Traditional Greek costumes

1.Central Greece

Tradiotional costume consisting of an overcoat and apron,both made of wool ,a long shirt worn as a dress ,and a kerchief used as a head-cover .It is also decorated with metal coins.(Aristea,Maria)

2.The male uniform of Thrace

All the inhabitants of Thrace wear “potouri” pants. This is a type of wide trousers worn only in Thrace and gave its name to the whole Thracian male costume. It was made of woolen fabric, which was usually brown for the everyday costume and black for the formal one.

The male uniform of Thrace are also consisted of the shirt, which was white and cotton, embroidered around the neck, on the front and on the sleeves.

Everyday shirts used for work were usually dark blue or brown, with the stripes or checked patterns.

The shirts had wide sleeves. Over the shirt they wore vests, either open or closed on the front, depending on the area. There were also short overcoats in dark blue, brown or black colour, and they were called “tzamadani”.(Christos V.-Vasilis)

3.Vlacha -segouni

The designer of the cloths was based on oral directions and descriptions of a traveler or a quickly-made sketch of the costume. Sometimes designers combined elements of two different costumes to create a new one.This one comes from Makedonia.It consists of the traditional vest, the shirt,the head scarf,the skirt and the necklace of golden coins.(Anastasia-Stavroula)

4.The female costume of Kavakli area (Thrace)

The female costume of Kavakli in Thrace is embroidered with silk. The characteristic of the costume is the dress called “tsoukna” which is pleated and embroidered on the front and around the edge.

The shirt is cotton white with darker blue sleeves and silk embroidery around the edge and the sleeves.

There was a colourful striped waistband and an apron, which was usually red for the young women.

Several types of overcoats covered the body, according to the weather conditions.

There were black or white knitted socks and traditional shoes.

A kerchief was worn on the head and a jewel including 5-15 coins decorated the fronthead(Sotiris,Valadis)

5.Female Costume from Crete

Traditional  costume which consists of : a woolen embroidered jacket ,a shirt,a skirt,a belt ,an apron,a head-cover and decorative coins.(Panagiotis,Panos,Christos K)

6.Makedonian embroidered costume

Tradicional costume ,consisting of a woolen embroided overcoat,a woolen apron,an internal dree,a kerchief used a head-cover,a metal ornament on the belt ahd decorative metal coins.(Geogre,Panagiotis K)

7.Traditional Greek costumes

Local costumes ended from the time of the Byzantine Empire and afterwards bearing no resemblance to ancient Greek attire.

Female Costumes

The Greek female costumes can be divided into two major categories. The first one ,with pure Byzantine origin and the second one which was affected by the western Renaissance. The local female clothing in Greece started to change radically with the constant invasion of the western fashion during the period, firstly  due to the foreign queens(Amalia,Olga,Sorhia)and afterwards because of the continues contact of villages with towns and of  towns and of towns with the capital. Most costumes consist of :A long shirt which is present in every Greek costume .A kind of dress-like vest (locally called “kaftani”, “kavali”, “anteri”,sayia”)usually made of previous wooden fabric ,or an overcoat with or without sleeves made of wood(named “giourdi”or “sigouni”).The dress, which could be either wide or tight-fitting around the waist. A wider piece of cloth tied around the waist ,a belt and an apron. A kind of short jacet with or without sleeves (called “kontogouni”or “gileki”).Different kinds of underwear and accessories .Complicated head covers, usually bridal ones which often symbolized shame ,fertility etc. Precious ornaments and jewelers socks and shoes.   (Stelios-Stauroula-Anastasia-Sotiris)

8.Antartiko from Florina (Makedonia)

Traditional costume which consists of: a woolen short overcoat without sleeves, a shirt, a blue and white belt and a local type of hat called “cape”.(Nikos-Christos S)

Good luck .