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Gala female costume Vrlika

Imotski, Dalmatinska Zagora, HRVATSKA

Hello all, Today i will return to the Dubrovnik area, to describe the men's costume. the woman's costume of south and north Dubrovnik county are quite different, but the mens' is essentially the same. It is a typical representative of the Dinaric type costume, even though it is found on the coast. The southern costume is somewhat simplified these days, in that the men tend to wear only one vest. They also wear red slipper shoes instead of the opanci worn in the north. Dubrovnik county is…

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20 September 2019 - Hunić Design Sisters, a Croatian Fashion brand known for combining the beauty of traditional dresses and contemporary women styles, has presented their new spring-summer collection in Milan. The fashion show took place in Palazzo Bocconi, at “Event SAVÓ presents Opening Milan Fashion Week” on Monday, September 16, one day prior to

Hello all, Today i will talk a bit about the women's Costume of the central Dalmatian Coast. There are several variants of this costume, but I have more information on the what is considered the daily costume of Split than any of the others, so I will cover it in more detail. The formal 'Town Costume' which is more well known, will be the subject of my next posting. This costume first developed in a village on the very outskirts of Split called Veli Varoš, but has been adopted by the town…

Hello all, Croatia is a rather small country, but has an amazing number and variety of Folk Costumes. The basic difference between Croatians, Serbs and Bosniaks is nominally religion. Croatians are Roman Catholic, Serbs are Byzantine Orthodox, and Bosniaks are Muslim. Other differences are strictly local. There is no correspondence between a map of the three nationalities with the political borders, the various dialects, the various types of costumes, cultural zones, etc. Today, of course…

Here are a few images of embroidered clothing from the Posavina, Moslavina, and Banovina regions of Croatia. Posavina, which had the greatest influence on nearby regions, encompasses the area around the Sava River which flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina