Ancient Greek Clothes

Greek clothing was sold in the agora, the marketplace. You could buy beautifully decorated clothes, but they were expensive. Most families made most or all of their tunics, cloaks, hats, shoes, and other clothing themselves.

Ancient Greek clothes were simple. Women made clothes out of wool for winter wear, and used linen as their summer fabric. They dyed tunics and cloaks in bright colours. They bleached some material to a bright white. Clothes were decorated with geometric designs. Some were decorated to represent their city-state. Some clothes were left plain.

The Greeks wore a hat they invented for travelling. It had a chin strap, so it could hang down their back unless they needed it for protection from sunshine or rain. Everyone made jewellery. It was very popular. The rich also bought jewellery from travelling peddlers. Both men and women used perfume made by boiling flowers and herbs.