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When people think of Ancient Greece, they think of togas and warriors. The Greeks, however, were actually very interested in style. But the Ancient Greeks had a very complex style using fancy fabrics for their clothing and and remedies for hair and makeup.

The Greeks called themselves Hellenic, after Hellen, who was a famous son of ancient times. Ancient Greece occupied the land that is now known as modern day Greece, bordering the Ionian sea, Aegean Sea, Albanian, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Some things we learned from the Greeks were how to make and use pillars and read star constellations. An important part of Ancient Greek culture is the style. Dress and decoration were important to the Ancient Greek because the greeks clothing showed their status. Greek’s clothing was a major part of its culture. We can learn more about the culture by looking at Greek clothing, hair, and makeup.

The Greeks clothing would change a lot to be in style. Greek women and men would wear full length garments called chiton, stola, chlamys, and pallas; these were usually made of silk or cotton. Most women would make their clothing at home using fancy fabrics. Men in war world wear leg armor called greaves, this was used to keep blows off the body. Greeks would wear leather shoes or sandals. You would think Greeks would wear clothing for comfort but they actually wear it for style. In ancient Greece there was many different ways you could do your hair. Most women had servants to do their hair, at night usually servants would elaborate hair. Only wealthy women could afford to own a mirror and get their hair elaborated. Servants would usually have short hair, free woman would have long hair, and married woman would usually have a bun or curled hair. Women and men would use olive oil as a treatment to make their hair shiny and soft. Also Greek mirrors were highly polished bronzed rock. The Greek would have many ways and remedies to do and help their hair.

Some makeup styles Greeks would wear are not as popular today. Greek women would use white chalk to make their face pale. On their cheeks woman would wear red powder. Red iron oxide and ochre clays or olive oil and beeswax were used to make lipstick then. Greek woman would use dark powders and connect their eyebrows to be more in style. Greek makeup looks were very unique and not so popular today.



Ancient Greece evolved into the modern day nation of Greece. Today’s fashion is inspired by ancient Greek dress and decoration. Some things that were inspired are long flowy dresses and people still do similar hair looks and still use makeup like they did. For example people today find ways to curl their hair naturally and they use olive for hair treatments too. We learned that the Greeks cherished simpleness and complexness. Some people would think Greek fashion is too fancy bthat depends on the person, like if they were a king or queen.