Whee, hyperfixations!

[bladespark]

My "all things ancient Greece" fixation has grown another branch: chitons!

They're so easy!

You can literally make a complete, almost perfectly authentic one with a bedsheet, a safety pin, and a length of ribbon. (The weave of the fabric and the *precise* shape of the safety pins are the inaccuracies!!!!! Yes, ancient Greeks had safety pins, look up "bow fibula", it's amazing. :D Well, and though a ribbon belt was an option historically a proper zoster was more likely to be leather, threaded with ribbon or yarn on the end to tie into a knot kinda like a corset rather than buckle.)

I've made one already, in a vague "Zagreus colors, why not?" color scheme, though it's hardly accurate to the game either.

I'm buying fabric to make at *least* two more, just gotta find a white I can stand, as I want to make Hadesgame Ares colored one, so white red and gold. White clothing is always suspect to me, but white *is* his main color, so...

Comments

[storme]

I remember Jo Walton talking about chitons and how simple they are to replicate in The Just City. It's very cool to see it done!

[silveradept]

Got a good color scheme going with what you currently have. And in this weather, I wonder how much it would help keep you cool.

[bladespark]

This one's not bad! My fabric I ordered to make more is light jersey knit (t-shirt fabric!) so the next ones are gonna be less accurate but suuuuuuuuuper comfy.

[silveradept]

Complete authenticity is for the SCA and people who zoom in on their 8k televisions to pick nits. The rest of us just want a good look that's comfortable to wear.

[bladespark]

Sometimes it's fun to do a deep dive into exactly how a thing was made, and be as accurate as you can. I have some thoughts about a loom I'm getting soon and accurate historical fabric weaving... But a t-shirt chiton is fun too!

[hitokage]

is it weird to say it looks cute and comfy? it looks cute! and comfy!

[bladespark]

Thank you! It is actually super comfy. I made a peplos (similar thing but with a sewn side seam) that I'm just wearing around the house today, and I've ordered some jersey fabric because I think a chiton in t-shirt material would be IDEAL summerwear.

[hitokage]

Look forward to hearing the results!

[greghousesgf]

cool! If there was an ancient Greek version of the Ren Faire I'd want one!

[bladespark]

I know! In my researching how they're made I ran into somebody who does Greek characters in their local SCA, and I think that's really cool.

[adafrog]

Neat.