Traditional Transylvanian Folk Costume Vest from Háromszék ❃ Hungarian Folklore and more ❃ Part 1
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- This is how I research, design, and make Transylvanian Folk Costumes for myself. As much as I tried to keep it short and simple, there were just so many historical facts, folkloric details and fun little quirks that I really wanted to share.
Let me know if you enjoyed this episode, and look forward to the next installment!
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My grandmother's family had a fabric store in the main square of Chust. She was from this area - she told me that when she was little, her younger sister was invited to dance for the Baron of the area, and that the whole family had to sew one of these traditional costumes for her performance...and the entire family stayed up for nights making it. And this video gives me some insight into what it must have looked like. And I am very very grateful for that, thank you.
I started crying when you did the "talk with your grandmother". That's EXACTLY how it is! So perfect!
"Oh, the normal things you know. Just the normal things. Nothing special."
*suddenly starts this awesome story*
"As I said, nothing special."
Yes, it was definitely inspired by Life 😂
*I NOW LIVE IN BULGARIA* and I can SOOOO relate to the talking to old people thing....
"So what was it like under communism" "Oh you know, it was normal, nothing special"
"But what did you do?" "Oh, this and that you know, everyone was busy doing stuff"
Black colour is mourning but black velvet is ~f a s h i o n~, baby
So true! 🖤
You pretending to be an elder is literally my grandmother, it's uncanny! The "we used what we had at home" is such a classic response!
as a Transylvanian from Háromszék, I'm so glad that you like our costumes :) I disliked them from the bottom of my heart when i was a child but now i am appreciative.
You have a beautiful, and rich, singing voice
I find the folk aspect of costube very interesting :)
My aunt got married to my (German) uncle in her hungarian folk attire (like in the 70s or 80s) :)
That's pretty cool! I bet you have some neat family photos from it 😊
My god the thing about the old people reminds me so much about trying to find out about family history...
"oh I remember nothing special about my childhood... One year we mostly spent hiding from the allied bombs but that was normal"
My dear Ana,I'm from Romania,I'm half romanian and half hungarian(by my mother side),born in Harghita zone,populated by szekely.
Your video is very accurate,except one thing:Transilvania was always ,but always Romanian land,part of Romania.There are plenty of historical ,archeological proofs.Yes,Transilvania was for a long period of time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire,but this pirce of land was from begining of time populated by Romanian.
Thank you! I was disappointed that she didn't make that clear. Transylvania is Romanian, the name is Latin trans(across)+sylva(forest). Transylvania was part of Dacia, our direct ancestors. It wa part of the Austrian empire for a blink of an eye. The whole series makes it sounds that transylvanian folk costumes are Hungarian, which is simply false. I am Romanian with Hungarian and italian ancestry btw.
Nu vreau să tragi concluzii pripite, dar probabil face parte din comunitatea aia de maghiari care nici macar nu vor sa vorbească română pe teritoriul României și trăiesc cu iluzia că Transilvania e pe nedrept a Românie.
Translyvania was part of hungary from 1000 AD, not just during Austria-Hungary
@@csaba9285 i am romanian and i know that what you said it is true. But romanians don t know history.
@@csaba9285 Yeah, but there were provenly proto-Romanian speaking people there since about 271 AD... Yeah, it was for a long time under Hungarian (or Austrian) control, for almost half of its history to be fair, but Hungarians were originally a nomadic people that migrated there and conquered it, not its native inhabitants...
I just adore folk costumes! When I was little my mum would dress me up in the costume from my region sometimes (I don't have one anymore though). I really like yours and can't wait for the rest of the videos!
Thank you! They're coming 🌿
When she said Anna néni I frozed😂😂😂
That's the name of my grandmother 😂😂😂😂
Your impression of a Transylvanian granny is delightful! I can tell you've had that conversation many times :D So informative! Off to watch the second part now.
Your renactment of the interview was spot on. I have conducted many interviews throughout Eastern Europe on costumes and from the starting simple to warming up with more detail to the breaking into song right in the middle of an interview is so accurate. Lovely!
I'm really glad I've managed to capture the heart of it - I wasn't sure it would translate into my video, but it's great to know, it did ☺️🌿
the mention of the black velvet reminded me of something of my grandmother's. her mother was slovak and gramma had kept a piece of fabric from one of her "fancy" dresses as a keepsake, a small strip of black velvet with many colored flowers embroidered on it that had been part of a vest. her mother had taken the vest and skirts apart to make clothing for my grandmother and one of her sisters as children. I wish i had pictures of what it looked like before as all that remains now is a scrap of embroidered velvet that fits in one hand. we don't even know what area she was from to look up anything similar, but it must have been pretty from gramma's stories and what little remains. its a bit sad how some of this has been lost to time
I’m Belarusian and for the last 2 years my interest in my culture has been growing. And I really want to make a national Belarusian costume. Have never sewn anything (except Barbie clothes lol), so it’s probably gonna be a long way till I can recreate that.
I am Brazilian and I really love to know how fashion worked through times in different cultures, and this video is absolutely amazing!
And how many "nothing special" stories these Anna nénis have. It is always sooo wonderful to listen to them. It is miraculous what difference some old photos can make. A few month ago I visited Szék with some friends, and the couple whose house we stayed at had some photos out in their kitchen. They were lovely ones from their youth and about their grandchildren, of course. And at the very moment some of us had a question about one of them, dozens of others were placed on the table and we spent the night and the following morning going over them one by one and they told us each ones' story.
I loved your roleplays. This one and the other one with the "I am a man" "I am also a man" *pointing at the moustache* as well. :D Can't wait to see the second part and the finished dress.
Hegedűs Blanka Ilona thank you so much! It warms my heart to see how that scene connected with everyone who's ever met an old Néni like that ❤️
I absolutely love how the clothes of folk culture have their own language (in a way). You could portray so many different things just with what you were wearing :) I love it so much.
^^ Your roleplay is so sweet and funny. And... ah! There they are... wolfteeths-neckline! Totally in love with it!
Thank you! I had so much fun filming those bits 😂👑👨🏻👵🏻
So glad to have found your channel. My mothers family came from somwhere within that region, and i want to learn about the tradition that we have forgotten. My grandmother found a rug in her mothers attic that we think came overseas with the immigrating members of our family that has the tulip shape and we've heard that the shapes and colors would have had meanings beyond being pretty. Wich i think is really cool but kindof sad that the meaning is forgotten
If you made a series where you’d just tell us folk stories, I’d watch them every day. You have the prettiest voice!
I love seeing other people making (and using) folk costumes! I am currently working on a Norwegian costume of my own design so it is interesting to see how it compares to yours. I definitely feel that the bigger area you take inspiration from the harder it is because everything is so beautiful and interesting. I have definitely been struggling with deciding what type of head covering I want. Amazing work, keep it up!
Scandinavian costumes are so gorgeous! Good luck with yours, I'm sure it will be spectacular ✨
I am so blown away by how beautiful your mind and soul is. The moment I saw you galloping in and doing that whole Monty python scene... I friggin cried... you’re the most amazing person on earth. 😻❤️
As someone who had a passion for traditional costuming, this was such an amazing and interesting video :D I hope you can make more videos about traditional clothing
I love folkloric styles from the Middle and Eastern Europe! 🌷🌸🌹❤️Thank you for this video. I can’t wait the next! 🥰
The grandma interview is ABSOLUTELY real!!!!!
"Grandma, what was it like living under the dictatorship?"
"Oh, you know, very normal."
"But.... How was your life?"
"Oh, just the usual... I used to take care of the children. They were so upset when then they stopped going to school for a while, because there was no teacher"
"No teacher? Why?"
"Oh, she was arrested, the police thought she was a communist"
"WAIT, WHAT"
You're a riot! xD I love seeing folk costume, it has so much relatable vibrancy that gets lost when there's too much focus on fancy gowns. I look forward to catching up on your channel and seeing more of you work. And characters. :X
Thank you so much! I quite agree! There is a lot of delicacy to be discovered hiding in the more plain costumes of common folk - it is wonderful to see that others are noticing it too 🌿
When you enacted speaking to the elder women trying to get information.. I laughed pretty hard. It reminded me of trying to learn anything historically from my grandmother. "Oh it was what it was" Lololol
Absolutely lovely video! Thank you for sharing all this lovely history!
As an American, I know nothing of this at all, but I AM EXCITED TO LEARN
I love how you present information. Yes there was a lot of it in this video but your passion for the subject came through clearly, and you explained it in a way that leaves me, a newbie to the topic, feeling like I have a better appreciation for the work you are about to do. Your sense of humor is great as well!
I love the history and the longer videos! Beautiful work!
This is brilliant! It is so much fun to learn the intricasies of another cultures dress. Thank you for all your hard work and humour. I can't wait till the next installment!
Maleah Lock thank you! I'm so glad people are enjoying thins! I was a little bit worried that too much information crammed in here might make it boring fr some, but so far so good! 😊
I can't wait to see the finished outfit, I love seeing your folklore costumes!
Thank you! It was much fun to film those bits 🌿👨🏻👑
Absolutely here for the history part of it, loved all the little details and information you put in here! Onwards to the next part I ride xD
Lovely video, great info! I wanted to let you know that in Mexico one of the garments stilled use is the rebozo which not only tells about your state in life (young, married, or widow) but the state of mourning you are in and in younger ladies can tell if they have a boyfriend or are looking for one. All of these on how you wear it, and use it (as it is a piece that has to be useful and evocative).
this video is so good! you do such wonderful research and careful study of the past. I love such specific and narrow research topics.
That was fascinating! I've been looking into Dutch folk costumes recently, but it's hard to find information. I did notice that the general shape of the vest looks a lot like the historical Dutch ones I found! So I hope that I can use your videos to help make my own style :)
More, please! So fascinating!!
Guurl!! I've been watching your videos for a few days now (noting how cute your accent is but without any clue about where you live), then this one came into my recommended, then I spotted the Hungarian word Háromszék, and was like WHAAAT... Ledöbbentem.:D Greetings from Hungary! csóközööön
Én is megláttam és meg kellet néznem!
Fun ideea: maybe a holiday spent here. Here are some museums that present how those garments were made, and some actual dresses. Probably would be a bit of a language barrier :)))
This video has so many good things! Your handwriting is beautiful, and your singing too!
Oh my, what a lovely video and such handsome gentlemen cameos! *swoons* I can't wait to see the next installment
Juul Thijssen thank you! I'll see if I can persuade them to come back sometime soon 😁
This vid is wonderful! Can't wait for the rest of the parts.
I think there is a fine line with those who want to dress their self expressed way but not want to be judged for it. And then those who claim they don't care what someone wears, but still label them based on what they wore. We will probably never get away from judgment for appearance in our lifetimes. So it is nice that so many can shine with their uniqueness.
I agree! It's best to be able to express oneself, but being judgemental is just mean 🌿
I really appreciate that the material would do all the talking for you....married....young .... mourning....farmer....forest...love it that way there was no mistaking who was what....this is absolutely fascinating thank you for sharing!!!....
Love this! Great video ❤!!!
This was fascinating and I love the way you presented it!
I'm subscribing right now!
(My Polish grandmother was very different in her talking style. ANY opportunity to talk at LENGTH about anything... you couldn't get her to stop and she wasn't generalizing! I don't think she had a hot dinner in her life-by the time she took a mouthful she had been talking for half an hour, lol. But the reenactment was great! I have a lot of elderly patients who I've had the opportunity to talk to and you do have to almost... 'warm them up' to the conversation to get the details. Loved that part.)
Thank you! I couldn't help but see myself in your allegory about hot dinners 😅 I hope to grow into one of the talkative grannies too!
wow. just this video... regarding your question earlier in it, though we would not want to be "judged" according to our clothes, we are... and we also do this. the clothes we wear are a representation of ourselves. the way we carry certain colors and styles, cuts and materials. more people are now saying we should have freedom to wear what we want, but some unspoken (but still relevant) rules are often broken. it is interesting that certain countries or cultures are stricter in regard to these rules and standards. not to mention the generational differences as well...
i love your informative videos! thank you for producing them.
This is great! Thanks for going though your though process on your design.
I starting to think about these clothes aswell :
I found a kind of „ very old used up Mieder ” at the end of our flee market on top of a waste bin , here in Linz Austria , it's roughly but effectively made out of a green fabric with stitched on black lace . It is very figure fitted , without being cut - just stitched away to fit the figure and has also broad square shoulder stuffed - stiff areas attached to it to improve the ideal of an inverted triangle with a tiny small waist !
I also bought an adorable , very tiny kind of Sunday - jacket - blouse in black fabric in very good condition , very elegant with its stitched on and adorned collar and tiny white lace peeping out at the neck and handarmholes . It has these rounded arm - posture of 1830 ies or later .
I like your style so much , came for the wonderful hair first to here ! All the best wishes !
I think it's fun to communicate things about myself based on how I dress. I don't think everyone needs to know everything, but what we want to communicate should be if we have the opportunity to do so.
Oh I think we definitely still judge people by their dress, not quite in the old way, but there's always details of one's appearance that give away things like political leaning (most commonly, these days, at least where I live). Also it reminds me of how from time to time someone will try to make up systems to judge people in specific ways, like I remember once reading about some club somewhere that had a codified system of bracelets and their position defined whether the wearer was with someone or looking for a fling or whatnot.
I think whatever we think about this morally, we keep finding ways to do similar things. People be people, I guess.
That's interesting, basically a modern twist on traditional colour coding
My mother’s family is ethnically Hungarian, but from Transylvania, which is a difficult concept to explain to your average American, so I am riveted.
Watching from Scotland - really fascinating, thank you!
Well, hello fellow costuber! I love your folkloric spin. Looking forward to your next video! ❤️
Why Hello! Thanks for stopping by! How did I miss your channel so far? Please keep producing your fabulous content! I'm totally bingeing it this weekend 💕
I really enjoyed little historical introduction. I'm from Germany but my grandma is originally from a small village in the center of Transylvania near Sibiu. I don't know a lot about it even if we went on a vacation to Romania. But to get a few more information was very interesting.
Omg I love your glasses!!!!!
Please, take all the time you need. It's fascinating!
I love eastern European folk dress so much! I would love to learn more about everyday work dresses. I am trying make a Vyshyvanka dress, but I am only a beginner. As you say, it makes sense that such finery was reserved for Sundays and for photographs; I have been searching around for images of everyday work wear from eastern Europe and I really can't find much. Please make a video on everyday work dresses! I would love to make some of these dresses for everyday wearing. I just discovered your channel yesterday and I have been enjoying your videos very much
i love everything about this
I’m really interested in history, folklore, etc. I really love how you give in-depth information about the topics in ur videos
Meh It’s me thank you! I'm glad people managed to enjoy my history and geography lesson 😅
Omg, I love this so much!
Also: that skirt you wear when you're the King of Hungary is the most perfect skirt of all skirts.
Thank you! It is one of my favourites ❤️
It's interesting to see how regional folk costumes were in Transylvania. I am mostly familiar with modern German folk costumes, which do vary from state to state, but have also become a generic fashion of their own. The more generic folk costume fashion is mostly based on southern Bavarian clothing (Dirndl and Lederhosen), and most people assume that all German folk costumes look like the Bavarian folk costumes.
Oh, that misconception is so familiar! Modern Dirndls can be nice, but calling them a folk costume is so wrong 😅🙈 We have something similar in Hungary too, a cheap, very generalised version that people call "Hungarian dress" 🙄 Anyway, I'd love to delve into more details of the German folk costumes one day too! ☺️
Firstly this is a wonderful video! It is so difficult to research a lot of the fashion from Eastern Europe because it WAS so different village to village -- I've tried to explore the fashion from the area my family is from, Ukrainian Bukovina, and it's been just as hard to pin down the styles. I really liked watching this project come together on IG, and your reenactments of conversations in the vid is Spot On. Love it!
Regarding fashion rules and dressing for rules: people always dress for the social group they want to be a part of. Punks dress in a punk fashion so other punks know they are a kindred spirit, vintage wearers ditto ditto, and high fashion lovers demonstrate to others in the biz that they know their way around a designer label. The problem always comes in it being required or prescribed clothing rules. Whether it's the performative femininity of white collar jobs like law or marketing (my ex sister in law had to wear heels and stockings to get taken seriously as a lawyer), religious requirements like modest dress or head coverings, or even things like school uniforms -- when there are punishments for failing to meet expected dress rules, I have concerns about the rules existing. As simply social group markers? No problem -- but like most other aspects of culture, there is no single issue -- it's all intertwined with many many other issues.
Tegan Sutherland You've put it so very eloquently! I agree. It's nice to show you belong (or that you don't) ☺️ but strict labels and expectations can easily make things go downhill. Thank you for the compliments! I am incredibly happy that so many people take interest in this project and folklore in general! 😊🌷✨ As for researching, if you have the possibility to narrow it down to just a couple of neighbouring villages, AND you have the time and funds to travel there, it might be more successful. But such research is often a little bit like a lottery, you don't really know what you'll get in advance 🤷♀️ Good Luck with it! 🌿
I'm from the Romanian Bukovina! :)
@@vedaf.5169 Our grandparents were neighbors! :)
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Your Videos! From Beginning to End, but when you do the Skits, with Mustache...it's simply Brilliant, Comical & definitely Adorable! This style reminds me of happier simpler times in 🇺🇸 (now turned 😈) Only 2nd times to watch your videos,, not sure how others Are normally? But the First one on Hair was So good that it brought me to here, and Now I'm Subscribed! 👍💖🙏 Thank You SisStar 🌟
Ooh! Fascinating! Thank you :D
Who needs a cast when we have PrettySheppard! I adored the song, and the very manly men❤
Danielle Solano thank you! I had a blast portraying them 😁
Anna hi!!!
You are so beautiful💞
I am new to your channel and binge watching all your videos SIMPLY GORGEOUS!!!💜💜💜
My father in law was born and raised in transylvania he has many beautiful stories about his childhood in the early 30's. The beautiful scenery and large fields. so lovely. I love your beautiful hair 🌷
bless you😘
Ah, I loved this! So much information and presented in a fun way! Looking forward to seeing the finished costume! I think clothing expression is a good thing! But not necessarily set meanings for different things like colors.
Thank you! Yes, particular ways of self-expression are probably the best way to go 😉
i saw you in that pass the notion video so im just gonna subscribe and enjoy some videos as they come out cause that was gorgeous, i thought it was traditional scandinavic at first, with the braids and vest and apron
This was so fun and educational!!
Love the colours and details on the costumes! They are wonderful 😃
They also remind me a bit of some types of Norwegian folk costume. Though I do not know a lot about them myself the Norwegian national romantic period liked to show rural people in their Sunday best in paintings and at least a few areas share the same colours (red was popular) and cut of fabric as some costumes in your book.
I asked my grandmother once about her everyday clothes and they were basically simpler versions, in less expensive fabrics than the Sunday/fine clothes, which still today look a lot like the traditional "bunad" shown in national romantic pictures.
Today however, bunad has no everday equivilent and is reserved for big celebrations such as important rites of passage, the national day and for some important church days.
Hey there! I just started my own youtube channel a few weeks ago and i'm now about to "collect" all costubers that i remember to subscribe. 😄 I'm really glad i found this video! 🤗 I live in Bavaria and i'm very interested in traditional clothes and also started to wear them on a regular basis (no matter what other people think of it. 😅) and i have a skirt similar to the one you wear as "king". 😄
I didn't know about the color code, i only know some meanings of the placement of the apron bow on dirndl, thats also handy. 👗🎀
Nagyon vagány vagy, hogy nemzetközi szinten bemutatod ezt a kultúrát!!! Óriási!! Le a kalappal! & vagány az angolod is! Gratuláció egy magyarországi, ám szilágyságba férjhez jött lájkolótól! 😉😉
Tiszteletem a minőségért, amit csinálsz!
I’ve always had an obsession with my Hungarian culture. my Dedi being from kecskemet and greatgrandpa there from koszeg (city ppl). I don’t usually get an understanding of my more distant family (the ones working on the farms and etc) as my Dedi usually just focused her story’s on the more noble parts of the family. The only story I remember was of 3 girls wearing white and floral embroidery, my great grandma saw them in the market holding hands, just walking from the local church. So I really appreciate these videos it really helps me understand my culture and especially what the women wore back then aka my favourite part of history.
Thank you for sharing! I'm very glad that my content helps you connect to your roots! 🌷🌿
Hm, you look great with twirly mustache... (I am so excited for this series!!!)
I live in a Catholic conservative town where everyone wears the same modern style because if you don't, you are just denied. It is borring as heck, so yes please express yourself trough your clothing and show the world what great options are out there!
Great 😃 thanks a million ❤ sorry just found your channel and left a message under a different clip asking for more information on tradition, stories, etc...i'm sorry, i ought to have checked the other stuff first. I love it ❤ thank you
I LOVED THE SKIT WITH THE MUSTACHE
I really thought that you are romanian. I am from Romania and what you do is super awesome 😲
No, se she is not romanian! No romanian would dare to say that Transilvania is a ...hungarian teritory!!! But I think the just doesn't know that. Well, she did not know that - 'till now!
Really enjoyed this! It would be really fun to see some of your interviews with some of the elderly women you encounter. I wish I would have talked more with my grandmas about what they wore they were younger. I know one of my grandmothers has a picture of her in trousers sitting backward on a chair. Quite reckless for a young woman at the time. She was a bit of a rebel, I guess. My other grandmother seems to have been a bit more traditional.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've never recorded conversations so far, and I'm pretty certain that the old ladies might be inhibited if I would 😅 I wish I had talked more to my grandparents too; I cherish every little scrap of information I have from them ❤️
What a wonderful video! I learned so much. I grew up around Mexican heritage and it’s so cool to see the similarities in traditions even when they are across the world! Can’t wait for your next video:)
Thank you! Traditional Mexican attire sounds amazing to me! I know that colour is such an important part of it, but I don't know much else, maybe one day I'll get to learn more of it 😊
So pretty!
Oh, guuurl, I love topic if folk dresses so much! I live in Slovakia, but my ancestry is Hungarian, as my name suggests XD We have this world known fold dance group named SĽUK. They dance with folk dresse from different regions and everything. Once they were dancing in France and they were asked if their costumes are their normal clothes XD
It's quite sad for me that my family lost touch with their roots, and then after some digging to then be stuck with "What is an English Folk outfit?" It's not easy to stitch this back together with only scraps of information. That said, folk culture is so wonderful, discovering it always brings me joy.
Side note: I really love your top ❤️
Lovely
The colour coding is very interesting. In some ways, I love it. It would make things easier, and I do think that clothing can be a way to express ourselves and who we are.
But I personally would prefer not to be tired down to a specific colour or colours. I like being able to use whatever colour and pattern appeals to me. And so I would use clothing to express myself in a far more ephemeral and vague way, rather than “oh, she’s wearing X, which means she is Y”. More “oh, I see she really likes old styles, and neutral colours with a hints of jewel tones every now and then”.
So I use clothing more to express my personality, my style, and what I like, rather than a more set understanding of “who I am” in terms of marriage, motherhood, age, etc. So I don’t think rules guidelines about colours is something I would go for.
Great video, and I love your voice!
Thank you! 🌷
U r so creative, intelligent and funny too🥰😆
Your voice is beautiful!!
quality reenactment of the king of hungary i must say
Haha! Thank you! 😁
Imádom ❤️
And you have a beautiful singing voice. 💕
Tutorial for this hairstyle please? (I LOVE your tutorials. I have been growing my hair out and didn‘t know what to do with it (did not like most of the other styles aesthetically or bc they were unpractical) i was super vlose to cutting my waist length to a more modern length. Now I have decided I will grow them to be at least classic lenght!)
Good luck on your hair journey! there's a tutorial for this style - it's "My Everyday Hairstyle for Long Hair" 😊
Please do more videos of you singing folk songs! ❤️
I obviously like that we dress more neutral/class less (in theory) today. Just like I enjoy my electricity and indoor plumbing. THAT SAID!
The weird history nerd in me loves the old ways of dressing. Showing where you're from and codes like the colours described in the video. I'm from Norway where we use our folk dress for festive occasions, and they usually represent an area. I'm one of the people who scoff at those who choose the one they think is the most beautiful rather than one for their area.
Sophie that's fascinating! I agree with you to the extent that it is (or should be) good to know your own heritage first and foremost, and know it -well-. But I've done research in many areas that are far and very different from mine (in fact, as a Hungarian from Romania I basically couldn't have been born further from Háromszék 😅), and sometimes it's just fun to wear what your heart just so desires 😊 With all this, I do understand that in the occasions you mention are supposed to be representative, but that freedom of choice is what you get, along with many other freedoms 🤷♀️ And the plumbing in your house 😂 You win some, you lose some, I guess! ☺️
Sophie ps: I had the good fortune to visit Oslo for half a week two years ago. Your folk costumes are incredibly glorious! I have about 1000 photos from the Museum of Cultural History -- I just couldn't get enough ✨💕
@@PrettyShepherd that is very true, and at the end of the day I want people to wear any folk dress rather than no folk dress 😄 one thing though is that often there are local businesses or even old local ladies who make these almost by hand (not the fabric tho) so it supports them when you order your local folk dress. Bunad (the folk dress) is a complex topic 😅 as the ones we have now are very much reconstructions, so how traditional are they really? So how strict can rules really be? The more I learn about history, I realise it doesn't really matter as long as there is joy and creativity like your outfit 😍
@@PrettyShepherd thanks! I wish folk costumes were more talked about. We Norwegians often think we're unique with our Bunad, when so many people have folk dress. I love all the gorgeous dresses in that book of yours. Do people wear them sometimes? Like I said, in Norway a fair number (almost half? Not sure) of women own a bunad. It is often a gift for one's confirmation.
(mine is the red nordmørsbunad if you were wondering)
This is so so cool! I know in the past, dyes were expensive, so the more brightly coloured an item of clothing was, the more expensive it was. Was that the case for these folk dresses? Do you know if the industrialization of the region changed anything with that? I really loved this video!
Michelle Abramowitz there were some more quirks that I didn't touch on in this video (it's long enough as is 😅🙈), like in a neighbouring area, where they even used a single gold thread every set of repeating stripes, to show off wealth in a very discreet (and shiny!) manner. Lasting true black, as in not-very-dark-grey-brown-or-blue, was indeed expensive to come by, hence the black velvet being one of the most expensive fabrics. In another (much further) area, even bridal dresses were full black because they were the most expensive you could go! However, most of the detailed information we have about folk costumes in Transylvania, are from the second half of the 19th century, so industrialisation already had a hand in that. Yours is a very interesting question though, and now I want to look into it in more depth! Thank you for the thoughtfulness!
I wish I had seen your video earlier. I visited the Maryhill Museum in the state of Washington at the beginning of November. They had a beautiful Romanian and Transylvanian costume exhibition. The exhibition was inspired and brought to Maryhill because the Queen Maria of Romania because they have a lot of her artifacts permanently displayed. I hope its possible when the museum reopens this spring I can see the costumes again if they are there. It is very interesting to me. I love your video :)
Awesome! Romanian folk costumes are quite different (more archaic) and they have drop dead gorgeous embroideries 🥰 in case you get to see it, prepare for a treat! ✨
@@PrettyShepherd Thank you for this information. Since I am new to this I will look for this. It is so interesting about the colors. I did see it but it is online earlier today on the Mary Hill Museum website so I will go read more on this. Happy Holidays! :-)