Greek Garb

Lochac is a very warm Kingdom in the summer months, and the reaction of many is the quite sensible idea of looking into a Greek or Roman persona  no matter where you come from.

I have a lovely Roman set of garb that I was gifted as a newcomer, but I want to try and make my own. I have decided to try Greek garb as it has only two layers,  chiton and himation, rather than the three of Roman tunica, stolla and palla, and it is a wander into something different.

My inspiration are the Tanagra figurines of between about 300 and 50 BCE and other Hellenistic artworks

Examples;

Wealthy 'Middle-class' woman: so-called Tanagra figurine
Hellenistic Greece, 325–150 BC, Altes Museum

Hellenistic terracotta funerary wall painting of a seated man and a standing woman

Wealthy 'Middle-class' woman

Terracotta draped woman

Design and Fabric

The I will be using is linen.
Not only is it period, it's also very light and cool to wear.

I have come across this design for pattern from another SCAdian, the very talented Ana, and her blog http://yetanotherscablog.blogspot.com/ 

This post will be updated once I have gathered my materials.

Reference links (because they always disappear when you try and search for them again)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanagra_figurine
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tafg/hd_tafg.htm
https://cycladic.gr/en/exhibit/kp0069-idolio-tanagraias?cat=archaia-elliniki-techni
https://cycladic.gr/en/exhibits/archaia-elliniki-techni
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grdr/hd_grdr.htm
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247882

Department of Greek and Roman Art. “Ancient Greek Dress.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grdr/hd_grdr.htm (October 2003)
Koda, Harold. “The Chiton, Peplos, and Himation in Modern Dress.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/god3/hd_god3.htm (October 2003)