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Clothing and beautification

The ancient Egyptians were very particular almost cleanliness and personal appearance. People who were poorly groomed were considered inferior. Both men and women used cosmetics and wore jewellery. 1 particular of jewellery, the amulet, was believed to protect the owners and requite them strength.

Flax grown by farmers was woven into fine linen for wear. Working-class men wore loincloths or brusque kilts, as well as long shirt-like garments tied with a sash at the waist. Kilts were made from a rectangular piece of linen that was folded around the torso and tied at the waist. Wealthy men wore knee joint-length shirts, loincloths or kilts and adorned themselves with jewellery – a string of chaplet, armlets and bracelets. Working-class women wore full-length wraparound gowns and close-fitting sheaths. Elite women enhanced their appearance with make-upwards, earrings, bracelets and necklaces.

Both men and women wore sandals fabricated of papyrus. Sandals made of vegetable fibres or leather were a common type of footwear. However, men and women, including the wealthy, were oftentimes portrayed barefoot.

Sometime Kingdom		Middle Kingdom		New Kingdom
Nobleman Short kilt, pleated and belted; shoulder-length pilus; necklace.	Female person servant Uncomplicated sheath dress with broad shoulder straps; long hair, unplaited; jewellery.	Official Mid-calf kilt with a large frock that was probably stiffened to maintain its triangular shape; elaborate necklace.	Female person servant Simple sheath dress, long unplaited hair.	Nobleman Elaborate pleated garment; jewellery, wig and scented cone; sandals with the extended curled toes typical of the period.	Noblewoman Elaborate gown; jewellery; plaited wig, pilus ornaments and scented cone.

Drawings past John Ide

The Regal Image

Clothing

When royalty, gods and goddesses were portrayed in statues, temple carvings and wall paintings, it was the beauty and cocky-confidence of the subject that was conveyed. Egyptian artistic conventions idealized the proportions of the body. Men are shown with broad shoulders, slim bodies, and muscular arms and legs; and women have small waists, flat stomachs and rounded busts. Both wear elegant clothing and jewellery, and stand tall with their heads held high. Their stately appearance commands the respect of all who gaze upon their portraits.

In the Sometime Kingdom, goddesses and elite women were portrayed wearing a sheath with broad shoulder straps. In the New Kingdom, they wore sheaths decorated with gold thread and colourful beadwork, and a blazon of sari; the sheath had only one thin strap. These dresses were made of linen, and busy with beautifully coloured patterns and beadwork.

Past the reign of Amenhotep 3 (1390-1352 B.C.), women'due south garments were fabricated of very light see-through linen.

The men wore knee-length shirts, loincloths or kilts made of linen. Leather loincloths were not uncommon, notwithstanding. Their garments were sometimes decorated with gold thread and colourful beadwork. The priests, viziers and certain officials wore long white robes that had a strap over one shoulder, and sem-priests (one of the ranks in the priesthood) wore leopard skins over their robes.

Hairstyles

The Egyptian aristocracy hired hairdressers and took slap-up care of their hair. Hair was done and scented, and sometimes lightened with henna. Children had their heads shaved, except for i or two tresses or a plait worn at the side of the head. This was called the sidelock of youth, a style worn by the god Horus when he was an infant.

Both men and women sometimes wore hairpieces, but wigs were more common. Wigs were made from human pilus and had vegetable-fibre padding on the underside. Bundled into careful plaits and strands, they were often long and heavy. They may have been worn primarily at festive and formalism occasions, like in eighteenth-century Europe.

Priests shaved their heads and bodies to affirm their devotion to the deities and to reinforce their cleanliness, a sign of purification.

Make-upwards

Eastlight men and women enhanced their appearance with various cosmetics: oils, perfumes, and eye and facial paints. Both sexes wore eye make-upwardly, most oftentimes outlining their lids with a line of black kohl. When putting on make-upward, they used a mirror, as we practise today.

The Egyptians used mineral pigments to produce make-up. Galena or malachite was ground on rock palettes to make eye paint. Applied with the fingers or a kohl pencil (made of wood, ivory or rock), eye paint emphasized the optics and protected them from the bright sunlight. During the Sometime Kingdom, powdered dark-green malachite was brushed nether the eyes. Rouge to colour the face and lips was fabricated from red ochre. Oils and fats were applied to the skin to protect it, mixed into perfumes, and added to the incense cones worn on top of the caput. Both men and women wore perfumed cones on their heads. It has been suggested that the cones were made of tallow or fatty, which melted gradually, releasing fragrance. No examples of the cones accept been plant.

Jewellery

From the earliest times, jewellery was worn past the elite for cocky-adornment and as an indication of social status. Bracelets, rings, earrings, necklaces, pins, belt buckles and amulets were fabricated from gilt and silver inlaid with precious stones such as lapis lazuli, turquoise, carnelian and amethyst. Faience and glass were too used to decorate pieces of jewellery.

The elegant design of Egyptian jewellery oft reflected religious themes. Motifs included images of the gods and goddesses; hieroglyphic symbols; and birds, animals and insects that played a role in the creation myth. Commonly seen were the scarab; the Center of Re; lotus and papyrus plants; the vulture and the hawk; the cobra; and symbols such as the Isis knot, the shen band (symbol of eternity) and the ankh (symbol of life). A person's jewellery was placed in his or her grave to be used in the afterworld, along with many other personal items.

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Source: https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/egcl06e.html

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