This an authentic style of Ancient Greece seen on many statues and in paintings - the only resource modern day researchers have for fashion in Ancient Times.

A peplos  is a body-length Greek garment worn by women in the years before 500BC. The peplos is a tubular cloth, essentially, folded inside-out from the top about halfway down, so that what was the top of the tube is now at the waist and the bottom of the tube is about ankle-length. The garment is then gathered about the waist and the open top (at the fold) pinned over the shoulders. The top of the tube (now inside-out) drapes over the waist providing the appearance of a second piece of clothing

• The peplos is made of satin

  • is ankle-length with a split on each side(for ease of walking)
  • the foldover (apoptygma)is trimmed with gold trimming - the foldover is NOT inside out as described above, and is held on the shoulders with gilt buttons 
  • and is tied around the waist with a gold cord

• this costume is washable
• Trimmings are NOT cheap craft ribbons that fray, commonly found on today's fashion
• COLOUR OF TRIMMINGS will VARY subject TO AVAILABILITY
• the costume is completed with a crown trimmed with gold and a shawl made of the same satin
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• There are many satin colours which could be used on the costume - email at madetoorder@bigpond.com

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