#traditional costume

[kay-i]

AeriSeph x 🇺🇦

For Sephiroth, I used the reference of a warlike Cossack because Sephiroth looks good without a shirt. He also wears a hetman's hat, because feathers… feathers suit him💕

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) ~ A model in Mucha’s studio on the Rue du Val-de-Grâce, dressed in a traditional Bohemian folk costume, circa 1900 | src Mucha-Museum Prague view more on wordPress

[veiligplekje]

Detail of traditional embroidery and costume of Marken on King's day, the Netherlands

[wordsmithic]

Hellenic traditional clothing of a Karagouna, Thessaly

[beautiful-basque-country]

On abarkak, Basque traditional shoes

Like many things in Basque culture, abarkak have their origin in shepherding.

They're made with a single piece of soft leather and has a trapezoidal shape. Its wider parallel side is folded in half and sewn with a thread. Along the two converging edges, holes are made through which a leather strap passes, and by tightening or loosening it, the leather - with more or fewer folds - adjusts to the size of the foot.

In the 1920s and 1930s, leather abarkak were gradually replaced by rubber ones. They used to put studs or nails on the bottom of the sole to the leather shoes and also the rubber ones so that they would not slip. They were more durable and lasted for years.

Traditional leather abarkak in brown, and rubber ones in black.

They're unisex, and can be tied low (traditionally for men)

or high (traditionally for women)

and they're ever present in Basque folklore and culture, such as in dancing:

In our traditional masquerades:

and even our beloved Olentzero - our Xmas gifts bringer - wears them:

They're comfy and beautiful! What do you think??

[lixuanlaurant]

[jasmineiros]

el poder de las trenzas 🇲🇽

[gemsofgreece]

Amalia, the national Greek dress, photographed by X. Larisaios.

[izkph]

French (alsacian) costumes for the fontaine and mondstadt girlies <3

[jeannepompadour]

Cambodian couple in traditional dress

[folkcorewitch]

I finally found an accurate traditional ukrainian skirt !! It's from Gibson Girl Dress and they launched a line of ukrainian folkloric garments some weeks ago. I've been looking for one like this for years, they often looked cheap or not truly faithful to traditional clothing. It's such a good match with my vintage Hungarian vest and my Sondeflor blouse, I added a ukrainian belt to finish this folkcore aesthetic outfit ❤️🖤

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Grete Popper (1897-1976) :: Czechoslovakische Bauerntypen II / Czechoslovak Peasant Types II, around 1937 | src Moravská Galerie

Seated young woman in costume with ruffled sleeves and cap-crown.

Grete Popper :: Z Bratislavy, 1930s | src Moravská Galerie

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Chris Rainier | from Mask photobook Traditional Sun mask of the Boni in the Bwa region of Burkina Faso | folklore, photobook

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[jewellery-box]

Hungarian doll

Doll, dressed in Hungarian costume, porcelain / cotton / wool / metal / plastic / beads / hair, maker unknown, place of production unknown, acquired 1957

Powerhouse Collection

for my dear @englishbunnyrocks 💌

[wordsmithic]

Sarakatsana of Thrace, Hellas

[viagginterstellari]

Inti Raimi, Cuzco, 2014