Comparison of clothing

Comparison of clothing

In the blog, I will be contrasting clothing from the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic civilization. The fashion was part of the Byzantine’s everyday life as  well as it was in the Muslims everyday life. While most of their clothes looked relatively different, there were other things that made the fashion alike in each place.

My primary source for clothing from the Byzantine Empire was this picture of a Byzantine man. As you can see, he is wearing many layers. The first layer they would wear a tunica talaris usually made of silk. Covering this would be a smaller dalmatic made out of gold brocade. Over that would be a toga made of silk. Each layer would have very detailed designs on it. The layers basically made the outfit look as beautiful as it does. The shoes that he is wearing would be sandals made of soft leather sandals.

My second primary source is this picture of a shawl from Islamic civilization. This shawl is made of silk with a golden fringe at the sides. As you can see the designs are very detailed. In each diamond, there is a vase filled with a bouquet of flowers with more flowers attached by a vine at the bottom. This piece of clothing is worn around the shoulders and is outlined with silk. There would be a detachable hood that connects to the two triangles. This would most likely be worn as a top layer over other layers of clothing.

Outline:

• Each of their clothes were made of mostly silk
• Both places wore many layer on their outfits
• Both outlined with silk or gold
• Each layer of both the Byzantine and Islam clothing would be detailed

Conclusion:

Even though there are many things different about Islams and Byzantines, clothing is not one of them. We have clearly seen many things that are alike from the examples of clothing from each empire.