11-27-2006, 12:11 AM
Valerius
You make a very good point much of what we have here in Australia is based on pottery and statue interpretations. Love some costume references for Greek clothing as their stacks of Roman but not much Greek or Hellenistic material here in Australia.
We done lots of experimentation with clothing. A lot just does not hang or look right. Shoes are particularly hard. For the pleating we found that you don't really pleat but just make the tunic much wider this gives a pleat look when belted.
Heat also had a major effect on costume here. Lots our costume were wool to start with but we had lots of issues with people over heating in summer, so we tend to have wool for winter now and linen for summer.
You make a very good point much of what we have here in Australia is based on pottery and statue interpretations. Love some costume references for Greek clothing as their stacks of Roman but not much Greek or Hellenistic material here in Australia.
We done lots of experimentation with clothing. A lot just does not hang or look right. Shoes are particularly hard. For the pleating we found that you don't really pleat but just make the tunic much wider this gives a pleat look when belted.
Heat also had a major effect on costume here. Lots our costume were wool to start with but we had lots of issues with people over heating in summer, so we tend to have wool for winter now and linen for summer.
