05-11-2016, 12:38 PM
Giannis,
if you talk about a pre- pleated garment, i agree that you need a fair lenght of material, but the fact that the pleats are already gathered makes clothings much easier to pull on and the general effect more good looking,
the red chiton that you wear at the beginning of the thread it is one of the few, if not the only, reconstruction that looks like a vase painting in general appearance among the many i have seen around
the quantity of fabric necessary for a certain garmen is very often over stimated, i have experienced it while doing scottish 17th - 18th century reenacting, and trying to figure out the amount of tartan for my great kilt... but probably it depends also from your personal taste as probably it was the case in the antique times,
for sure the right kind of material is a necessity, and probably i have not still found the right one.
another question: if i have well understood it is from the 5th century onward that clothings start to be more fitted, like a roman tunic, right?
if you talk about a pre- pleated garment, i agree that you need a fair lenght of material, but the fact that the pleats are already gathered makes clothings much easier to pull on and the general effect more good looking,
the red chiton that you wear at the beginning of the thread it is one of the few, if not the only, reconstruction that looks like a vase painting in general appearance among the many i have seen around
the quantity of fabric necessary for a certain garmen is very often over stimated, i have experienced it while doing scottish 17th - 18th century reenacting, and trying to figure out the amount of tartan for my great kilt... but probably it depends also from your personal taste as probably it was the case in the antique times,
for sure the right kind of material is a necessity, and probably i have not still found the right one.
another question: if i have well understood it is from the 5th century onward that clothings start to be more fitted, like a roman tunic, right?
