ocr: Clothing Most Egyptians wore clothing made out of linen, a woven fabric made from the flax plant. The poor wore coarsely woven linen while the rich wore fine linen. Coarse linen was a dark tan color and fine linen was white. Because of the heat, people did not wear heavy clothing. Men generally wore "shendjyt" kilts, short linen skirts that knotted around the waist. Wearing a pleated skirt was a sign of wealth. Women wore straight dresses with papyrus, though wealthy people shoulder straps. Sometimes they sometimes wore leather sandals. wore cloaks with embroidered hems. See Also: Children dre ...
