Introduction to old costume within the world

Costume

1. Costumes??
•CostumeisanItalianword,inheritedviaFrench,meansfashionorcustom.
•Adistinctivestyleofdressorcosmeticofanindividualorgroupthatreflectsclass,gender,profession,ethnicity,
nationality,activityorepoch(Itisaculturalvisualofthepeople.)
•Alsodescribestypicalclothingforcertainactivities,suchasridingcostume,swimmingcostume,dancecostume,
andeveningcostume.
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A costume used inyakshagana, a
theater art fromIndia
A Bhutan traditional dressCostumed performers fromBristol
Renaissance Faire
A Japan kimono
Theatrical costume
National costume

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Costumes
“Dress",
"attire",
"robes"
or
"wear"
Unusual(out-of-date)
clothing,andintended
toevokeachangein
identity:
Theatrical,
Halloween,and
Mascot(sporting)
costumes)
After
ready
to
wear
Current
used

3. Ancient World
NEANDERTHAL MAN ( early subspecies of homo sapiens)use more tools to hunt, to build
shelters and develop the first forms of human clothing.
They learn how to use thick, furry animal hides from these animals to keep themselves warm
and dry (CLOTHING WAS BORN.)
CRO-MAGNON MAN used ANIMAL SKINS as the 1st form of clothing to keep warm and
dry.
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Icemen (Austria) –body coverings -Thin leather loin
cloth covered around genitals, sewn leggings, long sleeve fur
coat extended till knees closed with belt, hide boots stuffed
with grass, cap of thick fur.

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FIRST ASSEMBLED PIECE OF CLOTHING -TUNIC
Made from two rectangular pieces Of animal hide bound together on
one short side with a hole left for HEAD. Tunic was ancestor of
shirt.
NEEDLE(madeofsliversofanimalbone)wasthemostimportant
inventioninclothing.
Shoes-madeofhidesofdeerorsheep.
Thepresenceofnaturalplantfibers(NorthAmerica)
presenceofallowedpeopletoweavemorebetter
fittingshoeswhichareapredecessortomodern
sandals.

5. •First civilized human settlements developed in MESOPOTAMIA centered in present day IRAQ
•It is Mesopotamia region between Tigris and Euphrates river in MODERN DAY IRAQ, laid the
foundation for customs that would dominate later EUROPEANculture.
Different dominated scenarios:
The SUMERIANS created the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia (3000 B.C)
AKKADINS Took power around 2350B.C
BABYLONIANS rose to power in 1894 B.C
ASSYRIANS 1380B.C -612.BC
PERSIANS 550B.C -330B.C
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Someofthecostumes:*
MesopotamiaMenworewaiststringsorloincloth.
Laterwraparoundskirtwasintroducedwhichhungtill
kneeandwasheldbythickroundedbelttiedatback.
Shawlswerewornandweredecoratedwithsimple
borderoralloverpatterns.
Sumerian women wore sewn outfits with tiers of fringes.
Shawls or tops were also fringed worn by men.
At the end of Sumerian rule both men and women wore
skirts and shawls.

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Assyrianmenbegantowearsandalsaround
around911B.C.E.forprotectionfor
everydayuse,especiallythoselivinginthe
moremountainousareas.
Mesopotamia were barefoot all the time during the Sumerian(3000–
2000 B.C.E.), the Akkadian(2350–2218 B.C.E.), and the Babylonian
(1894–1595 B.C.E.) empires.
Theevidencesuggeststhatallmenwentbarefootwhileworshipping
and some men continued to go barefoot all the time.