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Though many associate fine cotton with Egypt, According to an Article Titled Ancient Egyptian Clothes on egyking.info “the ancient Egyptians did not cultivate that crop (although they did trade it with the Romans)”(Rashad, A.). Instead, most ancient Egyptian garments were constructed of the oldest fibers found in the world, Linen. Linen is a cellulosic fiber derived form the stem of a flax plant (Gladis, P.J.). The warm climate of Egypt allowed this plant to flourish and grow in abundance across the Nile. Many years ago, ancient Egyptians would harvest the flax plants. Once the fibers were removed from the plant or animal, they were spun and then woven into a linen textile. As stated on womenintheancientworld.com, “Different grades were produced depending on the desired end product. To produce long, useful threads, flax fibers were spun, or twisted together. This produced a long, cohesive thread that was slightly elastic. The finest thread was produced from the youngest plant” (womenintheancientworld.com). Egyptians are often portrayed wearing linen. A popular garments constructed from linen was the loincloth. It would be worn as unisex an undergarment. Sometimes leather loincloths were worn over linen versions. This was seen as a symbol of status amongst the Egyptian community. As mentioned onegyking.info, Leather was often also used for footwear and belts. Both of which we often painted or stained as (Rashad, A.). High societal people typically wore these Leather sandals while commoner wore sandals comprised of wood, palm fiber and goatskin.
Overall, Linen is Ancient Egypt’s most prevalent fabric as it was widely accepted and worn by people of all social ranks. Pharaohs and their royal families often ...
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...ict Women In horizontally pleated dresses. It is also evident that Egyptian Royalty commonly wore garments that were heavily ornamented, embellished, extravagantly beaded or pleated. Overall the quality of the cloth, color and decoration created more expensive varieties that were distinguishing amongst Royalty and Commoners.
Egyptian Fashion evidently one of the many inspirations in the fashion world today. There are many similarities between Ancient Egypt fashions and contemporary fashion, specifically pertaining to textiles. For example, though cotton was not indigenous to Egypt, Egyptian cotton produces a soft, strong thread thus it has led to it being regarded as the most luxurious cotton in the world. Additionally, Linen is widely used, especially for spring and summer apparel as it is lightweight. Pleats are also being heavily used in
considering silk and artificial silk, it is illogical to pick one fiber that is superior to the others and
During Ancient Egypt most people were farmers. Ancient Egyptians placed great care in the way they looked. Because of this, most people bathed in the Nile river, for soap they used animal fat and chalk mixed together. For cleanliness, men shaved their entire bodies. Linen sheets were bleached white and used as clothing. Men and women of higher class wore cosmetics, wigs, and jewelry. Children from the age of 1 month to 12 years old went without clothing. At this age males were expected to shave their heads. Mothers stayed home and took care of children, cooked, and cleaned, at the meantime their husbands were out to provide yah family's
The Egyptians took a great care about their bodies despite gender or age. Proper skin care was essential for everyone. Hygiene was kept on a daily bases as a basic expectation for a standard cleanliness. However the social differences in the Egyptian hierarchy determines the range of accessible cosmetic products by different classes, surely the peasants does not own the same kind of cosmetics like the royals but ...
Scott, N. The Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 31, No. 3, The Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians (Spring, 1973), pp. 123-170
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