Draping the chiton

[John Conyard]

Excellent post. I get a similar effect as in the bottom painting by placing more than one "button hole" on the front of the garment on the same button on the rear of the cloth. Does that make sense? But certainly pins would work equally well if not better. What sort of pins are you using? I've made medieval style pins by wrapping wire around a shank and soldering it into place. But bone pins are vey easy to make.What do the finds look like?

As an aside some wire fibulas I've seen look far too weak to hold a heavy cloak.