Romanian traditional clothes

Romanian traditional clothes

man's clothes

Ițari

They're typical for Moldovans. They were a pair of trousers made of a special breed of sheep wool. They were 2 m long but very narrow.

Cioareci

They are peasant trousers of white woollen cloth, thicker than the Itari.This ones were usually worn with a pair of boots.

Opinci

These are the oldest type of footwear, worn with hemp canvas, woollen or felt foot wraps or woollen socks. They are made of a single rectangle of cow or pig hide gathered around the foot in variou ways.

Women's clothes

le

Is a type of shirt from ancient times.The three-part decor code of this shirt is almost always the same: there is an underarm embroidery,a single horizontal row on the sleeve and diagonal stripes below the shoulder.

Fota

Is a skirt made out of a rectangular piece of woolen fabric worn at the waist.Is made of woollen material or cotton mixed with wool. The oldest fota were made of black or greyish brown fabric using the natural colours of the wool. The earliest decoration was a red border at the lower edge.

Marama

Among the elements that should not miss in women's clothing are the "head coverings".They are decorated with white patterns woven onto a white background.