The top picture looks like the ideal picture of Swedish summer. In reality it often rains and there are mosquitos everywhere. I like folk dresses, however, in my part of Sweden they are not as common and the ones we have are not that colorful and ornamented. At least the Swedish folk dresses, the Sami people have beautiful clothes and the fun part is that they still use them "for real". They use them in their daily life (not everyone and not everyday, but not just for special occations) so the tradition is really alive and they make both very traditional outfits and modern ones with modern colors and/or materials. I like that, Swedish folk dress is more rigid and it sometimes look very much like the person has run away from a museum.
This is the reconstructed version of the folk dress of the area where my grandma comes from and where I live now, that would also be a choice for me. I like this one better, minus the scarf though.
However, I do not come from areas where people have worn exactly the same dress all the time and into modern time as have been the custom in other parts of Sweden. These are examples that you can wear if you want to wear a traditional dress of the area and many times if you do folk dancing you have to wear one that looks exactly like the decided model. In my part of Sweden people wore clothes more based on personal choice, although it is known that certain villages favoured for example red shirts or black skirts and so on.
The top picture looks like the ideal picture of Swedish summer. In reality it often rains and there are mosquitos everywhere. I like folk dresses, however, in my part of Sweden they are not as common and the ones we have are not that colorful and ornamented. At least the Swedish folk dresses, the Sami people have beautiful clothes and the fun part is that they still use them "for real". They use them in their daily life (not everyone and not everyday, but not just for special occations) so the tradition is really alive and they make both very traditional outfits and modern ones with modern colors and/or materials. I like that, Swedish folk dress is more rigid and it sometimes look very much like the person has run away from a museum.
ReplyDeleteThese folk costumes are so lovely. Thanks for visiting my blog. Best Regards to you.
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ReplyDeleteElin, it rains too much in Ireland too and especially in the summer.
http://www.ulltussen.se/Drakter/kvinnodrakt_nederlulea.pdf
ReplyDeleteThis is a reconstructed version of a traditional dress from where I grew up. I love the striped stockings but the rest, well, not so much.
http://www.folkdansaren.se/drakt/vbotten/dam1.html
This is the reconstructed version of the folk dress of the area where my grandma comes from and where I live now, that would also be a choice for me. I like this one better, minus the scarf though.
However, I do not come from areas where people have worn exactly the same dress all the time and into modern time as have been the custom in other parts of Sweden. These are examples that you can wear if you want to wear a traditional dress of the area and many times if you do folk dancing you have to wear one that looks exactly like the decided model. In my part of Sweden people wore clothes more based on personal choice, although it is known that certain villages favoured for example red shirts or black skirts and so on.
Oh thank you Elin for those the links. Swedish national dress is very pretty.
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