The clothes of the Byzantine became a luxurious, rigid dress, which covered the body and veiled it’s forms.
The ruling layer of the society liked silk materials and brocade, which were richly embroidered with precious metals and pearls.
Women wore the ankle long silk tunics as underwear and tied it with a belt.
The long or short sleeved stole served as upper cloathing, in the beginning it reached the ground, but later on it was shortened and it alloved the underwear to be seen.
Depending on the weight of the fabric they wore it with or without a belt.
The paenula funcioned as a piece of upper clothing.
The hem of the round, tight cloak was turned down, and cast back over the shoulders.
The members of the royal family put a cloak on and secured it with a buckle on their right shoulder.
Mens’ long sleeved tunic went down to the ground or to the ankles, was worn with a belt, and it’s lenght, material and colour varied based on the wearer’s social rank.
Men usually wore the tunic with tight pants.
The dalmatic was a long, beltless,
loose sleeved tunic worn by high ranked eminence, it’s front,
back and the rim of the sleeves were decorated by leghtwise bands the so called clavi.
The cloak, rectangular or rounded, was secured with a fibula on the front or on the right shoulder.
A piece of fabric, applicated in chest height, the tablion expressed the rank.
The tight cloak the paenula evolved into a religious ornatus, and became a chasuble.