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Fashion Through the Ages

Fashion Is popular all over the world. Fashion around the world is all different. Like in America, fashions come and go, called a Fad. Here are some examples of some of the countries and what they wore.

500 B.C.- Persian people were wearing long robes with patterns or designs on them. They wore not shoes, but socks with patterns and stripes. They wore many other clothing materials and other clothes.

550 B.C.- The Grecian women wore long robes often like the Persians. The men from Greece wore long robes with part of the robe draped over a shoulder.

50 B.C.- The children from Rome usually wore long robes with part of the robe draped over their shoulder, while on the other shoulder they wore a sleeve. They wore their hair up in a net with a clip right in the middle of their head. The men of Rome usually wore long robes (usually colored) with socks, and pieces of rope hanging around their head.

Brazil- Many women from Brazil wore long dresses with many necklaces, and a fruit basket on their head. They also wore many bracelets along their wrists.

Here are some interesting facts about fashion throughout the ages.

Thousands of years ago, men did not have to decide what to wear like we do now. They probably wore the same thing everyday- an animal skin draped around their shoulders and hips. It was a long time before they thought of cutting animal hide into sleeves or trouser legs. The earliest people were the Nomads who roamed the the countrysides looking for food and shelter. When people began raising crops they began to stay more and more in one place. Soon they had made two discoveries: they had learned how to make thread and how to weave thread into fabric. Felt is wool that has been dampened, pressed together, and has been allowed to be shrunk until it forms a dense, flat mass. One of the earliest plant fibers was linen (lihn-nin). Linen thread is made of long fibers from the stalk of a flax plant. Linen is still considered one of the most finest and most durable materials. Well, if you have any questions e-mail us at J002932@thinkquest.org.