06-23-2005, 01:56 AM
Well, talk about diverse topics in a single thread!
Lepidina, - I guess "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" as they say - some of my ideas have been well off the mark. I guess as far as describing textures and fabrics, I can be pretty safe to describe high-quality modern fabrics of the same fiber - it will be close enough (in terms of drape and feel) to be reasonably accurate. I'll do some more research on color and design to ensure that those are correct too.
(in part my harping on 'difference' is because some of the re-enactor's tunics and togas I've seen look so much like cheap, nasty cotton...)
I had read that even quite well-off women were expected to do handiwork - Cato had 'home-made' clothing - though I believe he was being deliberately old-fashioned. I get the impression that with slaves doing everything, wealthy women must have been termially bored. I need my heroine to be engaged in some sort of activity which her aunt can harangue her about.
OH now here's a statement from the University of Richmond website:
"Women in ancient Rome, like the men, wore long togas made of silk in the summer or wool in the winter. " - now according to what I've read so far (Adkin's Hbook to Life in Ancient Rome, I think) - only prostitutes wore a toga. What gives? (should I move this part of the discussion to the Civ threads?)
An article on Legion VI's website mentions "Soldiers’ tunics should be of fairly coarse wool, but need not be blanket weight or “homespunâ€ÂÂ
Lepidina, - I guess "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" as they say - some of my ideas have been well off the mark. I guess as far as describing textures and fabrics, I can be pretty safe to describe high-quality modern fabrics of the same fiber - it will be close enough (in terms of drape and feel) to be reasonably accurate. I'll do some more research on color and design to ensure that those are correct too.
(in part my harping on 'difference' is because some of the re-enactor's tunics and togas I've seen look so much like cheap, nasty cotton...)
I had read that even quite well-off women were expected to do handiwork - Cato had 'home-made' clothing - though I believe he was being deliberately old-fashioned. I get the impression that with slaves doing everything, wealthy women must have been termially bored. I need my heroine to be engaged in some sort of activity which her aunt can harangue her about.
OH now here's a statement from the University of Richmond website:
"Women in ancient Rome, like the men, wore long togas made of silk in the summer or wool in the winter. " - now according to what I've read so far (Adkin's Hbook to Life in Ancient Rome, I think) - only prostitutes wore a toga. What gives? (should I move this part of the discussion to the Civ threads?)
An article on Legion VI's website mentions "Soldiers’ tunics should be of fairly coarse wool, but need not be blanket weight or “homespunâ€ÂÂ
