | | of the costume of women. It was a shorter tunic worn |
| understanding of the present and the future. Greek | | | | over the chitons, and was mostly embroidered. These |
| culture is a subject that is studied in depth as Greece | | | | basic costumes were worn by Greeks for centuries. In |
| is considered one of the greatest civilizations of | | | | fact, when studying about Greek costumes it |
| ancient times. Hence, the subject of ancient Greek | | | | becomes quite clear that the people of Greece were |
| costumes also becomes extremely important. | | | | definitely concerned about simplicity and comfort of |
| The remains of the city-states of Greece have been | | | | their attire. |
| researched to know about the every day life of | | | | During the festivities, teams of revelers went door to |
| Greeks, from carvings, tombs and ruins. Greek | | | | door in ancient Greek costumes, dancing and singing |
| costumes, by and large, were fairly simple and light. | | | | carols. These costumes represented figures of |
| The reason behind this probably was the hot climate | | | | humans and animals. For a near perfect celebration of |
| Greece. | | | | the history of Halloween, these revelers would wear a |
| Greeks mostly preferred loose and comfortable | | | | variety of costumes. What was more special was |
| costumes. Ancient Greek costumes were mostly | | | | that most such costumes were made of different |
| white. For colors, they dyed the fabrics in bright colors | | | | parts of animals. Sometimes such typical costumes |
| or bleached them. The most typical of costume | | | | were just disguises, with hardly anyone being aware |
| consisted of different pieces of the 'chiton' - a long | | | | of their relation with ancient Greek history and culture. |
| square costume, with pins attached around arms to | | | | Wedding dresses were also a very significant part of |
| make sleeves and also a belt. For summers, the | | | | the ancient Greek costumes. In fact, a lot of people |
| costume was in linen, and for winter it was woolen. A | | | | today, for old times' sake, choose the wedding themes |
| chiton was a unisex costume, similar to the tunics of | | | | of ancient Greeks. They are extremely particular that |
| the present day. This ancient Greek costume was | | | | their gowns should be elegantly suggestive of the |
| decorated with embroidery to indicate the wearer's | | | | styles preferred by the Ancient Greeks. They leave |
| city-state. | | | | no stone unturned to get the perfect look of the |
| Different periods of Greek history left their mark on | | | | costumes of Greek weddings - to accentuate its |
| the costumes worn by the Greeks. The weather too | | | | overall appearance, the dress is often worn with |
| had its affect as some Greeks wore cloaks during | | | | elegant wedding sandals like those of the Greeks. |
| cold. Light leather sandals or boots were a part of the | | | | Working on ancient Greek costumes for the wedding |
| ancient Greek costume to be worn for going outdoors. | | | | dress, the design is inspired by two main things - the |
| Costumes for babies were generally linen diapers, | | | | sculptures of Aphrodite and the eternal beauty of |
| though older children wore a cloth wrapped around | | | | ancient Greek styles! |
| their waist. | | | | |