tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post3141102024227798502..comments2024-03-24T21:42:17.025-04:00Comments on Loose Threads: <small>Yet Another Costuming Blog</small>: HSM #3--A Greek Head Wrap, Completed!Cathy Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-63179633395109989462015-04-02T09:06:46.617-04:002015-04-02T09:06:46.617-04:00A rectangular bag, either of sprang or of another ...A rectangular bag, either of sprang or of another fabric, would also be a valid interpretation of how the style on the vases was made, in my opinion. I rather like the open wrap (even though it's fiddlier) for the relative flexibility it provides, but I suspect that the coarse-haired Greek women would have preferred the bag approach.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-63372945829789584032015-04-02T03:16:18.833-04:002015-04-02T03:16:18.833-04:00While there are many more extant ancient Greek tex...While there are many more extant ancient Greek textiles than the ones from Lefkandi, to the best of my knowledge none of them are associated with women's head coverings.<br /><br />I'm interested that Stephens devised this wrap. It looks a lot like the many extant pharaonic Egyptian linen ones, although of course it's worn very differently. <br /><br />One of the basic types of sprang caps found in Hellenistic, Roman, and Coptic Egypt is basically a rectangular bag with an attached cord; it was often worn with an additional band wrapped around the head in much the same fashion as Stephens demonstrates.Carolyn Priest-Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221326034301943690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-47052087398643042242015-03-31T23:42:28.328-04:002015-03-31T23:42:28.328-04:00Thanks so much for the vote of confidence! Note (...Thanks so much for the vote of confidence! Note (for what it's worth) that white and blue are the colors of the modern Greek flag. I thought of using bleached linen for the wrap portion (I do have some in stash), but decided a bleached white would look too harsh with the dark blue ribbon.<br /><br />You're certainly right that very few textile scraps survive from the Aegean. All the same, it means that the design Stephens suggests and that I improvised upon is, at best, conjectural. For all we know, all of the ribbon-wrapped, cloth-covered styles may have used sprang hair nets instead of cloth. <br /><br />The other thing I'm not sure of is whether I shouldn't have cut the wool strip a bit narrower. It's about an inch and a half now; but an inch might look better, given that I don't have a lot of hair to bulk the wrap out. Stephens's video convinces me that these are styles for women with abundant, coarsely curly hair.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-61557237774964238352015-03-31T21:58:30.920-04:002015-03-31T21:58:30.920-04:00It looks great! The blue colour is beautiful and ...It looks great! The blue colour is beautiful and contrasts nicely with the linen. I would love to see a photo of you wearing it when you have it figured out.<br /><br />I don't think the absence of a surviving example necessarily argues against the accuracy of your wrap. The Aegean in general has some of the worst conditions for textile preservation in the whole world. As far as I'm aware there have only ever been a couple of textile pieces recovered from Greece, from the toumba structure at Lefkandi and dated to about 1000BCE.Stella Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05469996244394603024noreply@blogger.com