Longyi wrap-around cloth from Myanmar. Who wears it and what does it look like?
Traditional clothing of many Southeast Asian countries includes wrap-around skirts instead of pants and shorts. The climate here is very…
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Medieval fashion trends were dictated by status and wealth
The medieval period was a time of artfully made clothes, bright and colorful garments, fancy styles of attire, and gorgeous adornments.…
French lace. Vintage lace baby bibs
Since the invention of lace, people love it and widely use it to decorate their clothing. The French lace appeared at the end of the 17th…
Where to find national clothing in Egypt. List of Egyptian folk museums
There are many museums in Egypt that display artifacts connected to Ancient Egypt and its culture. Of course, it doesn’t matter that Egypt…
How to wear Ukrainian folk attire. How married and pregnant women dressed 100-150 years ago step by step (videos)
Authentic Ukrainian women’s clothing was designed perfectly because a female could wear it for years. She didn’t need special maternity…
Spinning yarn on a wheel. Nice tutorial for various methods of spinning
We know that some of our readers are fond of folk crafts, and of spinning and weaving in particular. So, we’d like to offer you kind of a…
Top-3 most unusual Tajik traditional shoes
Central Asian countries take pride in their traditional footwear, and rightfully so because these shoes are so ornate, decorative, and…
How to make business on handicraft. Tibetan-style embroidery
Why are many folk crafts dying these days? One of the reasons is that handmade products are more expensive than factory-made, mass-produced…
Who says embroidery is woman's work? Ukrainian craftsman has a 20 years long experience in embroidering
Ukrainian traditional embroidery is one of the main clothing crafts in this country. It is said that embroidering can increase person’s…
Folk clothes and accessories of Ukrainian babies and kids
In Ukraine, children traditionally wore embroidered shirts from a very young age. The patterns served as the protection from evil. Most of…
Nationalclothing.org has got a YouTube channel "National Clothing"
The web-site Nationalclothing.org has a YouTube channel "National Clothing" where we gather the best videos about traditional attire of…
Swedish women wore cute white linen bonnets of various designs
Swedish national attire, worn by the local women, always included some kind of a headdress. Traditionally, there was a huge variety of…
Top-6 myths about medieval clothing traditions
The Middle Ages is one of the most interesting, scandalous, and favorable by a lot of people period in our history. So many of us know at…
Traditional male shirt jewelry in Poland. Polish men used functional jewels when there were no buttons
Women of different ethnic groups and different countries have been using jewelry with their national clothing throughout human history. At…
The short history of mule shoes – the most common 16th-century footwear
In the 16th century, both men and women loved to wear mules – backless high-heeled shoes. This footwear was the top trend and shoemakers…
Old tools for spinning and weaving. Our grams and great-grams used such tools to make clothes
We’ve already published lots of photos of vintage spinning & weaving tools (Vintage wooden spinning and weaving tools, Old Ukrainian…
Where to find national clothing in France. List of French folk museums
French costume museums are among those places where you can find hundreds of authentic historical outfits from the 18th and 19th centuries.…
Ancient felt clutch from millennium-old tomb looks just like some Louis Vuitton pouch or Dolce & Gabbana purse
If you’ve read our article Mongolian millennium-old mummy in Adidas-style shoes. Whaaat?!l, you already know that this mummy had in her…
Folk costume glossary. India
Traditional pieces of the male and female national costumes in India: achkan, angarkha, bandhgala, chador, chaniya, choli, chunder,…
Modern twist for vintage Indian garments. How to re-use sari, dupatta, lehenga, or palazzo
Everyone knows that Indian traditional garments are incredibly elegant and ornate. Especially women’s outfits. A lot of people pass their…
How to drape a sari lehenga-style. Several easy steps
Lehenga is a very beautiful Indian skirt used by many women in different regions of India. As you know, the national female garment in this…
Whitework and openwork on Ukrainian embroidered shirts. Close-ups of gorgeous embroidery patterns
We’ve written about Ukrainian whitework embroidery recently, but, obviously, some fine examples of these patterns are always in situ. So,…
What the dead wore? Female funerary fashion of Northern Estonia in the 12th century
Funerary fashion is a very interesting and exciting branch of fashion history. About some trends and traditions we find out due to the old…
Georgian-era jewelry. What materials did jewelers use at the time?
The Georgian-era jewelry pieces are very elegant and tasteful items, despite often being made from artificial materials. And the jewelry…