Lovely Ukrainian vintage kerchiefs with floral prints. Married women wore them daily, young girls and children used them in colder seasons for warmth.
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- Mon Apr 03, 2023 8:44 am
- Forum: Various pieces of national clothing
- Topic: Headdresses in different countries
- Replies: 62
- Views: 65279
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 4:50 pm
- Forum: Mexico
- Topic: Mexican traditional pieces of clothes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9506
Re: Mexican traditional pieces of clothes
Beautiful Mexican women’s attire from Oaxaca region. Wow, what a headdress! It’s starched white lace.
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:59 am
- Forum: Folk clothing crafts
- Topic: Tools and machinery used in folk crafts
- Replies: 22
- Views: 28490
Re: Tools and machinery used in folk crafts
Cute basket of weaver. You can see wool fleece, different yarn, and 3 spindles with clay whorls. The spindles and whorls are modern reconstructions of spinning tools from Kyivan Rus’, the 12th-13th century.
- Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:02 am
- Forum: General clothing topics
- Topic: National clothes as wedding dress
- Replies: 31
- Views: 35739
Re: National clothes as wedding dress
Indonesian couple in traditional wedding outfits. The garments are so intricate and lovely!
- Fri Mar 24, 2023 8:36 am
- Forum: Mexico
- Topic: Mexican traditional costume surprised me
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6431
Re: Mexican traditional costume surprised me
Traditional clothing from Oaxaco, Mexico. The girl’s starched white lace headdress is lovely. It defines the whole look. On the other hand, the boy’s attire is very simple and practical.
- Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:46 am
- Forum: Vietnam
- Topic: Vietnamese traditional women's garments
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12890
Re: Vietnamese traditional women's garments
Young woman wearing Vietnamese ao dai and conical hat. Her attire is black, which is rather unusual for Vietnamese traditional clothing. But it looks very elegant and modern
- Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:24 am
- Forum: Ukraine
- Topic: Folk belts and sashes in Ukraine
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13853
Re: Folk belts and sashes in Ukraine
Vintage women's hand-woven belt called "kraika". Such belts were typical for western part of Ukraine, but today they are used in every region of the country. This one has cute tassels at the ends.
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:07 am
- Forum: Ukraine
- Topic: Ukrainian embroidery
- Replies: 41
- Views: 43028
Re: Ukrainian embroidery
Skillfully made Ukrainian ceremonial towel called “rushnyk”. It is created using the openwork embroidery technique. It depicts the Tree of Life. Just imagine how many hours it took to make this towel!
- Wed Mar 15, 2023 10:10 am
- Forum: Qatar
- Topic: Folk garments in Qatar
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11975
Folk garments in Qatar
Women in beautiful Qatari traditional clothing. You can see lovely prints and embroidery on these dresses. And, by the way, all their headscarves are differently draped.
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 7:35 am
- Forum: Morocco
- Topic: Male folk clothing in Morocco
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9283
Re: Male folk clothing in Morocco
Moroccan tagelmust or cheche turban. When you wear a cheche permanently, sweating in it and getting under the rain in it, part of the indigo dye gets into your skin and makes your face blue’ish. Some Berber people are even called the “blue men of the desert” because of their face color. tagelmust.jp...