I love them all! I wish I were built to be able to wear that, but my bust is a bit.... well, I’m not a fan of completely baring my chest in public and it’s not yet socially acceptable. :) I’d need some serious clothing glue... :)
@@keeganwallace5106 there is also the nude / natural coloured lining that is used in swimwear and skating costumes. Would something like that make it more comfortable for you?
as a greek i really like it that people start to learn and appreciate the minoan culture. it was an important part and influence of greek culture but gets overshadowed by the classic and Hellenistic period. not that its not as important but other parts of our history need more appreciation as well.
@@velvetcroc9827... And greece was not one country or cultur for thw most part either... Krete is npw part of grece and it was an influence just as many other proto greek culturs they absolutly have a place there... Its like sayi g the ainu are not japanese cause thwir languagw was not japanese never mind they where the indeginous people
To recreate the famous "bare breasted" look, a lightweight knit undershirt or camisole in a tone similar to your skin would work beautifully, and the typical small bolero could be added, to complete the look. And don't be hesitant about more "gold" jewelry - the ladies loved rings, earrings and bracelets. There are reproductions available online. It would be fun to find some appropriate sandals to finish off the look, and do the dramatic make-up of the day. What a great project, and it looks like the clothing was very comfortable to wear in that warm, seaside climate.
It suddenly struck me watching this that the multilayered skirt thing makes sense given that Crete was at the very centre of the Bronze Age trade network. Cloth of every kind and from all over the Mediterranean would be coming into port. What better way to show off the latest materials than in wrap skirts etc? I imagine the average Minoan woman built up quite a collection she could mix and match and swap with friends. Thanks for this vid. It really brought things to life.
Totally! I started out thinking I'd make one outfit, but then I had to try some more skirt ideas, and, well...here we are with a new and actually quite comfortable wardrobe!
Minos was actually a decent stepfather. Instead of killing the Minotaur at birth, he created a containment facility where he was safe, fed him, and tried. :) now, maybe it was guilt as his actions were what created the circumstances of the Minotaurs birth, but at least he tried. Did better than a lot of people now..
You need to read many books in order to get to this conclusion Mr. Wallace. Bravo, Bravo! P.S. For start, Man and his Symbols, Karl Jung, The hero with thousand faces, Joseph Campbell, 12 Archetypes, Caroll Pearson, The Golden Bought, Frazer, Excavations in Troy, Heinrich Schliemann.
they look pretty wearable for day to day in a hot climate. I love your interpretation, although I think belts for both sexes were worn much broader, to make the waist look smaller. Thanks for this
These are really classy! Your renditions of Minoan clothing look like works that women and (possibly men) actually sat down at a loom for days on end weaving into the fabric expressions of themselves that they would show to the world. Comfortable, practical, stylish, and what people would wear to market, a social gathering, or a feast, or an event. Beautiful!
"Typical 2000 BCE's youth and their revealing clevages! your great-great-great-great grandma wouldn't dare wearing such outfits like a thousand years ago!" Ps. lovely historical recreation! amazing job!
Those costumes look fantastic! I'm fascinated with the Minoans & Mycenaeans and the Bronze Age in general. It's an era that's really not covered by historical reenactment societies much, but that's been changing in the last few years.
Minoan is definitely a culture I associate with bare-breasted looks so it was interesting to see it attempted at all, and I'm curious how you plan to style these at events when you can't just edit out any clips that show a little bit too much for modern standards!
Why do you (US-)Americans have so big issues with nudity in public? If I was a woman and wanted to impersonated a female Minoan at an event, I would just go ahead with it - free the girls! 🙂🙂🙂
These are absolutely bombastic!!! I visited Knossos and the Heraklion Archeological Museum in 2019 and I couldn't stop looking at the paintings and statues. The hair, the clothes, they could walk on streets of any big European city in summer and no one would even blink (well, unless they went "tits out"). The 3-layered skirt with the red tunic looks outstanding, like you just stepped out of one of the paintings. Congratulation and thank you for your work and research.
Very tasteful choice of fabrics and colors, well done also with the sewing job! I am inspired to make those tunics. Also, your Egyptian theme and clothes are very appealing. I like the simplicity yet elegance of both fashions.
Awesome! Yes, as much as I love wearing big medieval and renaissance gowns to events, the summer weather has really inspired me to look more at other options. Now go forth and create!
Oh great job researching and creating the outfits! I did a costume based on Catal Hyak back in the 1980s for costume con. I also looked at a lot of Minoan paintings and sculptures but chickened out. I was too busty (34DDD) to feel comfortable. I documented wearing my bra under the costume as a way to get my body to the shape of the statue.
That sounds super interesting! Hey, we do what we have to do to make it work and feel comfortable! Even I have some fairly high tech modern pasties on under here.
Was just introduced to your channel via a CoSy21 panel on Opus Elenae's channel, and when you showed us you were working on a Minoan project, I just HAD to come look for this asap!! It's such a fascinating & still fairly mysterious period of history, and I've never seen anyone actually trying to practically reproduce any of the styles in 3D...? They're not very compatible with modern Western standards of modesty for streetwear, so it was interesting to see how you adapted for that too. So wowed by how it all turned out and how much the trim & tassel accents elevated these gorgeous garments! 😍 The natural makeup look with your outfit was very flattering, and the number of variations possible for you both by layering items was super-cool. Just from a sewing standpoint these seem remarkably accessible even for non-expert sewers so I hope your PDF patterns see lots of play! Oh and I'm with your boyfriend - if one is wearing tassels, then twirling them is absolutely de rigeur!! 😂 Good on him for helping with the modeling...
Hi Daisy, Ifellow scadian here. I'd love to see a hair tutorial for the outfit and a series on here would be awesome. It's easier to find patterns for historical purposes. Less so for hair and makeup
Thanks for saying that, and totally agree! Hair is often a hard part for me too. Do you follow Loepsie? She does a lot of historical hair tutorials that help with sca periods. For this one, I sort of pinned the hair up with a clip and bobby pins and wrapped the trim around it as closely as possible to the paintings. There's also some insight via ancient Greek hair tutorials.
I was so delighted when I heard you were working on this, and I'm *so* glad to see it come to fruition! I had just started making my Minoan wardrobe, in earnest. I'm so glad you made it out of the starter blocks before me. Now I get to watch your process, also! ^.^
So I'm writing a fictional culture with heavy inspirations from Minoan fashion, but I fail miserably at describing clothing. I found this video really helpful to kind of work out ways to describe what I'm going for. Cool side benefit!
Thank you so much for sharing that thought! I had so much fun mixing and matching the pieces. Normally when I go to week long events (or did in the before times!) I like to bring primarily one type of wardrobe with options, as much as possible, to cut down on packing space.
Great work. I will definitely make use of your examples. I especially like the wrap-around layer skirts (as opposed to flounces). I have been experimenting with a construction that is not-t-tunic, because of the amount of wastage that is involved in cutting out and throwing away large pieces of fabric. If you have further insights on this, please advise. Are you willing to reveal your trim source? Hand woven trim in the quantity needed to adorn a Minoan robe is difficult to find.
Like! The frescoes show men in just kilts for the most part. Understandable as it is very warm on Crete, but the women wearing multi--layers? Seems to me that would heat up fast.
I've seen quite a few places theorising that those elaborate dresses were made of leather, goat leather which is very soft and fine (if processed properly) - hence the intricate sewing patterns, but I'm not at all an expert!
You did not! It's just hemmed, and the trim adds a little reinforcement. You could always reinforce more if needed! I tried more of that "corset" idea before with the snake goddess attempt. While I made that one more complex, I now think it makes sense to pattern it more like this one with the added lacing. Would love to try more!
What a coincidence that you made this video. I have recently discovered that there are animal shelters on Crete. So I have been watching the dogs on UA-cam, dreaming about adopting one of them. 🙂 There is an ancient dog breed called Cretan Hound. It is thought to be the oldest European dog breed, dating from "perhaps before 3200 BCE". (Wikipedia). So it would have been the Minoans' dog. Takis has over 400 dogs for adopting right now (various breeds). 🐕
I could be wrong,but as far as I know the cut of bodies should be really tight one ( at list three sizes smaller),sleeves should be shorter and much tighter,waist and breasts should be supported by kind of “corseted” belt and it goes without saying that breasts themselves should be widely exposed 😜 ✌️
@@DaisyViktoria well tell him he did a really good job. 👍 I actually said Oh when I saw him in the white tunic! And I liked your dancing. The clothing was comfortable? It made you want to dance!
I see that the boobage is hanging out in a lot of the pictures and assuming that’s actually what they wore and not and artistic exaggeration of a symbol of female fertility I think they would’ve done that to make breastfeeding easier.
A small detail: the Spartans (Lakedaimonioi) themselves traced their ancestry to Doreans as well as Minoans. This was one of the reasons that their clothing varied significally with respect to the rest of Greek City States and somehow more close to the Minoan.
![The Quiet History of Adjustable Clothing [from a non-historian]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/RjjsI27O4Pg/mqdefault.jpg)
Which outfit was your favorite?
My fav was the red tunic with the three layered kilt❤️
I loved all of them, but the red tunic with the three layered skirt was my favourite. Close second was the red tunic with the light blue skirt.
I love them all! I wish I were built to be able to wear that, but my bust is a bit.... well, I’m not a fan of completely baring my chest in public and it’s not yet socially acceptable. :) I’d need some serious clothing glue... :)
All of them! You really managed to revive that period through your work.
@@keeganwallace5106 there is also the nude / natural coloured lining that is used in swimwear and skating costumes. Would something like that make it more comfortable for you?
as a greek i really like it that people start to learn and appreciate the minoan culture. it was an important part and influence of greek culture but gets overshadowed by the classic and Hellenistic period. not that its not as important but other parts of our history need more appreciation as well.
Minoans didn't even speak Greek. It doesn't really make sense to call them Greeks.
@@velvetcroc9827... And greece was not one country or cultur for thw most part either... Krete is npw part of grece and it was an influence just as many other proto greek culturs they absolutly have a place there... Its like sayi g the ainu are not japanese cause thwir languagw was not japanese never mind they where the indeginous people
@velvetcroc9827 Minoans were Hellenes and spoke Hellenic! They used a different system but the words and the sound was the same.
To recreate the famous "bare breasted" look, a lightweight knit undershirt or camisole in a tone similar to your skin would work beautifully, and the typical small bolero could be added, to complete the look. And don't be hesitant about more "gold" jewelry - the ladies loved rings, earrings and bracelets. There are reproductions available online. It would be fun to find some appropriate sandals to finish off the look, and do the dramatic make-up of the day. What a great project, and it looks like the clothing was very comfortable to wear in that warm, seaside climate.
It suddenly struck me watching this that the multilayered skirt thing makes sense given that Crete was at the very centre of the Bronze Age trade network. Cloth of every kind and from all over the Mediterranean would be coming into port. What better way to show off the latest materials than in wrap skirts etc? I imagine the average Minoan woman built up quite a collection she could mix and match and swap with friends. Thanks for this vid. It really brought things to life.
I love how this became a Minoan capsule wardrobe!
Totally! I started out thinking I'd make one outfit, but then I had to try some more skirt ideas, and, well...here we are with a new and actually quite comfortable wardrobe!
Minos was actually a decent stepfather. Instead of killing the Minotaur at birth, he created a containment facility where he was safe, fed him, and tried. :) now, maybe it was guilt as his actions were what created the circumstances of the Minotaurs birth, but at least he tried. Did better than a lot of people now..
Thanks for sharing such a thoughtful perspective! We can learn so much from the legends of the past if we listen.
@@DaisyViktoria absolutely! Myths and legends almost always have a teaching aspect, and sometimes those aspects mean different things in modernity! :)
You need to read many books in order to get to this conclusion Mr. Wallace. Bravo, Bravo!
P.S. For start, Man and his Symbols, Karl Jung, The hero with thousand faces, Joseph Campbell, 12 Archetypes, Caroll Pearson, The Golden Bought, Frazer, Excavations in Troy, Heinrich Schliemann.
Thats more then most fathers did in greek myth😂
they look pretty wearable for day to day in a hot climate. I love your interpretation, although I think belts for both sexes were worn much broader, to make the waist look smaller.
Thanks for this
These are really classy!
Your renditions of Minoan clothing look like works that women and (possibly men) actually sat down at a loom for days on end weaving into the fabric expressions of themselves that they would show to the world. Comfortable, practical, stylish, and what people would wear to market, a social gathering, or a feast, or an event.
Beautiful!
"Typical 2000 BCE's youth and their revealing clevages! your great-great-great-great grandma wouldn't dare wearing such outfits like a thousand years ago!"
Ps. lovely historical recreation! amazing job!
Those costumes look fantastic! I'm fascinated with the Minoans & Mycenaeans and the Bronze Age in general. It's an era that's really not covered by historical reenactment societies much, but that's been changing in the last few years.
Thank you! I love the Bronze Age too! It's really nice to see it more widely represented and researched.
Minoan is definitely a culture I associate with bare-breasted looks so it was interesting to see it attempted at all, and I'm curious how you plan to style these at events when you can't just edit out any clips that show a little bit too much for modern standards!
We surely have a more modest standard now! They stay pretty well, but there is always top stick for certainty! 😅
Why do you (US-)Americans have so big issues with nudity in public? If I was a woman and wanted to impersonated a female Minoan at an event, I would just go ahead with it - free the girls! 🙂🙂🙂
I love Minoan clothes!
They are so colorful and stylish. Thank you so much for this wonderful work.
These are absolutely bombastic!!! I visited Knossos and the Heraklion Archeological Museum in 2019 and I couldn't stop looking at the paintings and statues. The hair, the clothes, they could walk on streets of any big European city in summer and no one would even blink (well, unless they went "tits out"). The 3-layered skirt with the red tunic looks outstanding, like you just stepped out of one of the paintings. Congratulation and thank you for your work and research.
Very tasteful choice of fabrics and colors, well done also with the sewing job! I am inspired to make those tunics. Also, your Egyptian theme and clothes are very appealing. I like the simplicity yet elegance of both fashions.
Excellent recreations. Beautiful.
do you know how long iv'e been waiting for somebody to recreate minoan clothing????? i got so excited when i saw this
Yay!!! Minoan clothing is so fun!
@@DaisyViktoria one of my favourite eras. it's so uniqe!
This is perfect for a summer event we go to each year!!! Awesome job
Awesome! Yes, as much as I love wearing big medieval and renaissance gowns to events, the summer weather has really inspired me to look more at other options. Now go forth and create!
The trim and fringe is so ideal! Is there a source for it? Really brings them all together.
Oh great job researching and creating the outfits! I did a costume based on Catal Hyak back in the 1980s for costume con. I also looked at a lot of Minoan paintings and sculptures but chickened out. I was too busty (34DDD) to feel comfortable. I documented wearing my bra under the costume as a way to get my body to the shape of the statue.
That sounds super interesting! Hey, we do what we have to do to make it work and feel comfortable! Even I have some fairly high tech modern pasties on under here.
Was just introduced to your channel via a CoSy21 panel on Opus Elenae's channel, and when you showed us you were working on a Minoan project, I just HAD to come look for this asap!! It's such a fascinating & still fairly mysterious period of history, and I've never seen anyone actually trying to practically reproduce any of the styles in 3D...? They're not very compatible with modern Western standards of modesty for streetwear, so it was interesting to see how you adapted for that too.
So wowed by how it all turned out and how much the trim & tassel accents elevated these gorgeous garments! 😍 The natural makeup look with your outfit was very flattering, and the number of variations possible for you both by layering items was super-cool. Just from a sewing standpoint these seem remarkably accessible even for non-expert sewers so I hope your PDF patterns see lots of play!
Oh and I'm with your boyfriend - if one is wearing tassels, then twirling them is absolutely de rigeur!! 😂 Good on him for helping with the modeling...
Minoans first super power of Europe. We are learning more and just how advanced they were.Amazing really!Women had a high status and beautiful.
Hi Daisy, Ifellow scadian here. I'd love to see a hair tutorial for the outfit and a series on here would be awesome. It's easier to find patterns for historical purposes. Less so for hair and makeup
Thanks for saying that, and totally agree! Hair is often a hard part for me too. Do you follow Loepsie? She does a lot of historical hair tutorials that help with sca periods.
For this one, I sort of pinned the hair up with a clip and bobby pins and wrapped the trim around it as closely as possible to the paintings. There's also some insight via ancient Greek hair tutorials.
I was so delighted when I heard you were working on this, and I'm *so* glad to see it come to fruition! I had just started making my Minoan wardrobe, in earnest. I'm so glad you made it out of the starter blocks before me. Now I get to watch your process, also! ^.^
Huzzah!! I am so excited for yours as well!
So I'm writing a fictional culture with heavy inspirations from Minoan fashion, but I fail miserably at describing clothing.
I found this video really helpful to kind of work out ways to describe what I'm going for. Cool side benefit!
I loved seeing you make a capsule wardrobe! It was a fun change to normally just one outfit, and it was very satisfying how it all matched
Thank you so much for sharing that thought! I had so much fun mixing and matching the pieces. Normally when I go to week long events (or did in the before times!) I like to bring primarily one type of wardrobe with options, as much as possible, to cut down on packing space.
Just subscribed though I have watched several of your videos. I respect the time you put into research as it reflects in some quality garments! 💖
The tunics and kilts look great! Keep making them! Maybe we can have a fashion revisitation!
Great work. I will definitely make use of your examples. I especially like the wrap-around layer skirts (as opposed to flounces).
I have been experimenting with a construction that is not-t-tunic, because of the amount of wastage that is involved in cutting out and throwing away large pieces of fabric. If you have further insights on this, please advise.
Are you willing to reveal your trim source? Hand woven trim in the quantity needed to adorn a Minoan robe is difficult to find.
The trim and fringes really complete the look, where did u buy them from? I couldn't find them on your affiliate store.
Would you consider revisiting this? Id really love if you could recreate the loincloth and headdress of the prince of lilies fresco
This is how King Minos, Princess Adriane, or King Idomeneus used to dress! I'm in shock! Greetings from Mexico!
Like! The frescoes show men in just kilts for the most part. Understandable as it is very warm on Crete, but the women wearing multi--layers? Seems to me that would heat up fast.
I can't choose a favourite as they're all amazing.
♥️🥰♥️
Very cool, love these
I love these so much! 100% going to make something Minoan/Mycenaean.
Thank you! I'm sure yours will be amazing!
I've seen quite a few places theorising that those elaborate dresses were made of leather, goat leather which is very soft and fine (if processed properly) - hence the intricate sewing patterns, but I'm not at all an expert!
Fantastic. I love the blue tunic!
Ur boifriend is SOOOOO lucky to have someone that makes clothes for him😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
AMAZING! LOVE IT!
I loved this!
Thank you!!
Nice goïng girl. Love it. You kow about fashion, and i ove the style of your lady garments. Keep up the good work.
Amazing, thank you!
Amazing! Well done!
Did I miss how you reinforced the neck opening of the man's tunic? Do you have any plans on fashioning a Minoan lady's corset or waistnipper?
You did not! It's just hemmed, and the trim adds a little reinforcement. You could always reinforce more if needed!
I tried more of that "corset" idea before with the snake goddess attempt. While I made that one more complex, I now think it makes sense to pattern it more like this one with the added lacing. Would love to try more!
Your garments and your dancing are beautiful
Thank you so much!
What a coincidence that you made this video. I have recently discovered that there are animal shelters on Crete. So I have been watching the dogs on UA-cam, dreaming about adopting one of them. 🙂 There is an ancient dog breed called Cretan Hound. It is thought to be the oldest European dog breed, dating from "perhaps before 3200 BCE". (Wikipedia). So it would have been the Minoans' dog. Takis has over 400 dogs for adopting right now (various breeds). 🐕
That's so awesome, and cool you can watch the dogs! Thank you for sharing this, and I hope you can adopt one!
@@DaisyViktoria Thank you. 😊
Very creative and they all look great.
Thank you!!
Amazing! You really look Minoan!
Loved this vid
yay! what fun!!
Yay indeed! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Oh he had too much fun with the silly poses. LOL!
Silly poses make everything better!
so inspiring!
Daisy, are you in the USA. I want to learn how to make historical clothing.
Minoan men must have been a very happy and excited bunch.
Why? Did I miss something?
@@Rachel-fi4sc Minoan women's wear generally exposed breasts. I expect it was a lot less interesting if it was just the norm.
@@BEAMChannel There are plenty of places even in the modern world where breasts aren't considered sexual. They feed babies.
I could be wrong,but as far as I know the cut of bodies should be really tight one ( at list three sizes smaller),sleeves should be shorter and much tighter,waist and breasts should be supported by kind of “corseted” belt and it goes without saying that breasts themselves should be widely exposed 😜 ✌️
Ah, the Minoans - history's most fabulous pirates.
Hejsan svejsan och bra video.
Would this be similar to what people wore in the Trojan War?
awesome :)
Love it :) How did you talk your boyfriend into letting you video him? lol
Lol biggest challenge, I guess I can be convincing sometimes!
@@DaisyViktoria well tell him he did a really good job. 👍 I actually said Oh when I saw him in the white tunic! And I liked your dancing. The clothing was comfortable? It made you want to dance!
You and your boyfriend are so cute. He has a sense of humor and I bet is a fun to be with.
You wear Minoan clothes everyday, right? Because that's your look.
Don't blame you for the dancing. If im wearing those beautiful garment i would do the same.
I see that the boobage is hanging out in a lot of the pictures and assuming that’s actually what they wore and not and artistic exaggeration of a symbol of female fertility I think they would’ve done that to make breastfeeding easier.
This is what Helen of Troy could have worn in real life.
Молодчинушка!❤🌹🪞👑💐🌟🎉👍
I thought it was more wide open😳😏
A small detail: the Spartans (Lakedaimonioi) themselves traced their ancestry to Doreans as well as Minoans. This was one of the reasons that their clothing varied significally with respect to the rest of Greek City States and somehow more close to the Minoan.
cretan archers all the way!
I’m sorry I’m down bad right now 😔 😢
Minoan civilization is the foundation of the greek culture.
Can't u wear blouse inside
Así mismo, pero con los pechos fuera.
Por lo tanto, no es así
Minoans didn't wear anything, They were naked people of African tribes
being a minoan looks like it would have been fun