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 Ok...I get a LOT of
requests on how to make a toga (why the hell I'm an expert, I'll never
know...but I do make a damn good toga...), so here you are. I found these
instructions on the internet over a year ago along with other information
on toga history, but don't ask me where, cause I don't know (if the guy
who made the instructions sees this, please don't sue me, I'd give you
credit, I just don't know who the hell you are...). Do a search for
yourself. Joe apparently found the
same page, 'cause the instructions are similar (or maybe they found his
page). Anyway, here is the Conte Cult edited version (everywhere you see
an "I" it's me talkin'...):
How
To Make A Toga
1. Don't use a
sheet.*
2. Don't use a
sheet.*
*SHEETS ARE REALLY
EXPENSIVE! (Well, at least the ones I buy are...) Go to a cloth store
(like Rag Shop) and buy something good. I went with five other guys
and we bought all different types of materials, of all different colors. I
think I spent around $50.00 (that's with my laurel, toy arm band and
materials...), but I don't know what type of material I bought, some type
or variation of satin. I bought white, blue and purple (see
below for what the colors and combos mean...).
3. Buy several yards,
like three or four. It takes about three feet to go around your waist, and
you need to wrap it at least 1.5 times around your waist before you throw
the remainder over your shoulder (either shoulder). Then bring the fabric
back to the waist, and tie it up or wrap it some more or whatever. Women
will (possibly) want to tie the fabric carefully to preserve modesty (or
not) around the bust region. Make sure you get enough, but don't go nuts.
As far as cutting everything up, I winged it. It takes a little creative
talent but isn't too hard...
Or for you picture
minded people see below... |
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Color
Gradually, colors
began to distinguish class and professions:
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Philosophers
wore blue. |
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Black was
worn by Theologians. |
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Green was
worn by practitioners of the Medical Arts. |
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Soothsayers
wore an unornamented white toga. |
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Peasants
were allowed only one sober (not drunk) color. |
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Officers
were allowed garments of two colors. |
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Clan Commanders
could wear three colors (that's me, the Clan Commander, white,
purple and blue). |
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Members of the Imperial
Household wore as many as seven colors. |
ACCESSORIZE!
ACCESSORIZE! ACCESSORIZE!
This is what really
can make the toga. Guys, find some swords, fake preferably at the toy
store (Then you can take the plastic sword and actually hit people over
the head with it and not kill anyone...). Lots of gold chains,
amulets, jewelry, etc., you get the idea.
For the head, you
can take a wire coat hanger and shape it into a circle that will fit your
head. Then get plastic (or real) leaves and wrap it around the wire
hanger, and then put it on your head. I think it's called a laurel, or
something like that. Looks cool. (when we were shopping at Rag Shop we
found a section in the store where they had fake plants and stuff like
that. There we found these rolled up "vines", about three feet
long. They had thin, pliable wire inside and were absolutely perfect after
we cut them to the size of our bulbous heads!)
And that's it! I
don't have any pix of my toga, but I'll take some this year at the big
one, Toga XII... |
