What is the traditional clothing in greece?
The Greeks wore light, loose clothes as the weather was hot for most of the year. Long pieces of colorful fabric were used to make the Greek clothes. A chiton was a form of clothing worn by men and women in Ancient Greece, from the Archaic period (c. 750-c. 500 bc) to the Hellenistic period (323-30 bc). There are two forms of chiton, the Doric chiton and the later Ionic chiton. The “Doric” style was simpler and had no “sleeves,” being simply pinned, sewn, or buttoned at the shoulder. The “Ionic” style was made of a much wider piece of fabric, and was pinned, sewn, or buttoned all the way from the neck to the wrists and the excess fabric gathered by the zone or girdle at the waist. By the late Archaic, Ionic chitons had become less common, especially for men. Women also wore clothing which was made from big square piece of linen or wool. They used pins in various places to hold it together. Unlike the men’s, the dresses always went down to the ankles. Most Greeks went barefoot. If they
