My Flickr Favorites: Traditional Costume Terschelling, The Netherlands

Today we move back to the north, to the Wadden or Frisian islands. The islands had all their own costumes, but I only show you the ones of the island of Terschelling because it looks different from the rest of the Frisian costumes. Just as the rich costume of the Zaanstreek, the female costume has a kaper, but a plain back cotton one, and a bit smaller. It is worn over a knitted and crocheted white 'mutske' (bonnet) tightly fitting around the head.

For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.

1. Terschellinger volksdansers., 2. 11 Terschelling- Jet Necklace, 3. Fokke en Sukke op Terschelling,, 4. Folk Dancing Terschelling


And two picture postcards from my own collection.

Traditional Costumes : Postage Stamps Spain

After the Basque costume stamps of Spain, we move even further northwest to La Rioja, Cantabria and Asturias. The typical costumes from these regions look in style like the ones we have seen in Catalonia, Aragon, Navarra and the Basque Country. They belong to the typical "northern" clothing category: costumes are inspired by a peasant way of life, with rather simple colors, to which elements such as characteristic shoes are added, fluffy petticoats, lace and stockings. The first stamp above is from a very large costume series issued from 1967 to 1971. The costume is typical for the city of Logroño in Rioja.


This next stamps is from the same large costume series (1967 to 1971) and shows the traditional costume of the city of Santander in Cantabria.


And from the same series, the regional costume of Oviedo in Asturias.


You can find La Rioja (light tan), Cantabria (dark tan) and Asturias (beige) on this map of Spain (in the north):

My Flickr Favorites : Traditional Costume Zaanstreek, The Netherlands

Today we move south from West Friesland to the Zaan district, staying within the province of North-Holland. This was a very rich area, and you can see that clearly in the traditional costumes. The dress was 6 meters wide and made of silk damask. The headdress existed of a black under cap, a white intermediate cap with embroidery, an upper cap of batiste with broad lace and a golden head-iron of 7 cm width with a large number of golden needles, sometimes decorated with diamonds. To protect this expensive headdress if you went outside, the "Zaanse kaper" was put on top of it. This broad over cap, mostly made of shot silk (dark outside, light inside), was stiffened by whale bones and cardboard. The lower part formed a small cape around the shoulders.

For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.

1. april, 2. Doopsgezinden gemeenschap 29, 3. Optocht, 4. 306356


And two picture postcards from my own collection.