How To Make A Toga By Ron Turner

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Welcome to my web page ! This is Togaboy.
Learn how to make a toga and throw toga parties.
About 250 photos of togas that people have sent me are displayed.
This site is family friendly, designed for people of all ages, and dogs and Australians. For some reason, Australians throw the most toga parties of any people on this Earth.
Use this site for school OR party related costumes.
These pictures are fun and are not intended to be authentic.
Do not write to me and ask me how to make a toga. READ THIS PAGE FIRST, then if you have very specific questions, write to me at [email protected] It's also where to send the pictures of your party.
If you like comedy, here's a picture of me doing a major Toga-don't ! Even Togaboy doesn't always get it right!
Togaboy helps about ONE MILLION visitors a year for 13 years now.
This page has a BORING white background so you can PRINT it.

Remember to send me YOUR PICTURES and I'll put them up if they're good.

Togaboy tries to minimize the display of alcoholic beverages. This is a family friendly site, but there are toga examples for ALL ages and ALL party styles from children to adult.

Now on to the serious business of toga-tying....

Don't use a sheet

Let me repeat that

Don't use a sheet

Go to a cloth store and buy some cool cloth and, [shock of the century] SHEETS ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE! CLOTH IS CHEAPER. Really! I was surprised myself.

(I also know that some of you are writing to me at 10:00 PM needing a toga by 8:00 AM, so in your case, you HAVE to use a sheet.)

Anyway, trust me on this. You can go the cloth store and buy several yards of REALLY CHEAP CLOTH and that probably looks a lot cooler than any sheets would.

Plus, at the cloth store, you can get some cool fabric that really represents your personality, whether it be royal purple or Snoopy or Snoop Doggy Dog.

Togaboy usually does purple, since it was the royal color, and then I used gold braid for belt, and other accessories.

HOW MUCH FABRIC TO BUY ?

Six Yards: this is the official recommendation. I think it's too long.
Five Yards: a little closer to reality, but still long, how much draping do you want?
Four Yards: good enough for a simple man's toga, or a child's toga. Many people find FOUR YARDS will do the trick for almost any kind of toga.

For those of you who have NEVER bought fabric, YOU control how much LENGTH you buy, the WIDTH is a standard width that all fabric seems to come in which is about five feet wide, roughly. I simply take that width, fold it in half, goes once around my waist (a good place to hide a belt), then over the shoulder and just drape from there.

Here is a drawing someone sent me that suggests a different shape for the toga, although you'll probably being using a rectangular piece of cloth. None-the-less, it might be of some help.

It takes about three feet to go around your waist, and you need to wrap it at least 1.5 times around your waist before you throw the remainder over your shoulder (either shoulder). Then bring the fabric back to the waist, and tie it up or wrap it some more or whatever. Women will want to tie the fabric carefully to preserve modesty around the bustal region.

Tunic... Should you wear one ???

This asks the questions, should you wear a Tunic/T-Shirt/Shirt underneath the toga?
This is a comprehensive history of the use of the Tunic.
Do what makes you feel comfortable. You're not trying to accurate. You're trying to be comfortable while you're having a good time.

The design is simple:

The toga cloth is basically long and narrow
(Which is why sheets don't work well)
Pin one end of it to your waist
Wrap it around you at least once
Should hang to about the knees
Pin it at the waist again, on the right or left side
Throw the rest over one shoulder
Around the back
Pin it at the waist again
Wear gym shorts underneath, or whatever you want
Sandals, if possible
Carry something stupid like a sword; I saw a hubcap as a shield !

Now that's the basic design. Used by males at least. Variations used by females would be to use the some basic wrap design, of some form, often followed by small horizontal bands (leather, chain, whatever), accentuating waist and bust line. Usually women want to have the costume at least be attractive, whereas guys really don't care how dufus they look. If fact, the more dufus you look, the more your friends will make fun of you, and thus the more popular you will be at the party.

Now some hints for men and women.

ACCESSORIZE! ACCESSORIZE! ACCESSORIZE!

This is what really can make a costume. Guys, find some swords, fake preferably (get it at the toy store). Then you can take the plastic sword and actually hit people over the head with it and not kill anyone. Lots of gold chains, amulets, jewelry, you get the idea.

Then for the head, I take a wire coat hanger and shape it into a circle that will fit my head. Then I get plastic (or real) leaves and wrap it around the wire hanger, and then put it on my head. I think it's called a laurel, or something like that. Looks cool. Everybody does one.

I am always being asked about women's togas so I want to assure you that there are plenty of photos of women's togas listed below.

Women generally try to look good, while men try to look stupid.

That's the way of the Toga.

When in Rome...do what feels comfortable.

And now the pictures you have sent me...

Here's the very first photo ever sent to me over 13 years ago. It started this whole mess. God bless the Australians...they're a party lot.

The Palmerston Rugby Union Club Darwin, North Territory, Australia.

John Hunter from the Dallas area (where Togaboy also lives) has provided some of the very best toga photos. This is some very high quality toga work, and some good photography. Thanks, John.

Togaboy recommends this photo. It's got lots of good togas.....

Hi Ron!

Last summer, we had a great vacation in Topsail Island, NC with my brother-in-law’s family. With not much night life in Topsail, and having teenage kids, we decided to have theme nights. Our best night was the Toga Party theme night. After checking out your sight, we learned how to make the perfect toga. Please see the attached photos! Please share them on your sight, if you would like!

Thanks, again! Nancy and Tom Dewlin Monkton, Maryland

Togaboy says.....now here's a couple of regular guys....

From Cathy: It shows there is a toga for everyone.

Togaboy says....THESE ARE SOME GOOD PHOTOS OF GOOD COSTUMES........

I made almost all the Togas at the party! Thanks for your ideas it helped a lot. Here are some pictures from the party...I'm the one in the black with the pink on it. And I hand sewed all those pretty things on the girls togas.

Valerie

[Togaboy says ... this is a GREAT PHOTO with good costumes...check it out.]

Hey Togaboy...we just wanted to thank you for all of the invaluable information you provided on your site...

Last month a couple of us were having lunch at a new restaurant in our town named BACCHUS - we noticed that they had a great room off to the side that would be perfect for a small group to dine. The room also had a huge mirror which converted to a media center where slideshows, etc. could be shown.

Since the husband of one of the friends had a 'big birthday' coming up, we asked if the room would be available - they said yes, however that happened to be the official date of the BACCHUS FESTIVAL, so they were planning to have Greek music, special food, etc...

Anyway I know this is waaayyy TMI, but that is how a bunch of us 'elders' decided to have the first Toga Party any of us had attended since our college days (in the 60's) It was a surprise for the birthday boy, and turned out to be a SMASH!!! Amazing how a little piece of cloth can get people into the spirit...

Here's a shot of the group...thanks again! Nancy