THE SERIOUS ART OF

TOGA-TYING

(Taken in part from http://www.howtomakeatoga.info/)

 

(Sheets are not recommended)

 

Go to a cloth store and buy some cool cloth because SHEETS ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE!  CLOTH IS CHEAPER.

You can go the cloth store and buy several yards of REALLY CHEAP CLOTH and that probably looks a lot cooler than any sheets would. 

Plus, at the cloth store, you can get some cool fabric that really represents your personality, whether it be royal purple, or perfect pink, or outrageous Island colors.

HOW MUCH FABRIC TO BUY ?

·          4 to 4 1/2 YARDS will do the trick for almost any kind of toga.

For those of you who have NEVER bought fabric, YOU control how much LENGTH you buy, the WIDTH is a standard width that all fabric seems to come in which is about four feet wide, roughly. Simply take that width, fold it in half, go once around your waist, then over the shoulder and just drape from there.

Here is a drawing that suggests a different shape for the toga, although you'll probably being using a rectangular piece of cloth.

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.

 

The design is simple:

·         The toga cloth is basically long and narrow

·         (Which is why sheets don't work well)

·         Pin one end of it to your waist

·         Wrap it around you at least once

·         Should hang to about the knees

·         Pin it at the waist again, on the right or left side

·         Throw the rest over one shoulder

·         Around the back

·         Pin it at the waist again

·         Sandals, if possible

·         For the PLMS Festival, you must wear your PE clothes under your toga.

 

 

 

Now some hints for boys and girls.

ACCESSORIZE! ACCESSORIZE! ACCESSORIZE!

This is what really can make a costume.  Wear lots of gold chains, amulets, jewelry, and a fake scroll.

 

 

Don’t forget your head.  Take a wire coat hanger and shape it into a circle that will fit our head. Then get plastic (or real) leaves and wrap it around the wire hanger, and place it on your head for a laurel wreath.