Traditional costumes

[El Draque]

England.

 

[SeaEagle]

What a great thread (minus the modern posts). The old patterns and designs are really beautiful. They clearly borrow from nature with the fractal flowers etc., showing a cyclical nature. Forgive my poor wording, I lack the language to describe it because my mind is full of brand names instead.

If anyone has a book/resource on these traditional patterns I'd gladly read it. I'd like to at incorporate them into some of my work in a tasteful way. People likely won't wholesale take to wearing the whole costume (although id sure like that), but they'd likely appreciate the aesthetic subtly incorporated in a more modern style.

 

[thatWay]

Traditional clothing represents and symbolizes a lot of what our culture has lost. For example head covering for women was almost universal - a reminder of the proper hierarchy. That is also the first thing to go in modern reenactments, making it look unnatural, at least in my view.

 

[Garuda]

Tradition isn't dead in the Caucasus.





Chechens

 

[MusicForThePiano]

Every now and then I come back to this thread, one of the few places where others discuss this specific topic, to remind me of the people we are ordered to protect by God Himself. These traditions must be preserved, and encouraged.

Sweden:

Bosnia:

Greece:

Iran:

Lithuania:

Palestine:

Serbia:

Bavaria:

 

[Garuda]

Serbia:

Here's a database on Serbian folk costumes divided by region.

https://narodnenosnjesrba.rs/eng/info.html

 

[Stoyan]

Be absolutely need more threads like this. We already have "The Traditional Architecture Thread" and "Russia Culture General".