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Newbie (civilian chick) - help?
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Hi Jennifer, welcome to RAT.

The general rule is overdress in wool and underess in linen. Don't worry about silks. When buying wool look at the weaves and colours carefully. Think about what you are trying to recreate.

A simple peplos is held by two brooches. It can be worn at both shoulders or just one:
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Sometimes you can fold down the top quarter of the dress.
There are many ways with one or two belts it can be gathered in. On the hips or under the bust, sometimes both!
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In the later period this style of dress becomes common. You can see the wide draping sleeves and the long, tight sleeved undress underneath.
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These dresses may seem simple, but then in some ways that is what is so wonderful. They were not overly fitted, but can still be very flatting depending how you wear them to suit your shape.

You can compare a peplos and a chiton in design here:
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing2.html

There are plenty of options with table weave for belts. They may look simple, but one in linen or even silk can look especially fine.


Here are some useful links to make up:
http://sallypointer.com/makeover
http://www.roman-colosseum.info/roman-cl...ake-up.htm

Some of the colours used as makeup can seem a bit outrageous. Certainly by the byzantine era you wouldn't be out of place with black panda eyes and bright red lips!


And don't even get me started with hairstyles!!! It is a minefield...
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And remember all good roman ladies wore a headress :wink:
And a simple cloak, made from a rectangle of cloth, keeps the weather off you. 8)

Most importantly though remember it is better to portray someone of lower status well, rather than someone of high status poorly!


Best of luck! Big Grin
Hope this gives you some overall starters. Any probs/questions - just ask.


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Amy Wallace

A member of Comitatus Late Roman
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Messages In This Thread
Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Jennifer - 12-12-2011, 04:59 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by richard - 12-12-2011, 07:01 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Crispvs - 12-13-2011, 05:57 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by jkaler48 - 12-13-2011, 06:19 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by R1zz0 - 12-14-2011, 02:04 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Ammianus - 12-14-2011, 03:19 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by R1zz0 - 12-15-2011, 01:56 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Crispvs - 12-15-2011, 02:24 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Vindex - 12-15-2011, 11:48 PM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Ammianus - 12-16-2011, 12:33 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Vindex - 12-16-2011, 01:22 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by jkaler48 - 12-16-2011, 10:50 PM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Ammianus - 12-16-2011, 11:27 PM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Jennifer - 12-17-2011, 03:25 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Ammianus - 01-07-2012, 02:40 PM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Crispvs - 01-10-2012, 08:23 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Ammianus - 02-04-2012, 02:06 AM
Re: Newbie (civilian chick) - help? - by Ammianus - 02-04-2012, 02:32 AM

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