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In the 18th century, all of the European and American ladies wore petticoats under their skirts. Petticoats were rather voluminous, usually quilted. They gave the needed fashionable silhouette (hiding the outlines of women’s legs) and provided warmth, as the climate was somewhat colder at the time. In the early 1700s, women started to wear dresses open in the front, so they used fine petticoats, often adorned with embroidery or intricate quilting motifs, that peeked from under the skirt. Here are several beautiful examples of 18th-century petticoats.
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Ancient clothing artifacts are extremely rare because fabric disintegrates quickly. And it’s a startler when archaeologists discover clothes in the ground or ice. So, when a Viking hand-woven lost mitten was found in the melting ice of Norwegian mountains, the scientific community went wild with excitement. This time, it was one of a kind discovery, as there were no similar discoveries anywhere else in the world.
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Today, we buy industrially-made clothes that are cheap and super easy to find. But only 150 years ago, most people had to make their own clothing. They grew flax, cotton, and hemp, bred sheep, alpacas, camels, etc to have the material for the yarn and fabric. Creating a garment was a real challenge and hard labor. They used many original tools, sometimes rather bizarre-looking but very handy, for processing the fibers (crimping, carding, combing) and the yarn (spinning, dyeing, weaving). We’ve found for you the top 5 most unique and awe-inspiring old folk craft tools. You probably haven’t even heard about some of them.
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The Empress or Die Kaiserin is a 2022 German historical drama series on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. This series was released on Netflix on the 29th of September, 2022. In this post, we’ll be doing an analysis of the costumes by Swiss costume designer Gabrielle Reumer. These movie costumes weren’t supposed to be accurate in the first place, so there are a lot of such things as corsets worn as outer garments, no headdresses on the women, or the main character wearing contemporary sunglasses. But still, the show costumes in The Empress are lovely and eye-catching.
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These shoes are popular throughout South America and in some European countries as well. They’re worn with the traditional apparel, folk dance costumes, and with modern clothes alike. Originally, peasant footwear, they turned into urban workers’ shoes and then, into casual contemporary footwear. They are really comfy and eco-friendly, so espadrilles/alpargatas are a wonderful example of universal shoes made in the style that exists for millennia.
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The variety of outerwear around the world is stunning. All those coats, jackets, mantles, cloaks, parkas, raincoats, and many more garments people use to keep their bodies warm and cozy in colder seasons. To help you with any research papers, college essays, homework assignments, courseworks, and other educational projects, we’ve gathered all our posts about outer garments from different countries and historical eras in one place. Also, we specified whether you have permission to use the photos from each post. You’re welcome to use this info.
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If you thought that a sarong, pareo, or kitenge – rectangular piece of cloth you can wrap yourself in – has only one or two functions, than this post is for you. We’ll tell you about at least 5 curious ways of using this piece of traditional clothing. The African kitenge is a very common and very handy item worn by women in West, East, and Central Africa. It’s dyed with cheerful traditional prints or can even have Swahili sayings or political slogans (that’s a modern invention) written on it, so it’s no wonder people love it and are proud of such a heritage piece.
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Floral needlework is very typical for Ukraine and Slavic countries in general. There are literally thousands of floral embroidery patterns created by Ukrainian women’s imagination and skilled hands. They used dozens of needlework techniques and color palettes. We’ve gathered in this post a wide variety of different floral embroidery designs depicted on vintage Ukrainian folk clothing and ceremonial towels. Most of these items are at least 100 years old and exhibited in the local museums.
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A Scottish kilt is one of the most recognizable and well-known folk outfits around the world. There is so much info about Scottish traditional garments and, sadly, not all of it is true or at least fully accurate. In this post, we want to bust some of the widely-known myths about the kilt, tartan, and Scottish clothing traditions. Like how old a kilt really is? Or did every Scottish clan have their own tartan design?
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If you’re preparing a school or college paper, coursework, homework assignment, or doing a research on the topic of historical or traditional underpinnings, the website Nationalclothing.org is the right place for you. In this post, we’ve gathered all our articles in one place about male and female underwear (corsets, crinolines, pantaloons, chemises, braies, etc) from different periods, traditional undergarments around the world, and even general fashion ideas on underpinnings. Also, we specified whether you have permission to use the photos from each article. Good luck with your educational project.
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This headscarf worn by Berber tribes of Morocco and other countries is both a functional and ceremonial headwear. It helps protect the face from the desert sand and some Berber men wear it to hide their nose and mouth from strangers. If they don’t have a tagelmust at the moment, they often cover the lower face with bare hands to hide it – that’s how important this turban is. What else do we know about a Berber tagelmust or cheche?
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Cheerful African prints used in traditional clothes are magnificent. For example, in Angola, there is a tribal fabric called “samakaka” that simply can’t be confused with any other traditional cloth. It has such a catchy and unique print that you’ll make it out even among other African folk prints. And by the way, the samakaka fabric is very popular all around the world, far from Angola’s borders, on different continents these days. Many contemporary garments, especially created by African designers, are made from samakaka cloth.
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The history of body armor and military equipment is long and exciting. So many different styles, materials, blacksmithing techniques, decorations! Every period in history and every country has its own typical warrior armor designs and peculiarities. Let’s compare them a bit on the examples of battle armor and ceremonial armor from wonderful The Met Museum collection. Most of these pieces are full body armor of high status warriors, so you can see how different parts of such armor look like.
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In the past, Turkish Muslim ladies often covered their faces with an almost sheer veil called “yashmak”. Although, such an accessory is today considered a symbol of gender oppression by many. But Turkish women wore this niqab-style item daily. While this tradition is practically gone in Turkey by now, married women in Turkmenistan still use a yashmak these days. What’s your opinion on obligatory face veils for ladies?
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