This document provides instructions for dressing like a Roman. It outlines the typical clothing and accessories worn by men, women, boys and girls in ancient Rome. Men generally wore tunics and togas, while women wore tunics and accessories like belts, brooches and sandals. Clothing was made of materials like wool or linen and varied depending on social class and the season. Proper Roman dress and grooming followed conventions on hair, makeup and jewelry styles based on gender and age.

1. How To:Dress Like a RomanRyann Woods

2. Step one: choose your clothingRoman men wore a variety if tunics, the most common one being the Toga Virillis. Women wore tunicas and chiffons, with belts and basic sandals. Boys wore togas that reached the knees and had purple stripes at the bottom.Girls wore simple tunics that belted at the waist and reached the knees.

3. Step two: get on your garmentsTunics can be put on similarly to togas. Fold the cloth in half and wrap it around you 1 ½ times.Throw the remaining fabric over your left shoulder.Tuck in the hanging cloth or pin it with a brooch.

4. Step three: AccessorizeMen, only wear one ring, that’s the proper way.If you feel like standing up against society’s rules, you may choose to bling it up with several rings.

5. Step three: AccessorizeWomen wore more jewelryIf you were lower-class, you would wear simple brooches and earrings.Upper class women would wear jewel-encrusted jewelry, like bracelets, earrings, necklaces, etc.

6. Step Four: select your shoesIf you were a common man, you would wear the solea, which was a sandal. Women and children also wore these sandals.Boots were worn in cold weather only. Except for hunters and horsemen.

7. Step five: style your styleBoys wore short hair also while girls wore buns at the nape of the neck, or on top of the head.Men wore short hair and were clean shaven.Women wore carefully piled fake curls or ringlets.

8. Step six: fix your faceRoman women woreEyelinerEye shadowFoundationRouge on lips and cheeksBeauty products were all natural.Men and children did not wear makeup.

9. Step seven: Seasonal attireRomans wore cloaks to keep out the cold, along with:BootsSocksMultiple TunicsHatsScarvesLeg Wrappings

10. Step eight: dress for successWhen outside of the home, women must wear shawls, which covered their arms.Young girls had to wear a second tunic that reached the ground over the original tunic.