Flickr Favorites : Traditional Costume Scheveningen, The Netherlands

Today in the Flickr Favourites it's the turn of the traditional costume of Scheveningen in The Netherlands. The Flickr Favorites posts were so far all about the traditional costumes around the former inland sea Zuiderzee (now Lake IJsselmeer); now we go to the North Sea coast of Holland. Scheveningen developed from a small fishing village into a big seaside resort and part of the city of The Hague. The costume is a very solid one and mostly dark colored, except for the Sunday shirt and shawl which are often soft blue, lilac, beige or soft green. The cap (called "mop muts" in the Scheveningen dialect) is from lace and stands somewhat at the back of the head, so that it often seems as if it is coming down. It is fixed with two upright pearl-pins, there, where the silver head iron ends in the beautiful golden oval ornaments. The black cape has a very low neck
at the back to make room for the cap.

For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.

1. Klederdracht, 2. Traditional Scheveningen Dress, 3. Scheveningse haven, einde van de staking, een gedeelte van de vloot vaart uit. Afscheid van moeder en zusje 12 juli 1938, 4. Traditional clothing


This Scheveningen costume is very dear to me because my grandma came from Scheveningen and I remember her and her friends all wearing traditional costume. I actually inherited her costume and I do wear it sometimes at special occasions :)
And two picture postcards from my own collection.

Flickr Favourites: Traditional Costume of Urk, Holland

Today in the Flickr Favourites it's the turn of the traditional costume of Urk in The Netherlands. Urk is a town in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. Urk was in the past an island in the Zuiderzee. In 1939, a dike from the mainland to Urk ended the town's island status, just as the Afsluitdijk project was changing the salt water Zuiderzee surrounding Urk to the less saline IJsselmeer. Later in the 20th century, sea-bed areas surrounding Urk were reclaimed from the sea and became the Noordoostpolder. Urk is still a fishing village and religious life has also traditionally been very important to Urk's inhabitants. The kraplap (i.e. bodice) is in Urk made of beautiful coloured silk with embroidered flowers on the front (called the "hartje" or "small heart"). The silver head iron that holds the lace cap with yolk coloured trim, is the oldest type in The Netherlands. The striped apron is the same as the one in Volendam.

For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.


1. Urkerdag 2010, 2. Urkerdag 2009, 3. Urkerdag 2010, 4. People of The Netherlands , about half a century ago

And two picture postcards from my own collection.

Tidbits : Flickr Favourites

After the Marken costume, today it's the turn of the traditional costume of Volendam in The Netherlands. Volendam is only 5 kilometers (3 miles) away from Marken, but the costumes are very different. The costume in Volendam is not as old as the one in Marken, they never valued old garment pieces as they did in Marken, and buy rather new pieces when the old is not nice anymore. A big difference in mentality, also maintained by a different religion (catholic versus protestant). A cute detail is that the underskirt in Marken is the outerskirt in Volendam; the Marken people consider the Volendam people to walk around in their underwear. The Volendam costume is very spectacular with its colours and lace winged cap; it's also seen by many foreigners as the Dutch national costume, which it is not of course.

For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.

1. Volendammerdag, 2. in traditional dutch costume, 3. IMG_3791, 4. 11-00-1948_05484 Textielindustrie in Volendam

And two picture postcards from my own collection.

Tidbits : Flickr Favourites

Coming weeks my flickr favorites will frequently be of traditional costumes, which is my great (collection) passion. I'll start with the oldest remaining traditional costume of The Netherlands: Marken in Holland. Lots of details of this costume date back to the Middle Ages.

For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.

1. marken, 2. Klederdracht Detail, 3. Marker klederdracht / Traditional Dutch costume, 4. [Native girls, Marken Island, Holland] (LOC)

And two pictures from my own collection. The first picture shows a chintz girl's cap from Marken. The second one shows a postcard depicting a girl from Marken from around 1910. Personally, I think the Marken costume is the most prettiest one of all Dutch costumes.

Etsy : New Business Cards

This week I did not do much, did not sew a thing, but got a good idea for the EST winter swap. So, that's what I will do next week, working on the winter swap. Back to this week, I did some necessary administration and was happy about the fact that Etsy transformed my P8Accessories shop from dollars into euros. And I got my new business cards and postcards for my P8 Button Art shop on Etsy ! I think they are fantastic, and will tell you the story a bit. Some time ago I got a lovely email from Stacey DeLooze that she liked my button creations and if she could use them for a photo-shooting of her UK based music band DeLooze. I listened to their music and liked the idea very much, wanted to see my creations in a completely different setting and we had a deal. And here's the result; I think they are extremely cool. Buy something in my Etsy shop and you get them in your own hands :))