Hello everyone! I hope you are all well. Today we are
venturing back into folk costumes, this week focussing on Romanian folk
costumes. I tried my best to recreate this folk costume on Stardoll.
Like most folk costumes Romanian folk costume is not worn
very often by regular people in day to day life, however before WW1 many people
wore these garments on a daily basis. Romanians still do wear traditional
clothes for special occasions and folk events in the present.
Women's folk
costume consists of 3 parts: a peasant blouse called a "Le", a skirt
called a "Fotă", and a head scarf called "Maramă". 'Le' blouses are
white with traditional embroidery and are gathered around the collar. 'Fotă'
skirts are long wrap-around skirts that are decorated and are made of wool
material. There are a few different names for Fotă skirts depending on the
region you are from like "pestelcă" in Muntenia, "cretință" in Moldova, and "păstură"in Transylvania just
to name a few. Head scarves called "Maramă" are usually worn with the
folk costume, the design varies from region to region.
Here is what
Romanian folk costume looks like:
Here is the version I created on SD:
I used: 'Embroidered Peasant Top' from Denim and Supply by Ralph Lauren, 'Romantic Red Skirt' from Pretty in Love, 'Pumps' from Decades, and 'Izumo Scarf' from Miss Sixty.
Thank you for
reading! I hope you enjoyed my article this week!
-Amy Katrina, csi12asa
