National costumes

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National costumes

• (Russia, Austria, Finland)

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Russian costume(VI-XVII centuries)

• A long shirt was the main article of national
  costume for men and women. It was made of white
  homespun fabric and expensive colorful one with
  ornaments for rich people.
• A shirt was belt by a cord or leather belt with
  different brushes at the ends. There were not any
  pockets, so people suspended different things
  like knives, purses and combs on these belts.
  Sleeves, collars and hems were embroidered by the
  beautiful ornaments.
• Later women began to wear sarafans (sundress)
  with aprons and wreathes.

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Russian costume

• The red colour was the most festive. The
  womens sarafans (sundresses) were decorated with
  gold and silver threads and ornaments. Also
  national clothes were functionally different
  festal, everyday, wedding, funereal, age, family
  status.

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Russian costume

• Kokoshnik is traditional Russian women and
  girls headdress. It is patterned to match the
  style of sarafan. The forehead is sometimes
  decorated with pearls. The woman or the girl
  usually wears her hair in a plait.

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National Russian shoes

• Lapti is national Russian footwear. They were
  made of bast (a kind of a tree). Lapti were tied
  round the feet with bast laces.

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Russian Peasant Costume

• -kosovorotka (a blouse with side collar
  fastening)
• -porti (trousers)
• -lapti (shoes made of bast)
• -zipun (smooth woolen street clothes)

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Russian costume(XVII-XVIII centuries)

• After the reforms of Peter I all the nobles
  had to wear European dress. The men wore European
  shirts, wigs, silk stockings and shoes on the
  heels. Women wore stylish french puffed dresses
  with corsets and curled hair.

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Russian costume(XIX century)

• In the XIX century classical women costume
  took the place. Short light-colored dresses with
  puffed sleeves, shoes on the heels and a little
  hat with ribbons were in fashion. The men wore
  black whiskers and moustache, english top hat,
  tail-coat and frock-coat.

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Merchant and his wife
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Austrian costume

• In Austria people still wear their national
  costume called Tracht (or Trachten). It was made
  of leather or loden (special waterproof fabric on
  wool), flax and cotton. National costumes were
  blue, green and red.

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Austrian costume

• National costume was decorated with embroidery
  and ivory buttons. Also national clothes varied
  according to occasion and region, identifying a
  persons belonging to a particular social group
  and legal status (married, single), origin or
  trade.

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Austrian costume

• Goldhaube is a golden Headdress, beautifully
  decorated, developed out of womens linen
  bonnets. These headdresses were worn by the wives
  of burghers. They were decorated with black lace,
  black costume beads, tulle and gauze, and in
  particular silken and golden threads and sequins.
  As a symbol of the well-to-do bourgeoisie, it is
  still worn in Upper (and parts of Lower) Austria
  on festive occasions.

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Austrian costume Nowadays. Ethnic.

• In Austria people still enjoy wearing 'tracht'
  on official occasions like weddings, festivals,
  etc. Contemporary fashion adapts traditional
  elements. The production of dirndl and lederhosen
  is a thriving economical branch with Sportalm,
  Geiger or Tostmann being favorite brands.

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Ethnic. The national Austrian costume today.
National costume the main kinds.       
Leibkittel (Traegerrock - sarafan) a narrow
bodice with a skirt. Ordinary women wore aprons
over the skirts.
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Austrian costumeNowadays
Nowadays ethics is one the most popular fashion
tendency.
Collection of modern youth clothes by the
Sportalm, which have a base of Austrian national
costume.
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Finnish costume

• Finnish folk dress is divided in two groups,
  namely western and Karelian, or eastern.
• The traditional man's costume consists of a
  shirt, long trousers or knee breeches, waistcoat,
  jacket or coat, hat or cap, neck scarf, socks and
  shoes.
• The woman's costume consists of a smock,
  skirt, bodice or kirtle, apron, jacket,
  headdress, shoes and socks. Typical accessories
  include jewellery, belts, kerchiefs and loose
  pockets.

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Finnish Western costume

• A distinctive feature of western Finnish folk
  costume was a colourful array of stripes. A cloth
  was considered to be a sign of wealth. All of
  these fine fabrics are now used in the production
  of national costumes.
• The traditional woman's costume typically
  features a long laced bodice, a hip length jacket
  and a broad striped cloth. Women wear a 'tanu'
  cloth a cap, a 'tykkimyssy' (silk cap), a horn
  shaped ca. Girls wear a red silk headband.

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Finnish Karelian costume

• The woollen cloth of Karelian women's
  costumes is white, black, indigo or red. Karelian
  costume is decorated with colourful embroidery
  and traditional lacework. Karelian skirts are
  often tightly pleated all the way round, Karelian
  aprons are decorated with a variety of horizontal
  stripes. Married women wear a headscarf, a
  'sorokka' headdress or linen cap. Girls wear a
  shaped panted headband or a band decorated with
  metal studs.

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Nowadays

• Folowing the folk tradition, national costume
  is principally worn as festive attire. It is
  suitable for any special occasion, and can be
  worn as wedding attire, at balls, or as a stage
  costume. Parts of national costumes, however, can
  be combined with modern clothes.

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Furs
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National costume as a stage costume.
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Summary up

• National costumes preserve a valuable part of
  folk heritage. They also add a distinctly element
  to our modern dress culture.