I couldn't find any tutorials on TH-cam on how to make a male Greek Chiton or tunic only female or historically inaccurate, so I thought I would fill the gap.
The Tunic looks extreme light and cool for hot weather of the Adriatic region. I have only seen such attire in Total War games portrayed on light skirmisher units and so forth, it was interesting to learn more about this, thanks :)
Hi, historian here. Linen is a great material for this project - flax was always the most common clothing material in Europe. Also we know for sure that linothorax (greek armor) was made out of linen. Due to high percent of ancient Greece revolving around shepherding, wool also would be very common material, especially for warm clothing. In terms of color, it's rather unlikely that Greeks would keep their clothing natural linen color - even poor ones. Ancient Greeks loved colors (once all the buildings and statues were painted in bright colors). Clothing would be blue, purple, pink, green; for lower classes yellow or orange. Spartans were known for wearing red clothes (to appear blood-soaked)
so.. where did you place the shoulder stitch points? i tried a chiton recently and im not sure what went wrong but the 'closed' side of the loop was almost a bit tight under the arm, it didnt sit where i thought it would
The Tunic looks extreme light and cool for hot weather of the Adriatic region. I have only seen such attire in Total War games portrayed on light skirmisher units and so forth, it was interesting to learn more about this, thanks :)
Thank you, this is simple and to the point. And I really appreciate the fact that you showed historical images along the way.
The volume is VERY VERY low. FYI.
Hi, historian here. Linen is a great material for this project - flax was always the most common clothing material in Europe. Also we know for sure that linothorax (greek armor) was made out of linen. Due to high percent of ancient Greece revolving around shepherding, wool also would be very common material, especially for warm clothing.
In terms of color, it's rather unlikely that Greeks would keep their clothing natural linen color - even poor ones. Ancient Greeks loved colors (once all the buildings and statues were painted in bright colors). Clothing would be blue, purple, pink, green; for lower classes yellow or orange. Spartans were known for wearing red clothes (to appear blood-soaked)
all the ancient greek sapphics wandering about the isle of Lesbos in men‘s Chiton... 👌✨
Hello I am new too the channel I love watching how you made that Aspis. I notice how they are tied at the shoulders how did you seperated them? please
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O how I wish the sound was louder, but thankyou
I have since brought a microphone so hopefully future videos will have much better sound. Thank you for watching.
so.. where did you place the shoulder stitch points? i tried a chiton recently and im not sure what went wrong but the 'closed' side of the loop was almost a bit tight under the arm, it didnt sit where i thought it would
You rock! Great instructional video