Online store Quelle decided to publish a series of articles dedicated to dresses from different parts of the world. Perhaps you have long dreamed of finding out what dresses are worn in China, Scotland, India, etc. We will tell you what traditions have led to the spread of certain things and how to dress as if you came from the country of your interest. We've looked through many sources to put together a complete story for you that will help you plunge headlong into the desired country.
Sweden is a state located on the Scandinavian Peninsula. Of course, the cold climate and sea winds could not help but affect fashion world this area. But, despite this, dresses are popular here, and some of the most fashionable and successful bloggers live in Sweden. If you want to understand what dresses you need to wear in order to look like a resident of the Northern Kingdom, you need to turn to history, understand the lifestyle of the people living here and follow the development of the costume.
It should be said right away that the Swedish costume is one of the most distinctive and striking in world history. The national dress of this country appeared in 1903 in Falun thanks to the dressmaker Merthe Jorgensen, and it was called Din Svenska Drekt. However, before his appearance in the form in which he is known to the world now, there were many varieties of the costume, but at the same time the same features were always traced: a white long-sleeved shirt, a long skirt and a lace-up vest. Interestingly, with the development of trade routes, settlements in Sweden began to be based at a great distance from each other, giving freedom of expression to the villagers. And, no matter how paradoxical it may sound, ordinary peasants looked brighter and more interesting, dressed by local dressmakers, than nobility, who at that time was guided by the fashion of the West. However, during the dawn of romanticism, in the 19th and 20th centuries, people from the upper classes also became interested in national costumes. All the robes of the nobility, which looked interesting and beautiful, like the canvases of artists, were called Nachunaldrekter.
When creating the national costume, deen Svenska Drekt Merta was inspired by the colors of the national flag, she created a memorable dress, consisting of a short bodice and a skirt. As a rule, this outfit was combined with a white headdress and black stockings. It is noteworthy that beautiful embroidery was placed on the skirts and bodices, emphasizing the originality of the costume. The bright yellow skirt and deep blue color perfectly matched the surrounding area, contrasting against the backdrop of green pine trees and snow-white snow. Miss Jorgensen was sick with the idea of the revival of national consciousness. She wanted Sweden to have her own fashion, no worse than French, so in 1902 she organized the "Women's Association of National Costume". Unfortunately, the first one was already on the doorstep. World War, which, despite the country's neutrality, could not help but affect it. The national costume was forgotten until Martha's death, when it became the official Swedish National Costume.
Carrying a love for the unusual and colorful, the fashionistas of the Northern Kingdom still prefer to dress in bright and unusual styles.
Look at famous internet bloggers like Janni Deler, Carolina Engman or Kenza Zouiten. Their courage in choosing things for their image is inspiring. Combining bright colors and paving the way for fashion, they set the pace for street style in Sweden. Of course, one cannot fail to notice the influence of Europe on the taste of young people. For Swedes, it is important that the attire is bright and unusual, but practicality is also one of the main principles in the selection of clothes. The fact is that the country is located on the Scandinavian Peninsula and is surrounded by the waters of the Baltic Sea, so the thing must be warm. Anyone who has ever been to Sweden could notice the love of local residents for bicycles, so many girls prefer skirt-shorts and overalls among skirt models. In general, Swedish residents lead a fairly active lifestyle, so pay attention to sports models. You can and successfully combine it with some kind of sneakers or sneakers. You can buy a cocktail dress famous for its colorfulness and unusual cut, but then do not forget to complement it with a white or black jacket, and you can safely go out into the streets of Stockholm.
If the dress of the Swedish diva is too simple, then the hostess skillfully dilutes the image with an abundance of accessories. You should immediately make a reservation that this does not apply to gold. Of expensive jewelry, girls up to 40 years old can walk calmly only with wedding ring... But they cannot deny themselves the pleasure of wearing jewelry. These are colors for them, with which they can paint themselves the mood for the coming day. And this is also a kind of tribute to tradition, because, as we know, the brightest embroideries and appliques were adorned at Din Svensk Drekte.
I continue the theme of the SWEDEN folk costume. This concept differs from the concept of "national costume". If the national costume is the standard for the whole nation. then folk costume traditionally worn in different regions of the country and each region has its own characteristics of this clothing.
Folk costume (folkdräkt), in the strict sense, can only be called a documented (all parts of the costume are preserved) peasant costume of a certain area, with a certain set of characteristic features. Such suits are created in areas with clear natural boundaries (forest, mountains, water bodies).
Clothes and footwear were made according to certain rules, which tailors and shoemakers were obliged to observe under the threat of a fine or church punishment - hence the characteristic features, the differences between the costume of one village from another. This does not mean, however, that Swedish peasants wore uniforms - there were some individual differences.
In addition to "folkdräkt", there are also concepts "bygdedräkt" and "hembygdedräkt" - this is a regional costume, reconstruction, or a costume recreated on the basis of folk.
In Sweden, the traditional peasant costume fell out of everyday use by 1850. Due to the development of communications, the growth of cities and industry throughout the country, the people are gradually abandoning the traditional costume, which was considered a symbol of the backward peasant world.
However, at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Western Europe was swept by the neo-romantic movement, and secular society in Sweden turned its gaze to peasant culture and folk costume. In 1891, Arthur Hatselius founded Skansen, an open-air ethnographic museum in Stockholm. In addition to peasant life in general, Hatselius was also interested in folk costume. August Strindberg had trousers made in the style of the folk, and such clothes are in vogue even among members of the government.
National romanticism encourages people to explore peasant costume. The fading folk culture inspires not only the painters Anders Zorn and Karl Larsson, renowned singers of the Dalarna province, but many others as well.
Folk movements were created to revive old traditions: folk dance, music (spelmen associations) and traditional clothing. People are looking for folk costumes, studying (most of all in the same province of Dalarna). They are trying to reconstruct them, on the basis of them the costumes of the regions are created. In 1912, the local association created a costume for the province of Norrbotten. 
In 1902-03. the so-called general Swedish national costume is created / it was written about in the previous article about the Swedish national costume /. After the First World War, the folk costume was forgotten, and its revival began only in the seventies of the last century.
In the mid-70s, a copy of sverigedräkt was found in the Northern Museum in Stockholm, donated by an unknown woman from Leksand. The Land newspaper announced a search for such suits, after which several more copies of 1903-05 were found. The search was organized by Bo Skräddare. He also developed a version of this suit for men (until then sverigedräkt was exclusively for women).
Due to the change in attitude towards national symbols in the 80-90s. In the twentieth century, interest in national and folk costumes is reviving. New models appear: children, men, women. New accessories are added to the traditional national costume, for example, raincoats. Only the colors remain unchanged - yellow and blue. 
National costume is considered festive. He can be seen wearing Swedish princesses and beauty pageant winners. The costume is treated with pride. Last year, June 6 was declared a public holiday in Sweden for the first time, which was perceived far from unambiguously.
In Sweden, the midsummer holiday (Midsommaren) was perceived as a national holiday, today the state "proposed" new date with attributes such as anthem, flag and national costume. Thus, we can again argue that national symbols are an important tool in the construction of traditions associated with identity. However, according to statistics, only 6% of the Swedish population has such a suit in their wardrobe. For comparison: in Norway, a third of the population has folk clothes.
There are shops selling folk costumes in almost all settlements. There are weaving factories that produce fabric for costumes, craftsmen sew, embroider, and create accessories for these clothes.
Country motives are very popular in modern fashion.
Based on materials by L.V. Ivanova "Swedish folk costume as a symbol of national identity".
“The beloved child has many names,” says a Swedish proverb. The same can be said about the traditional Swedish costume. At first glance, it will seem that one and the same clothing that has many different names. Folkdirect, Landscapsdirect, Sokkedirect, BygDedrect or Hembyugdsdrect, Heradsdrect. National costume, Provincial costume, Costume of a certain province or, for example, Folkdan costume, folk dance costumes. In this article we will talk about the GENERAL NATIONAL SWEDISH COSTUME (Allmenna svenska nachunaldrekten) ... 
The photo above is a typical Swedish national costume - Din Svenska Drekt (your Swedish costume) It was "designed" Merta Jorgensen in 1903. Martha Jørgensen (Palme) (1874-1967) was the daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur from Norrkoping. In 1900, she becomes a gardener's apprentice and ends up at the royal residence of Tulgarn, in the province of Södermanland. In this castle, she saw Princess Victoria of Baden-Baden. The future queen tried to demonstrate her belonging to a new national culture and put on those created in folk style costumes - variations of the costumes of the Wingoker and Esteroker parishes, as well as variations of the traditional costume of the inhabitants of the island of Öland. The ladies of the court wore the same dresses. This was the inspiration for Marta Palme, the impetus for the creation of a women's national costume. 
Already in 1901, she was looking for like-minded people in order to realize the main idea - to create a national costume and distribute it in wide circles. In 1902 Märta Jörgensen founded the Swedish Women's Association of National Dress (SVENSKA KVINNLIGA NATIONALDRÄKTSFÖRENINGEN). The task of the society was to reform clothing. In contrast to French fashion, it was necessary to create a new dress, designed in accordance with the principles of practicality, hygiene, and most importantly, the original "Swedish". Why shouldn't we wear our lovely peasant costumes? - writes Marta Jørgensen. So, the game has been created ..
This is how Merta described her creation: the costume was designed in accordance with the principles of perception by different people, but naturally within reasonable limits. This meant that the dean Svenska Drekt could be of two designs.
So a very beautiful female outfit was created, which included a skirt and bodice, distinguished by an intense blue color. Wool was an obligatory material for such a suit, but the option with a red bodice was also assumed. The yellow apron combined with the blue skirt was supposed to symbolize the Swiss flag. The bodice must be decorated with embroidery that would reflect the rich national past. The skirt and bodice could be either sewn or dressed separately. A belt, which stood out with a silver buckle, was considered an obligatory attribute of the costume. But at the bottom of the skirt there was a wide edging, the same color as the bodice of the suit. The shirt, according to Jorgensen's idea, must include a wide collar, and the headdress must be distinguished by a special whiteness. But the color of the stockings and shoes is black, the other was not welcome.
The originally adopted design was a skirt with a lace up vest as separate items.
The second option, adopted later, is a short bodice and skirt worn together, a design from Wingoker County.
Skirt and bodice - Swedish blue or skirt of blue color, and the bodice is bright red, with national embroidery reflecting the rich national past. The blue and yellow (apron) of wool should be the muted color of the Swedish flag (not as bright as modern materials). The apron represented the main and central part of the costume and was sewn from linen, cotton, crepe or silk. They also wore bright aprons, caps trimmed with lace and thin woolen shawls on the shoulders.
Of jewelry, preference was given to large round silver brooches.
The men's suit consisted of narrow yellow or green short (just below the knee) pants, long woolen stockings, thick-soled shoes with large metal buckles, a short cloth or suede jacket, a vest with metal buttons and a characteristic knitted woolen hat with pompoms.
The bright colors of the Swedish flag, according to Merta, are exactly what the entire Swedish people needed. They had an invigorating effect on national sentiments and contrasted beautifully with the deep colors of Swedish nature - green pine forest and cold white snow. One of two hats should be worn with a suit, stockings are black, if there is no red in the suit, then the stockings are red. Shoes preferably with straps or laces, black, never yellow.
Thanks to the efforts of Murtha Jørgensen, the painters Gustav Ankarkron, Anders Zorn and Karl Larsson, the SWEDISH NATIONAL COSTUME was developed and presented as a reference in 1903 in Falun (Dalarna county). The colors of the garments were borrowed from the national Swedish flag. However, the costume has been universally approved as a National Costume, in fact in existence since the 1900s, after Her Majesty Queen Sylvia wore it on June 6, 1983 National Day.
Both ordinary girls ... and princesses wear national clothes!
Forgotten, it was, after the First World War, the costume began to revive in the eighties of the last century. This costume has not completely lost its fans: Swedes wear it on national holidays. Also, this outfit can boast of its amazing luxury at beauty contests. The most attractive thing about this costume is that it reflects Sweden, it is replete with the colors of the national flag and symbolic embroidery. And the very fact that it is still a symbol of this rich country speaks of its splendor.
It is worn by both ordinary citizens ... and princesses ...
Both old and small ... Traditions continue to live!
“The beloved child has many names,” says a Swedish proverb. About the same can be said about the traditional Swedish costume. At first glance, it will seem that one and the same clothing that has many different names. Folkdirect, Landscapsdrect, Sokkedirect, BygDedrect or Hembyugdsdrect, Heradsdrect. National costume, Provincial costume, Costume of a certain province or, for example, Folkdan costume, folk dance costumes.
In this article we will talk about the GENERAL NATIONAL SWEDISH COSTUME (Allmenna svenska nachunaldrekten) ...
The photo above is a typical Swedish national costume - din Svenska Drekt (your Swedish costume)
It was "designed" Merta Jorgensen in 1903. Martha Jörgensen (Palme) (1874-1967) was the daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur from Norrköping. In 1900, she becomes a gardener apprentice and ends up in the royal residence of Tulgarn, in the province of Södermanland. In this castle, she saw Princess Victoria of Baden-Baden. The future queen tried to demonstrate her belonging to the new national culture and put on costumes created in the folk style - variations of the costumes of the Wingoker and Esteroker parishes, as well as variations of the traditional costume of the inhabitants of the island of Öland. The ladies of the court wore the same dresses. This was the inspiration for Marta Palme, the impetus for the creation of a women's national costume.
Already in 1901, she was looking for like-minded people in order to realize the main idea - to create a national costume and distribute it in wide circles. In 1902 Märta Jörgensen founded the Swedish Women's Association of National Dress (SVENSKA KVINNLIGA NATIONALDRÄKTSFÖRENINGEN). The task of the society was to reform clothing. In contrast to French fashion, it was necessary to create a new dress, designed in accordance with the principles of practicality, hygiene, and most importantly, the original "Swedish". Why shouldn't we wear our lovely peasant costumes? - writes Marta Jørgensen. So, the game has been created ..
This is how Merta described her creation: the costume was developed in accordance with the principles of perception by different people, but naturally within reasonable limits. This meant that the dean Svenska Drekt could be of two designs.
So a very beautiful female outfit was created, which included a skirt and bodice, distinguished by an intense blue color. Wool was an obligatory material for such a suit, but the option with a red bodice was also assumed. The yellow apron combined with the blue skirt was supposed to symbolize the Swiss flag. The bodice must be decorated with embroidery that would reflect the rich national past. The skirt and bodice could be either sewn or dressed separately. A belt, which stood out with a silver buckle, was considered an obligatory attribute of the costume. But at the bottom of the skirt there was a wide edging, the same color as the bodice of the suit. The shirt, according to Jorgensen's idea, must include a wide collar, and the headdress must be distinguished by a special whiteness. But the color of the stockings and shoes is black, the other was not welcome.
The originally adopted design was a skirt with a lace-up vest as separate items.
The second option, adopted later, is a short bodice and skirt worn together, a design from Wingoker County.
The skirt and bodice are in Swedish blue or the skirt is in blue, and the bodice is bright red, with national embroidery reflecting the rich national past. The blue and yellow (apron) of wool should be the muted color of the Swedish flag (not as bright as modern materials). The apron represented the main and central part of the costume and was sewn from linen, cotton, crepe or silk. They also wore bright aprons, caps trimmed with lace and thin woolen shawls on the shoulders.
Of jewelry, preference was given to large round silver brooches.
The men's suit consisted of narrow yellow or green short (just below the knee) pants, long woolen stockings, thick-soled shoes with large metal buckles, a short cloth or suede jacket, a vest with metal buttons and a characteristic knitted woolen hat with pompoms.
The bright colors of the Swedish flag, according to Merta, are exactly what the entire Swedish people needed. They had an invigorating effect on national sentiments and contrasted beautifully with the deep colors of Swedish nature - green pine forest and cold white snow. One of two hats is to be worn with a suit, stockings are black, if there is no red in the suit, then the stockings are red. Shoes preferably with straps or laces, black, never yellow.
Thanks to the efforts of Murtha Jørgensen, the painters Gustav Ankarkron, Anders Zorn and Karl Larsson, the SWEDISH NATIONAL COSTUME was developed and presented as a reference in 1903 in Falun (Dalarna county). The colors of the garments were borrowed from the national Swedish flag. However, the costume has been universally approved as a National Costume, in fact in existence since the 1900s, after Her Majesty Queen Sylvia wore it on June 6, 1983 National Day.
Both ordinary girls ... and princesses wear national clothes!
Forgotten, it was, after the First World War, the costume began to revive in the eighties of the last century. This costume has not completely lost its fans: Swedes wear it on national holidays. Also, this outfit can boast of its amazing luxury at beauty contests. The most attractive thing about this costume is that it reflects Sweden, it is replete with the colors of the national flag and symbolic embroidery. And the very fact that it is still a symbol of this rich country speaks of its splendor.
It is worn by both ordinary citizens ... and princesses ...
Both old and small ... Traditions continue to live!
Now let's dance together with the Swedes!
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