The Ancient Roman costume, a truly classic, is one of the quickest-to-make costume among the do-it-yourself ones. I can tell you for sure, because I remembered just the day before that there would have been the Roman Day at school!
I made this costume completely recycling stuff at home, such as cloths in the wardrobe and items found in my dedicated archives (paper/plastic waste bin, recycled gift-ribbons box…)
This dress has been – astutely – recycled later for the Shakespeare Day at school when my son decided to impersonate Marco Antonio in the “Julius Caesar” tragedy.
You will need
- white L/XL t-shirt,
- 3 m golden ribbon
- 1.5 x 1.5 m red square scarf (or bed flat sheet or wide cut of fabric)
- 1.5 m gold twist cord
- beige/ camel/ nude-colour trousers/ leggings/ tights
- two 20 cm branches of bay leaves tied by an elastic band
- gold cardboard and a round brooch
Tools
- golden or white sewing thread
- sewing machine
(I use this one) or needle for hand-sewing
- scissors
- glue or clear tape
(I use this one) or needle for hand-sewingHow to make
A large white T-shirt from my husband’s wardrobe (without him noticing) with a golden ribbon hand-sewed on all the hems became the tunica. A red scarf of mine, fixed with a golden doubloon (from a smoked salmon cardboard!!!), glued on an old round brooch, was put on like a pallium. For the bottom, I offered my son a pair of “naked” tights, but there was no way to make him wear them, so he put his beige trousers on. A laurel wreath, made of two bay leaves branches from the neighbour’s tree (also in this case without her noticing! 😉 ), completed the Ancient Roman Costume.
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