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2. Greek dress - Wikipedia

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   Amalia created a romantic folksy court dress, which became a national Greek costume still known as the Amalía dress. [3] It follows the Biedermeier style, with a loose-fitting, white cotton or silk shirt, often decorated with lace at the neck and handcuffs, over which a richly embroidered jacket or vest is worn, usually of dark blue or claret ...

3. Madame Grès - Wikipedia

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   Grès, best known for her floor-length draped Grecian goddess gowns, [3] is noted as the "master of the wrapped and draped dress" [4] and the "queen of drapery". [2] Grès's minimalistic draping techniques and her attention to and respect for the female body [ 5 ] have had a lasting effect on the haute couture and fashion industry, inspiring a ...

4. Clothing in ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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   Common designs on jewelry in ancient Greece included plants, animals and figures from Greek mythology. [4] Gold and silver were the most common mediums for jewelry. [ 94 ] However, jewelry from this time could also have pearls, gems, and semiprecious stones used as decoration. [ 4 ]

5. Peplos - Wikipedia

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   A peplos (Greek: ὁ πέπλος) is a body-length garment established as typical attire for women in ancient Greece by c. 500 BC, during the late Archaic and Classical period. It was a long, rectangular cloth with the top edge folded down about halfway, so that what was the top of the rectangle was now draped below the waist, and the bottom ...

6. History of cleavage - Wikipedia

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   Ancient Greek women adorned their cleavage with a long pendant necklace called a kathema. [9] The ancient Greek goddess Hera is described in the Iliad to have worn something like an early version of a push-up bra festooned with "brooches of gold" and "a hundred tassels" to increase her cleavage to divert Zeus from the Trojan War. [10]

7. Chiton (garment) - Wikipedia

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   The Ionic chiton could also be made from linen or wool and was draped without the fold and held in place from neck to wrist by several small pins or buttons.. Herodotus states the dress of the women in Athens was changed from the Doric peplos to the Ionic chiton after the widows of the men killed on military expedition to Aegina stabbed and killed the sole survivor with their peplos pins, each ...