Draping the chiton

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

In this post i'll demonstrate how a chlamys has the exact dimentions to make an exomis. Not a chiton,because it would be a bit too narrow,but for an exomis it is ok. Forgive the disk brooch. It is suitable for the chlamys,but not for the exomis. Some chlamythes don't have disk brooches,they are pinned in a way that the pin is covered and invisible,just like some chitons and peplos. However,note that for the transformation,i didn't even need to change the placement of the brooch. I just passed my left arm through the neck hole and belted the chiton arranging the free corner of the chlamys under the belt to my right. The exomis often is shown letting the right thigh free to move,as the fabric isn't sewn there,so this happens also with my chlamys/exomis. A bad point is that chlamydes always have weights in each corner,but i have never seen weights hunging from an exomis. The upper weights are useful as you pass them under then belt and they keep the fabric in place. And they are invisible. The bottom ones are also useful as they keep the opening down and not easy to uncover secret parts! But they are visible,something that i haven't ever seen in art.
So here is the exomis:

that in reality is a chlamys like this:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/417 ... 950e_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2501/417 ... bb90_b.jpg


John,the two button holes make sense indeed. This is how i achieved curves in a belted chiton, but pulling the fabric from a point under the belt and belting it so it produces the pleats and curved to the botom. However,i didn't find it satisfactory,because the fabric doesn't sit well under the belt in the space between each pleating. So i decided that just pulling the fabric in specific places above the belt was working better.
Khairete
Giannis