folk clothing

Two Dutch girls in traditional costumes, Holland

folk costume - Slovakia

Hello all, Today I would like to start a series on the folk or national costumes of Iceland, in the local language Ísland. Iceland was first settled by the Norse in 874, the first known settler being Ingólfur Arnarson, although it is known that Gaelic monks had lived there earlier. The settlers were mostly from what is now Norway, with some admixture of Irish and Scots. The Icelandic language is little changed since that time, being the closest of all Scandinavian languages to that of the…

The beauty of folk costume. Just like in other parts of the world, in the old days the folk clothing was one of the main elements of Polish rural culture inscribed into the rich patterns of festivi…

Fériel on Instagram: "Dreaming in the fields with my beautiful vintage romanian folk blouse found at @folkloricfashion 💛 it is not common to find yellow embroidery on romanian folk clothing so I was so happy when I found this one ! I matched it with my trachten Austrian skirt, as I always enjoy mixing different folk clothing from different countries 🥰 the result is really a #folkcoreaesthetic and I think there is no better way to describe my style 🙈 it feels good to finally be able to put…