What kind of clothing do romanians wear

The outerwear was warm, made from sheepskin or wool. Romania is a mountainous country as a large piece of its territory is situated in the Carpathian Mountains, so the climate influences the folk clothing greatly. Most of the time, the local people wear some kind of outer garment — if not a coat, then a vest or cloak or jacket. Traditional Romanian hand-woven bags. There was a rather wide variety of hats worn by Romanian men: sheepskin hats, winter fur hats, straw hats, felt hats, wide-brimmed hats, caps, and many others.

Similar items are seen in most Slavic countries. Or wealthier men wore leather boots. Such boots were also festive footwear for ordinary people. The female folk dress consists of a shirt, a wrap-around skirt, an apron, a belt, outerwear, a headdress, and shoes.

Modern Romanian folk dress. Everyday chemises were less embellished than festive ones. The shirts had long sleeves, densely covered with embroidery. Romanian skirts were diverse but, mostly, they were either wrap-around skirts or two aprons worn at the front and at the back. In poorer areas basic clothing with little or no embroidery has always been worn. The various pieces of costume have gone out of use at different times during the 20th century.

The first item to disappear in many areas were leather peasant sandals opinci , although these could be seen in poorer villages again in the years just after the communist regime fell.

In most rural areas men traditional trousers were replaced by modern factory made trousers by mid century and in the post communism years jeans has become universally common.

Traditional over garments became an expensive luxury, new garments only being purchased by people living in the very wealthy villages. More recently the traditional jacket makers in many areas have died with few new artisans being trainer to carry on their craft. However if you look closely in the more remote areas of Romania some older people still wear items of traditional clothing. This can be for women a gathered black skirt or dark wraparound with a blouse of local cut either with or without a leather waistcoat.

Certain items of costume, specific to occupations, are still worn, for example men working in the forestry industry wear the wide leather belts chimir , usually now over a T-shirt and jeans. Obviously, the folk costumes nowadays are only worn for special occasions, such as traditional celebrations, folk dances or weddings.

A traditional outfit from Bucovina, in the North of Romania, which sports typical heavy vests trimmed in fur, emphasising not only the decorative nature of the folk costume, but also its practical side, with multiple layers. Such costumes were usually reserved for special occasions. The colours of the Romanian flag, blue, red and yellow, are represented in the shirt. The simple ia is wonderfully complemented by the silk embroidered flowers on the aprons.

The hat, sporting peacock feathers is typical to this region and its manufacturing is quite laborious, sometimes the artisans using as many as peacock feathers for just one hat.

This typical bridal outfit from Bihor features the famous sheepskin vest that Dior appropriated a few years ago, and sold for many thousands of euros, unfortunately without giving any credit to the local craftsmen. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anca Cernoschi anca.