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I have finally found a girl that wants to dress out with me at events but I know little to nothing about civilian clothing not to mention female clothing.
I have seen a few head busts of women so I am good on how to fix her hair but the dress itself I am lost. I have gone to the Legio XX website, like most American Romans do but have only a couple examples which were informative but not all questions were answered.
Does anyone know of any good books, website, moasics, reliefs, or sculptures that would help me with this question?
Thanks!
Joshua B. Davis
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Hi Joshua,
I have recently purchased this book and it's an absolutely brilliant guide to all aspects of Roman clothing, hairstyles etc
Roman fashion....
Roman Clothing and Fashion by A.T. Croom
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[url:1w0f0gt7]http://www.villaivlilla.com/patterns.htm[/url]
[url:1w0f0gt7]http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing.html[/url]
[url:1w0f0gt7]http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing2.html[/url]
Oh and by the way, if you really like this girl, do not put her in a toga.
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I second all the recommendations above. I can also offer some PM coaching, if you want it. Just let me know.
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Thanks for the help!
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I second all the recommendations above. I can also offer some PM coaching, if you want it. Just let me know.
Will take you up on that Aurelia! I have seen you in a couple Roman dresses at Pompeii and have been very impressed.
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The parasols and fans used by women, where they similiar to the ones used by the Japanese and Chinese? The designs look the same but my source for these pictures to not give what they were made of.
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What would the difference be for Late Roman women?
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Arelia,
Do you know of any distributor where one can find historically accurate women's jewelry for 1st century women. I bought my wife a stola, palla, and tunic from Matthew Amt's sister who makes them, but I haven't been as successful looking for the jewelry. I was hoping to find some bead necklaces or such. I found a pair of the drop earrings, and brooches from the Quiet Press, but I haven't had luck finiding anything else.
Joshua,
I bought some linen clothing from this site.
http://www.merchantadventurers.com/roman/roman.htm
I am pretty happy with it. The woman who makes the clothing is Matthew Amt's sister. The prices were reasonable, and the turnaround was pretty quick if your looking to buy it. Don't know if you would rather make it yourself, but thought I would throw it out there. Good luck.
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Wrong thread, I'm afraid, Owain! :wink:
The difference is that fashion changed dramatically in more than 200 years, like it does now 8)
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Quote:Do you know of any distributor where one can find historically accurate women's jewelry for 1st century women. I bought my wife a stola, palla, and tunic from Matthew Amt's sister who makes them, but I haven't been as successful looking for the jewelry. I was hoping to find some bead necklaces or such. I found a pair of the drop earrings, and brooches from the Quiet Press, but I haven't had luck finiding anything else.
Armamentaria has some great jewellry - here
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Thanks for the link.
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Quote:historically accurate women's jewelry for 1st century women
Actually, there is a great variation in what women wore as necklaces, the beads for example. They vary from faiance melon beads to diamond shaped to all sorts. Pompeii books will have examples of earrings, and you can find books on tne Snettisham hoard and others. Also look to the Fayum portraits for examples of the types of stones. Romans loved emeralds, pearls, gold and silver. Some modern jewelery can look almost identical to Roman.
Curiously, almost all the Roman earrings I've seen have three drop pendants. Rarely one and almost never two or four. You see this in Pompeii exhibits and photos, and in the Fayum portraits.
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My favorite jewelerists:
www.replik-online.de
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Quote:Quote:historically accurate women's jewelry for 1st century women.
I'm a magpie when it comes to jewellery, and confess I've got quite a bit of it; mostly from the Met's gift shop.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store
...has many reproductions from several different time periods. The "Late Antique Beaded Necklace and earrings" are very nice, as are the "Roman Ball Earrings." Search also for Egyptian and Byzantine. Most of the jewellery is replicated from actual finds, however, there are a few earrings and necklaces which were inspired from the wonderful Fayyum portraits.
Bill Dawson, Metalsmith
Based in Olympia, Washington, he offers fine reproduction fibulae, finger rings and a gorgeous seal. The gold and emerald earrings pictured are sold... to me!
Gaukler Medieval Wares has a few Roman and Byzantine brooches and rings; occasionally, he makes seal rings and necklaces.
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Quote:Arelia,
Do you know of any distributor where one can find historically accurate women's jewelry for 1st century women. I bought my wife a stola, palla, and tunic from Matthew Amt's sister who makes them, but I haven't been as successful looking for the jewelry. I was hoping to find some bead necklaces or such. I found a pair of the drop earrings, and brooches from the Quiet Press, but I haven't had luck finiding anything else.
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Mary Ann Sullivan, of IX Hispana not only makes great clothing, but reproduction jewelry as well - orecious and semi-precious stones, high-grade metals. She has developed a great network of international suppliers, and is able to sell high-carat gold and precious stone jewelry at prices competitive with (or better) than a lot of costume jewelry on the market.
I'll PM you with the contact info
Adam MacDonald
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