Canadian national clothing was formed under the influence of Native Indians (who lived on these lands for centuries) and colonizers from Europe (who came to Canada in the 17-18th century). Folk dress for females included crinoline or hoop skirt, wide dresses with gigot-style sleeves and peplum attached bodice. Folk dresses for men included decorative waistcoats,...
Irish clothing, for both men and women, generally consisted of two important pieces: a léine and a brat. The léine was a tunic-like garment, usually made out of linen and reached to about the knee. If you were wealthy you could also wear a garment made out of silk to impress your friends and neighbours....
Women in Lebanon wear Abaya’s, a long dress with sleeves attached usually covered with beautiful beads or colorful decorations. Women also wear a Hijab, a head cover worn for religion or modesty purposes. Women usually start wearing Hijabs after they hit puberty. They also wear a traditional colorful long skirt. More conservative women will cover...
Iran has some traditional dress. Iranian women are commonly more reserved, but they now rarely wear traditional clothing. Men do not wear short pants, sleeveless or extremely short-sleeved shirts, tight shirts, or ties. Most Iranian women wear a Hijab ( Veil) over their hair. (Some can be colored). Other than that they mostly cover their...
In Denmark, they wear similar clothes as in the U.S. but we have some traditional cloth too. The cloth is a handmade dress. The dress is mostly made of yarn spun from wool or flax. Men’s clothing was made mainly of flax and wool but their knee-breeches were often of leather. Long home-knitted white woolen...
Gaucho Consider as The Unofficial National Dress of Argentina. All over the country, you can find people dressed in jeans, t-shirts or polo type shirts and slacks. The first thing that everyone thinks about when the Argentine traditional dress is brought up is the gaucho or the Argentine cowboy. Women’s clothing is very sensual and...
Bruneians wear traditional Malay costumes. Men wear baju Melayu. Brunei women dress in brightly colored apparels. The dresses usually cover their body from head to toe. They wear a headscarf in public places and in government offices. Men are dressed in long sleeves. Long sleeve to knee Pants, pants, and strong. A reflection of a...
Some people think men in England wear suits and bowler hats, but it is very unusual these days to see anyone wearing a bowler hat. An English National Costume group are trying to make England’s national dress be the clothes worn by the Anglo Saxons during the 7th century. The Anglo-Saxons were warrior-farmers and came...
While Australia has no single uniform national costume, an Australian national dress style, based on specific local dress styles, has emerged in response to climate, lifestyle, and identity. An Australian style can be seen clearly in the main types of local dress: bush wear and swimwear, along with Australians and Indigenous designs. These have been...
There Is No National Dress In Germany. A Traditional form of female dress is a Dirndl. It is a dress with a bodice, apron, and skirt. Dirndl was worn by servants in the 19th century, and also by working women. The Austrian upper class began wearing Dirndls in the 1870’s, and Dirndls became popular in...