Ancient cultures like Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome made clothing from natural resources and materials available in their regions. Clothing styles indicated social status, gender, and season. In Mesopotamia, men wore skirts and women wore gowns. In Egypt, linen was common and makeup was popular for both sexes. Greeks often went nude and women covered their heads. Romans typically wore tunics and togas made of wool or silk. Modern Canadian clothing includes pants, dresses, and jackets suitable for warm and cold weather.

1. Clothing and Fashion in
Ancient and Modern
time
By: Toktam Movassagh

2. Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamians made their clothes from
natural resources usually from wool or flax which
they grew and harvested.
The density of the clothes showed which season
it would be worn in.
The rich wore more expensive types of the
clothing with the same style as the poor

3. Men wore skirt-like garments that tied at the
waist and they either shaved clean or had long
beards and hair.
Women wore gowns that covered them from
shoulders to ankles with the right arm and
shoulder left bare. They had long hair, usually
braided or wrapped around their heads.
Both men and women wore earrings and
necklaces.

4. Ancient Egypt
Clothing in Ancient Egypt was mostly made from
linen which is woven from fibers of a flax plant.
Wealthier people often wore garments of white
transparent clothes.
Practical loincloths and simple tunic dresses
were worn by workers but Egyptians often
worked naked and servant girls sometimes only
wore belts.

5. Both men and women wore eye makeup and lip
makeup as well as black wigs made from wool or
hair.
The wealthy and the poor must wear
rings, necklaces, and ear studs made from gold
or beads.
Egyptians would carry around their sandals and
wear them only if needed.

6. Ancient Greece
Little sewing was required for Greek clothing.
Pins and folds created different designs and
beautifully spun fabrics as well as embroidery
trims showed quality.
All wealthy Greeks wore makeup from coloured
earths and berry juices.

7. Greek men wore very little clothes or none at all.
In hot areas or events, men would often become
nude because it seemed practical.
Unless a women was a dancer or a
prostitute, they would have to be decently
covered. Rich women had to cover their heads
and lower faces in public to show the respect
they needed.
Men and women usually were barefoot but wore
sandals in rough areas.

8. Modern Canada
Clothing in Modern Canada is mainly made from
cotton, nylon and wool.
Modern Canadians wear shoes inside and out
but because of the many mixed cultures in
Canada, it is respectful to take off shoes inside
which has now caught on in most Canadian
homes.

9. Women mostly wear skirts, dresses, pants and t-
shirts during the summer time and sweaters and
jackets during winter.
Men mostly wear t-shirts, shorts and pants during
the summer time and sweaters and jackets
during winter.

10. Ancient Rome
Romans mostly wore the toga, the tunic and the
stoola and mostly used wool, cotton and silk as
the types of material they were made from.
Accessories such as the brooch and breech were
used to hold the clothing together and decorate
the clothing as well. They used dye, either
imported or made from local natural
substances, to give colour to the clothing.
Roman clothing spoke for a persons
gender, social statues and language.

11. Roman women mostly wore tunics and simple
stola’s. Roman girls often wore white tunics worn
below the knees secured with a decorative belt.
Men and women usually wore more than one
layer.
As with many other ancient cultures, the decipher
between rich and poor was based on the type of
the material used to make the clothing even
though the styles may be similar.

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