Installation view, Folk costume

The components of folk costume are a unifying element, both in women’s and men’s costume. Women’s costume is characterised by the same components: the same blouse worn directly against the skin, tied in the middle by a broad waistband, and tailored rectangular items clothing the body from the waist down. In the women’s costume from the Buzău region, a fotă swathes the body, in the costume of the Apuseni Mountains, there are aprons at the front and back, and in Hațeg a coat of pounded frieze covers the blouse and the lower part of the body.