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node: fashion_predynastic
type: fashion
slug: predynastic_egypt_fashion
title: "Fashion in Predynastic Egypt"
lead: "In Predynastic Egypt people wore animal skins and simple linen; men wore a loincloth and women a wrapped garment, as linen weaving gradually developed."
published: 2026-07-28
updated: 2026-07-28
change: "Created as a fashion sub-page under the history section (egypt region)"
requester: internal
reason: "Per the owner's decision, fashion lives under each history era"
---

## Overview

The dress of this pre-dynastic age is known from figurines and burials, and the growing of flax and weaving of linen began early.

## Key garments and style

Men wore a cloth wrapped at the waist and women a simple wrapped linen garment. Shell and bone ornaments and cosmetic palettes show that care for appearance was there from the start.

## Transition

As the dynasties began, the linen kilt and sheath dress settled as the basis of Egyptian dress.