ancient egyptian clothing?

Answer 1

The Egyptian climate with its hot summers and mild winters favoured light clothing made from plant fibers, predominantly linen and in Roman times occasionally cotton, an import from India . Wool was used to a lesser extent and seldom by Egyptians proper.
Small amounts of silk were traded to the eastern Mediterranean possibly as early as the second half of the second millennium BCE and traces of silk have been found in Egyptian tombs
Animal skins, above all leopard skin, were sometimes worn by priests and by pharaohs in their role as first servants of the god. Such outfits were found in Tutankhamen's tomb and were depicted quite frequently on the walls of tombs. Some kings and queens wore decorative ceremonial clothing with feathers and sequins

The manufacture of clothes was mostly women's work. It was generally done at home, but there were workshops run by noblemen or other men of means. By beating and combing the flax plants were turned into fibers, which could be spun into thread.
Model of weaving women at a horizontal loom, excerpt
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At first the cloth was woven on horizontal looms, which were often just pegs rammed into the ground, where the workers had to crouch on the floor, and later during the New Kingdom on vertical looms. These new looms were physically more demanding and were generally operated by men.
The tools such as knives and needles changed over the centuries. Blades were made from stone during the Neolithic, then from copper, from bronze during the Middle Kingdom and finally from iron, though flint knives, which had sharper edges than iron ones, continued to be used to an ever decreasing extent until Roman times. Needles were fashioned from wood, bone and metal. The Egyptians succeeded in making eyes in millimetre thick copper needles. Scissors came into general use late in Egypt's history though the principle was known since the second millennium BCE.


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Unlike most of the people of the ancient Mediterranean, the Egyptians did not wear just one or two big pieces of cloth wrapped around themselves in various ways. Instead, both men and women in Egypt wore tunics which were sewn to fit them. These tunics were like a long T-shirt which reached to the knees (for men) or to the ankles (for women). They were usually made of linen and were nearly always white. Most Egyptians, both men and women, do not seem to have covered their heads with any kind of cloth. They often went barefoot, but sometimes they wore leather sandals.
Men who were working outside usually wore short skirts instead of tunics, which may have been made as in Western Asia by winding a piece of cloth around your waist and legs.
Both men and women wore blue and green eyeshadow and black kohl eyeliner, when they were dressed up fancy. Men wore their hair short, and had no beards or mustaches, while women wore their hair down to their shoulders. Both men and women wore gold jewelry if they could afford to.


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The types of clothes worn by ancient Egyptians were symbolic of their status. Daily dress in the Old Kingdom was a simple rectangular piece of linen, about 0.5 to 1 meter and about 60 centimeters or 24 inches wide, which was wrapped clockwise around the body to cover the area between the waist and the knees. The end of this loincloth was turned back to make it a double thickness while the top was tucked under the part already wrapped. Then a piece of material was pulled up against the body and given a twist to prevent the inside part from slipping down.

The dress of nobles and high officials was different from royalty and the common people. A different type of kilt was worn by the nobles of the Old Kingdom on official occasions. It was a half-pleated kilt that was put on in a counter-clockwise direction around the body. The pleated part, which was drawn forward, was protected from soiling or wrinkling by the fingers when pulled into place by using a tab behind the belt. A knot in the center of the belt is a type of peculiarly tied bow, with ends generally tucked out of sight.

All the known statues and sculptures wearing this kilt are shown with the details almost always formalized and sometimes incorrect.

Fashions were affected by well-to-do Egyptians during the New Kingdom and new styles appeared. Nobles, both men and women, are depicted dressed in long garments with pleated sleeves flared at the elbow. Also, they sometimes wore short kilts under long transparent ones.

The leopard skin appears in scenes from the Old Kingdom onward and was connected with a certain class of priests usually called Sem priests. It could be worn over the normal dress and was held in position by a strap or cord, which was shortened by a kind of slipknot on the shoulder.



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Answer 2

there are more than 3000 years of ancient egyptian history, and but for the most part the people wore linen clothing which was folded and pleated ( if you were rich) into kilts long or short depending on the fashion of the day. women wore pleated dresses in a similar fashion and sometimes nothing.
you can see good examples of their clothing in the pictures in the tomb paintings. go on the theban mapping project and look at the videos of the tomb paintings though this is only one small era of their history. other clothing has also been discovered but not a lot including beaded cloaks and suede underwear, sandels etc.

Answer 3

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CLOTHING

HOW LINEN WAS MADE
All clothes were almost always made of linen which is made from flax.
Flax: a plant having small leaves, blue flowers and stems about two feet tall.
Flax was pulled out of the ground, not cut.
This backbreaking work was done mostly by men.
Half-ripe flax stems made the best thread.
If the stems were too ripe, they were used for mats and rope.
Flax stems were soaked for several days.
The fibers were separated.
Then the fibers were beaten until soft.
The spinner attached the fibers to the spindle.
The fibers were twisted into strong thread.
The weaving was done on a loom.
A loom is a frame made of two beams held by four pegs in the ground.
White linen needed constant washing. It was washed in the river or canal, rinsed, then pounded on a stone, and, bleached in the sun.
Linen clothes needed to be repleated every time they were washed.
To do so they pressed the linen into grooves on a wooden board and let it dry.

GROOMING
Egyptians took a lot of care over their appearance.
Since there were no new styles they took pride in keeping themselves and their clothes spotlessly clean.

CLOTHING OF WORKERS
Workers wore loincloths made of animal hide and linen. They also wore simple tunic dresses.
Loincloth: a piece of material fastened around the waist and worn by men.
Most of the slaves worked naked.

CLOTHES OF WEALTHY
Men or women wore long see-through robes that were pleated.
Better-off people wore wide clothes of white cloth.
Wealthy people did not wear more jewelry or fancier clothes to show wealth. They did wear gold jewelry and the most transparent clothes.

GETTING DRESSED
Women did not dress without washing (rich people had a tiled area for washing). After washing, they rubbed themselves with scented oil then they placed a large rectangle of linen over their heads, gathered the loose corners up and tied them in a knot below the chest.
The usual toilet articles were tweezers, razor and comb.
HAIRThey wore a new wig each day (both men and women wore wigs).
Wigs were made from human hair or wool.
They wore curled wigs for special occasions.

JEWELRY
Whether you were rich or poor you wore jewelry.
They wore rings, necklaces and ear studs.
Ear studs: earrings.
The jewelry was made of gold or colorful beads.
Necklaces were made with turquoise and lapis lazuli stones.
Lapis Lazuli: a deep-blue stone used for ornaments.

MAKE UP
Both men and women made up their eyes and lips.
Eyes were rimmed, eyebrows were painted and lashes were darkened with a black powder called kohl.
The red cheek powder was called ochre.
They used a dye called henna to redden their nails and hair.
They mixed powdered minerals with oil to get colors.
At parties women wore a cone of scented fat on their heads that slowly melted making their heads smell nice.

FOOTWEAR
People usually went barefoot and carried their sandals, wearing them only when needed.
The sandals were made of palm fiber or braided papyrus.
Papyrus: tall water plant that grows in the Nile Valley.
PRIESTS’ CLOTHING
Priests washed several times a day and they had to remove all body hair to be pure enough to approach the god.
They could not wear leather sandals or wool clothing (considered unclean).
They wore a leopard robe when serving the god Amun.
In many cults (churches), they wore no wig.

How did the environment affect the type of clothes the Ancient

-Since the environment was so hot the Ancient Egyptians wore little or no clothes at all. If they did wear clothes they were very thin and light. They also made almost all of their clothes out of linen because they only had flax plants growing in Egypt. They made most of their clothes out of flax which they could turn into linen.

Answer 4

Our ancestors wore mostly linen except the Egyptian priests who wore tigers' futhers but after the climate became colder they used other materials

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Answer 6

I feel that skirts tend to either look kind of cheap or trashy if they are tight and short, or they are simply just the run of the mill jean skirts that are not necessarily sexy.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

I have pretty very long hair, I like them but I think I would have them reduce short in about some two years

Answer 9

made of linen usually, young men wore short kilts older men and officials wore longer kilts women wore linen dresses.

Answer 10

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