Reasons for the formation of Greek customs and styles

Ancient Greek clothing is extremely simple, only a rectangular piece of fabric, without any tailoring, through the body of the draping, wrapping or tying to show the beautiful hanging waves of the pleated ornaments, belonging to a kind of loose-fitting clothing. The most representative varieties are Hinton and Hima Pure.

Chiton (Chiton), meaning "linen bodysuit". It was the underwear worn by both men and women in ancient Greece, and was divided into two types, Dorian and Ionian, according to the way of dress and different forms.

Dorian style Hiton popular in the 6th century BC before the dress is as follows: first of all, a long side of the rectangle folded outward, the amount of its folding is equal to the length of the waist line from the neck to the mouth of the folded back is called "Apoptygrna" (Apoptygrna), and then the two short sides together folded, to body The two short edges are then folded together, wrapping the body in the center of the fold, and two corners of the cloth are lifted from the back at the left and right shoulders, and secured in the front with a long pin, so that the excess fabric hangs naturally on the body, forming graceful draping folds. When you walk around, the long skirt sways with the wind, and at the side openings, it makes the beautiful flesh appear and disappear. Overall, it looks like a long cape with a shawl, and it is very elegant. In order to emphasize the beautiful folds of the bodice and to facilitate movement, a sash is tied around the hinton. When tying the belt, the cloth is lifted upwards, so that the cloth forms a swollen margin on the belt, so that it hangs down to cover the belt, and the sparseness of the draping folds is adjusted at will at the belt. Folded back down the Abotai Gema can also be put up from the back to wrap the head.

The Ionian style Hiton was originally worn by people in the Ionian region on the west coast of Asia Minor, and was introduced to Athens in the 6th century BC. The popularity of the two types of Hiton is sequential, but coexist in many areas. Generally young people preferred the Dorian style, while people above middle age preferred the Ionian style. The basic structure of the Ionian Sidon is the same as that of the Dorian Sidon. It differs from the Dorian style in that the folds on the garment are eliminated, and a light linen material replaces the heavy wool material of the Dorian style, giving the garment a more draped, pleated and soft appearance. Pointed pins were replaced by safety pins, and fixing was no longer limited to the left and right shoulders, but had several fixing knots from both shoulders to the cuffs. The method of fixing was not only with pins, but also with thin bands, and the use of thin bands with pleats produced a change in the shape of the sleeves (the Dorian style did not have sleeves, while the Ionian style had the composition of the sleeves), and women who wore the Ionian style Sidon no longer left open side seams on both sides of the body as they did in the Dorian style, and moved the position of the belt upward, so as to make the overall shape more supple and elegant. Fifth century BC Athens, some temples on the relief female statues on the body of the folds of the clothes, its flowing interest, and China's Song and Yuan figure paintings comparable to the folds of the clothes.

The Himation is a cloak worn by both men and women, usually draped over the outside of the Hiton. There is no fixed shape, from the use of divided into a lining outside and no lining of the usual use of two kinds of materials should be seasonal selection of woolen or linen fabrics, respectively. Hima pure can wrap the whole body, can also reveal a single shoulder or simply draped over both shoulders. One of the most traditional draping method is: first rest the cloth in front of the body, one end on the left shoulder hanging loosely and the ground, and then pull the lower end upwards, and then lifted upwards through the back from under the right arm, and finally wrapped around back to the left shoulder, and sometimes pulled directly over the right shoulder. A number of Greek figurines show the many ways in which the garment rolls up the sleeves and forms the sleeve folds, as well as the interesting sleeve lines. Some people wore the hima pure with certain parts of the bodice appearing tight in order to emphasize the beauty of the deliberately crafted pleat lines.

Some scholars have appreciated the beauty of ancient Greek clothing, made the following comments: "Ancient Greek clothing is full of free, lively, romantic, relaxed atmosphere, they have a similar rhythm and rhyme with the Greek myths, we feel from them is not the life of the constricted, introverted, staid, but the spirit of the dynamic, vibrant, a warm beauty. They are not coy and subtle like the ancient Chinese costumes, but rather rather masculine, brisk and spontaneous, with a hint of similarity in spirituality to the Chinese Taoist ethos."

The pursuit of beauty in the life of the ancient Greeks is also manifested in beauty and decoration, some scholars believe that the head, hands and even shoes and boots of other decorations, also belongs to the ranks of clothing. Generally Greeks had black hair, and many women, as well as several men, dyed their hair blonde or used it to hide gray hair in old age. In the 6th century B.C., Greek men and women wore long hair, often braided and wrapped around the head or hung behind the head. By the 5th century B.C., women's hair styles changed: hair was worn in a bun and hung low on the back of the neck. Women liked to tie their hair with brightly colored ribbons and then embellish the ribbon on the forehead with a jewel; some also decorated their hair with hairpins, hair nets, and hair crowns. Hair crowns appeared later, there is a kind of ebony-shaped gold and silver fine work of flowers and leaves crowns, this kind of flower crowns men also use. Around the 4th century BC, it was popular for men to store short hair and shave their beards. At that time, there has been a specialized barber store, it is not only people cut hair, shaving place, but also talk about the social place.