08-24-2005, 09:48 AM
Interesting and possibly a solution to the problem of why the Rhineland sculptures show tunics draped that way. You might be interested to know that the Velson soldier was found with two fibulae, and although these are normally assumed to have been associated with a cloak, if your suggestion is right then we might be seeing the evidence there.
Incidentally I normally achieve a very similar effect with my tunic by belting it tightly with a waist tie while it is still hanging at full length. I then hitch the material up over the waist tie at the sides, first left, then right and so on, pulling up only a small amount of material at a time. This method produces a series of crescent shaped folds at both front and back. The only problem is that it also pulls up my undertunic, which I have to keep pulling back down again.
Crispvs
Incidentally I normally achieve a very similar effect with my tunic by belting it tightly with a waist tie while it is still hanging at full length. I then hitch the material up over the waist tie at the sides, first left, then right and so on, pulling up only a small amount of material at a time. This method produces a series of crescent shaped folds at both front and back. The only problem is that it also pulls up my undertunic, which I have to keep pulling back down again.
Crispvs
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