Fashion from ancient Greece

In the seventh and seventh centuries long before the Christian era, the garment normally worn by men and women was the chiton, a rectangular piece of wool, which was gathered on the shoulders with a fibula, which was a buckle, Women wore a long chiton, which reached them to the ankles; On the other hand, that of men was short and reached only to the knees, the priests and some citizens, in the important ceremonies they put long chitón.

Above the chiton, the women wore the peplo, this was a shawl-like cloth that hung from the shoulder to the waist, as a coat they wore the clamide, a woolly mantle of rectangular shape with weights at the ends to prevent the Wind will lift them; Was fitted with a buckle on the shoulder or chest, both men and women wore the himation, a piece of gender of a meter and a half by three that only covered the shoulder, was a characteristic ornament.