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Fashion History - Ancient Egypt
The Egyptians originally came from the area known today as Ethiopia. They referred to the fertile Nile Valley as "Kemet" or "black earth" and called themselves' tuck-in "Kemet" or "black people of the land.
Ancient Egypt is composed of two realms, Upper and Lower Egypt. Its people lived in the countryside, towns with temples and service centers and places of residence. There were a few large areas of worship, being major Memphis and Thebes, but for the most part, contained the scattered villages and country markets.
It was in 3100 BC that Menes, a king of Upper Egypt North conquered and unified the country. This was the beginning of a civilization that would survive to the age of classical Greece and Rome. Today historians distinguish five historical periods: the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, each time a successful government or consolidated, and the intervention first and second interim periods that were marked by weakness and disruption by external and internal causes.
It was under the Old Kingdom - ca. 2685-2186 BC - was the Pharaoh to be considered the sole owner of the land. Conceived not only as king but God as he controlled all aspects of society, including art and clothing. Visual Pharaonic power test can be found in the great pyramids of Giza, evidence of a concentration unmatched social and management of human labor, including slavery.
Pyramids had an enormous symbolic significance, as is the slanting rays of the sun to the earth, have functioned as "Stairway to heaven "for the soul of the pharaoh. Its internal structure is very descriptive, well, like some of the paintings on the walls, depicting aspects of the lives of persons daily, and illustrates how they spend their future lives. Everyday scenes decorated the walls of tombs, temples and palaces, and those that archaeologists have collected much of their knowledge about Egyptian clothing.
Costume
Egyptian culture for centuries has been a source of inspiration for art and architecture, and is dressed in Egyptian. However, when we think of ancient Egyptian dress, evoking images of the stunning, elaborate costumes some of the classic Hollywood films such as 1963 epic Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor. The luxurious appearance has overshadowed the effective simplicity of the white linen schenti - A man's loincloth or kilt - and kalasiris - long dress, tight cover used primarily by women.
The dry, warm weather and conditions Environmental many burial sites have helped preserve fine clothing, jewelry and artifacts that historians have used to study Egyptian dress and lifestyle.
Fashion little changed over the history of ancient Egypt, and when new clothes or styles were introduced, which were used along with the old. Initially, most garments were simple in form, and more or less triangular. Due to extreme heat, loose clothing, light and spare. full nudity, however, was not acceptable but it was considered immoral for anyone but children, slaves or commoners to appear naked.
Both men and women can maintain its top naked body, but covered women more than men. The proportions of the clothing lines were similar, however, women had a waist dress high, while the clothes of men emphasized the hips. Women's clothing was much more restrictive than that used by men, perhaps an indication of the men who have more active lifestyle
Clothing reflects the strictly hierarchical nature of Egyptian society and distinguished social rank. The quality of fabric denotes the position of a person. The higher a person's rank, the better the fabric she wore. The skirt of the pharaoh would be fine linen, possibly enriched with gold, while the commoner loincloth was made from plant fibers or leather.
Textiles and colors
More tissue was used for clothing clothing she was the light, well, and coated with ease on the body. Initially, the clothes were woven from plant fibers - a technique invented in Egypt - but, as improved irrigation techniques, vegetable fibers are replaced by flax. Textile production and quality of the fabrics weavers Syria imported their sophisticated weaving techniques.
Lino was in fact the most widely used material, but it was not the only one: the simple slave garments were made of reeds and papyrus Byblos were used for shirts, wool weaving in shawls and outer garments, cotton was the fashion in gowns and robes may be embroidered with gold. battle suit, such as aprons of the soldiers, was made of leather. Silk was introduced in Egypt by the Greeks and Romans c. 323 BC. Wool and leather were banned in the temples because it was considered profane to worship the gods in any clothing made of animal fibers.
The colors were symbolic. Green symbolizes life and youth and was the symbol yellow gold, the flesh of the immortals. While that black is used exclusively for wigs, white, symbol of happiness, are commonly found in the cabinet of Egypt. The technique of dyeing technique natural, indigenous ingredients had been developed in Egypt, but was not developed enough and dyed flax was difficult. Clothing was usually made of natural linen, bleaching.
Egyptians made a fabric dye. The slaves often wore blue linen, for example. Red dye extracted from plants, including Alkanno tinctoria, tinctorum Blonde and flowers as Cathamus tinctorius (safflower). Yarn is dyed gold and used as tissue for royal robes and gloves. Leather was also stained red, yellow and green.
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