Author: Olson Kelly
Publisher: Bloomsbury Journals (formerly Berg Journals)
ISSN: 1751-7419
Source: Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, Vol.6, Iss.4, 2002-11, pp. : 387-420
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Abstract
Prostitutes and adulteresses were presumably immediately identifiable from their clothing – both were supposedly togate. But specific passages on the togate adulteress/whore are very few. Apart from Cicero and Nonius, the toga is not mentioned specifically in connection with the appearance of prostitutes. Instead it appears that whores, depending on their station, appeared in everything from rich clothing all the way down to nothing; the toga, the prostitute's supposed identifying mark, is in fact rarely mentioned – there was instead a range of prostitute clothing. Nor do we find any evidence that the adulteress or the prostitute was “compelled” to wear the toga, as is often asserted by modern authors. Like the use of the word
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