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node: fashion_etruscan
type: fashion
slug: etruscan_fashion
title: "Fashion in the Etruscan civilization"
lead: "Etruscan dress is known from tomb paintings and bronzes: the tebenna, a curved mantle, is regarded as the ancestor of the Roman toga, and pointed shoes and rich jewellery were characteristic."
published: 2026-07-28
updated: 2026-07-28
image_file: etruscan_fashion.jpg
image_source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Danseurs_et_musiciens,_tombe_des_l%C3%A9opards.jpg"
image_author: "Unknown (Etruscan, c. 475 BC)"
image_license: "Public domain"
change: "Created as a fashion sub-page under the history section, with a period image (italy region)"
requester: internal
reason: "Per the owner's decision, fashion lives under each history era"
---

## Overview

Etruscan dress survives vividly in the coloured tomb paintings of Tarquinia and elsewhere. As a society enriched by Mediterranean trade, it was rich in jewellery and textiles.

## Key garments and style

Both men and women wore a tunic under the tebenna, a semicircular mantle. Pointed, up-curved shoes (calcei repandi), the women's conical tutulus hat, and fine goldwork are all characteristic.

## Transition

As Etruria was absorbed by Rome, the tebenna evolved into the toga and this dress passed into Roman use.