FASHION

FASHION ACCESSORIES
ACCESSORIES AND
AND LIFESTYLE
LIFESTYLE

MESOPOTAMIA

- Mesopotamians had developed impressive skills

for fashion clothing and accessories

-Clothing historians have studied carved statues,

the artifacts of royal tombs, and written tablets
that show and describe the decorative accessories
and clotes they wore.

-While slaves and the poorest people wore

simple, functional clothes, the wealthiest could
afford beautifully made jewellery.
-Both men and women were clothed in a large
piece of material—most commonly of wool,
though later also of linen—draped around the
body over a skirt

MESOPOTAMIA & JEWELLERY.

.Jewellery is the world’s oldest art form, predating cave paintings by
tens of thousands of years.

the state of the art jewellery provided us with extensive

knowledge about their society, culture and lifestyle. The
jewellery items that have been found and preserved
carry on a piece of the Mesopotamian legacy.

during those times women, men and children all wore

jewellery. Every member of the society, despite their
class and race, wore some form of decorative item or
an amulet on them at all times. Unlike some of the
other ancient civilizations, jewellery was not exclusive
to the royals. Jewellery was incorporated into their
lifestyle.

The men wore bracelents, earrings,

necklaces, headbands and other
ornaments in gold.

The women were covered in oral

ornaments made of gold leaves,
bunches of grapes and spirals,
earrings, necklaces, belts and
bracelets. They really had all the
categories covered and more.

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As their society advanced, so

did the need for the members to
express themselves, their status
and power; this was done
through their attire as well as
jewellery.  they took good care
of their designs by maintaining
a balance between the aesthetic
and the religious symbolism of
each piece.

A royal tomb from Sumeria dating

from around 2500 B.C.E. included an
abundance of beaded necklaces,
rings, bracelets for the wrist and
ankles, stickpins, and other jewelry.
Made of gold and silver, the jewelry
was set with decorative gemstones
such as deep blue lapis lazuli, red
carnelian, white alabaster, and
sparkling crystals.

-Pu-abi’s beaded cape, belt, and

jewelry. The circle on the lower
left is her garter; on the lower
right is her wrist cuff (bracelet).”
-princess pauabi
EARRINGS & RINGS
Mesopotamian jewellery was large and
elaborate. A pair of gold hoop earrings
discovered in a queen's tomb, for example,
are so large that they must have been
worn hooked over the ears because they
would have been too heavy to hang from
the earlobes.

 Spiritual belief and

jewellery stones

Bloodstone was worn by

Babylonians for protection
against their enemies and was
also used in divination.

Mesopotamians pioneered
astrology and astronomy, and
they worshiped the planets,
which they believed controlled
their fates as individuals, as well
as groups. They paired each
planet with its own unique
gemstone, therefore inspiring
the idea of birthstone jewellery.

Wedding bands, as we know

them today, in precious metal
form, also got their start in
Mesopotamia. They were
only worn by women.

 How it was made

1.Modern jewelry experts have dubbed Sumeria the cradle of
the goldsmith’s art.
2.These craftsmen made most gold and silver items by cutting
the precious metals into thin sheets, which they shaped with
hammers and other tools.
3.hey also made gold chains with the basic loop-in-loop method,
which is a testament to the rm grip Sumerian goldsmiths had
on working with gold wire.
4.They also engraved, and used techniques like cloisonné,
ligree, and granulation.
5.to make solid and hollow ornaments they used the cast cold
technique. To trace details like veins on gold foil leaves, and
grooves on beads, the lost-wax technique was employed.
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HAIR & MAKEUP

HAIR

-Men and women adorned their heads in

very different ways in Mesopotamia
-In the early years of civilization there,
most men shaved their heads bald while
women braided their long hair into
elaborate styles pinned to the top of their
heads. They also covered their hair with
netting, scarves, or turbans.

 Elaborate hairstyles soon became important for both

men and women in Mesopotamia. Men started to grow
their hair longer and would wear it in waves.
The king began to wear a full beard and long braided
hair tied in a large bun at the nape of his neck. Women
continued to wear their hair long, twisting it into large
buns that covered the top of the head to the base of the
neck and adorning it with ribbons and pins.

Sumerianhair styles

The wealthiest people decorated their elaborate hairstyles

with beautifully made jewellery of gold and silver.

MAKEUP

-The women (and men) of ancient Mesopotamia

are supposedly the rst to invent and wear lipstick.
They appreciate the ner things in life
by the ner things, we mean that they smear their
lips with what sounds like an epidermis-scraping
mix of paste and crushed semi-precious rocks.
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 Sumerians They believed kohl

protected their eyes from disease
and themselves from the evil eye.

Shells lled with pigments of red, white, yellow, blue,

green, and black with carved ivory applicators have been
found in tombs. Perfume was also important for
cosmetic, medicinal, and other uses.
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Mesopotamia shaping &
inspiring the new modern glam
industry
Brand : aŠady

Dana Asady, continues to draw inspiration from past and present.

Her work is in uenced by timeless shapes with roots in ancient
Mesopotamia, where goddesses ruled both love and war
simultaneously, married with a modern twist t for the 21st century
woman.

She tried to incorporate the Mesopotamian lotus ower in the

embroidered and the accessories design of the collection while
maintaining a sense of modernism .

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Brand : Eishita Puri

Wood, paper, stone, even bones — jewellery designers have

found many materials to craft sustainable and/or upcycled
collections. the inspiration came from her of ce. “In our
line of work, there is always waste packaging material lying
around. It got me thinking if I could transform them to
make different accessories,” she says. Her latest line,
Metanoia, is made out of cardboard, coated with metal.
The collection has an ancient Mesopotamian aesthetic,
and includes statement cuffs, earrings, bangles and chains,
plated with silver, gold, rose gold and charcoal metal.

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Many famous designers who took subtle

inspiration from Mesopotamia jewellery
silhouettes