Traditional apron from Opoczno area

In the Opoczno and Łowicz regions the arrangement of stripes on the fabric was called “the fashion”.Over the years the colours and size of the stripes continuously changed. It was a result of the need for innovation as well as new dyes appearing on the market. In the mid-19th century wool used for weaving striped cloth was dyed with natural dyes, with various shades of red especially popular. On the turn of the 20th century orange became available and since the 1920s the introduction of Aniline dyes made cool colours (green, blue, purple) possible.Unravelling old fabric and dyeing the wool with new colours was quite a popular practice.