The Egyptian civilisation routes around 4000BCE, the civilisation is one of the best civilisations of its times which is mostly known for its pyramids, temples, mummies found filled with riches and costumes and clothing.
In the earlier times fashions were derived from softened skins, through sewing elements and from barks, feathers or laced grasses where in the Egyptians were quite sophisticated, Egyptians cared about their physical appearance which decided the persons status, political significance and the role the person played in the society, and the clothing was based on two elements the means kilt wrap and for women the sewed kalasaris.
The men in Egypt wore wrap round skirt that were tied with belt on the waist, the wrap round was called schenti which was decorated with side pleating and differed clothing which was worn by royalties and notabilities which length up to the knees and till the thigh in the 2000BCE to 3000BCE. The commoners, nobility's and royalties wore triangular pieces of clothing the loincloth where as the slaves did not wear any clothes, they were allowed to wear clothes only after the transformation of new kingdom. The tunic, a rectangular piece of cloth was worn by pharaoh after conquering ceria. The clothing comprised of the beard or postiche, which was a bears out of gold or wood and the headgear's which were made out of leather and then linen which were worn by nobility's known as neme and the other being khat which was off what colour which was worn by commoners and notabilities, the servants and slaves did not wear khat or neme. The footwear came into quite late in the new kingdom which was made out of leather or papyrus fiber.
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Wherein the women wore simple dresses called Kalasiris, the dresses were either one strap or two strapped which started under the breast the extended upon to the ankle, which meant the women were bare breasted, they usually draped a cloth that was line around themselves. The girl child in the Egyptian civilisation wore nothing until they puberty, though they did not wear clothes they wore accessories like anklets, bracelets, collars and hair ornaments. The women in that were also conscious of their beauty which is why they wore cosmetic such as kohl for eyes which was considered to keep dirt and dust out of eyes which is why both men and women wore it, crushed malachite was used to eye shadows and red was used to apply on lips which was procured out of ore ochre and for beautifying their nails and hands thy used henna.
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