A peplos (Greek: πέπλος) is a body-length garment established as typical attire for women in ancient Greece by c. 500 BC, during the late Archaic and Classical period. It was a long, rectangular cloth with the top edge folded down about halfway, so that what was the top of the rectangle was now draped below the waist, and the bottom of ...

2019年8月10日 · “The peplos was a simple sleeveless outer garment worn by the women of ancient Greece up to the early part of the sixth century B.C.E. Like many Greek garments, the peplos was formed from one large rectangle of woven fabric, which was folded and pinned in specific ways to become a gracefully draped tunic-like cloak.” (134)

peplos, garment worn by Greek women during the early Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods (i.e., up to about 300 ce). It consisted of a large rectangular piece of material folded vertically and hung from the shoulders, with a broad overfold.

2018年6月18日 · The peplos, also known as the Doric chiton (4), is the earliest known item of Archaic Greek women's clothing. It first appears in art after the collapse of the Mycenaean culture and in the transition to the Iron Age.

2021年5月28日 · The peplos is the earliest known item of Archaic Greek women’s fashion. It can be described as a large rectangle, usually of a heavier, woolen fabric, folded over along the upper edge so that the overfold (called Apoptygma) would reach the waist.

2022年2月1日 · An ancient garment for women, the peplos was a large rectangle of wool wrapped around the body, sometimes belted, and pinned at the shoulders. Illustration of peplos form Mireille Lee’s book Body, Dress, and Identity in Ancient Greece

2003年10月1日 · The diversity of women’s apparel in ancient Greece can be reduced to three general garment types: the chiton, the peplos, and the himation (28.57.23). Structurally, the most elemental dress type is the chiton, which is constructed in several ways.

The Peplos: This was a large square piece of cloth which could be worn by a woman or a man, instead of a chiton or over it, and was more often worn by women. Typically, an upper-class woman would wear a chiton undergarment with an ornamented peplos over it which fell to the feet and sometimes trailed behind.

What is a peplos? A peplos is a type of dress worn by women in Greece c.500 BCE. There was no tailoring in ancient Greece – so this particular type of dress was made of a big sheet of fabric, folded over at the top and wrapped around the body. It was pinned at the shoulders to keep it from falling down and often belted at the waist.

1999年6月9日 · Belt buckles have long been recognized as an integral part of the costume of early medieval men and women. As items of dress, buckles and belt suites were subject to regional diversity as well as changes in fashion. This work investigates the classification and development of Anglo-Saxon belt buckles from the late fifth to the early eighth ...