Thematic Guidance “Roman Fashion” through the Exhibition “Femina Balcanica”

Thematic guidance through the exhibition “Femina Balcanica: Mater, Matrona, Augusta, Dea. Woman on the Balkans in Antiquity” of the National Museum of Serbia, which refers to the topic “Roman Fashion”, will be organized on Wednesday, March 20th, Friday, March 22nd, 2024, at 6 p.m., as well as on Saturday, March 23rd, 2024, at 11 a.m. Tatjana Mihailović, PhD, museum advisor of the National Museum Kraljevo, and art historian Jelena Marković will guide you through the part of the exhibition that relates to fashion trends in Roman times that women followed.

Details in the appearance of women, when they appear in public, from hairstyles, make-up, clothes, and jewellery, similar to today’s time, were determined by the fashion trends of Roman society, primarily those in the capital. During the time of the empire, empresses, whose example was followed by other women, especially from high society, had a great influence on these trends. You can find out what women’s hairstyles were like, what cosmetics and hair ornaments, jewellery and clothes looked like on the thematic guidance “Roman Fashion”.