Lietuviški rūbai

Lithuanian folk clothes
Lithuanian Costume
• Lithuanian Costume is Western style modern
clothes. Lithuanian dress is stylish and decent and
gives a description of Lithuanian society and culture.
As the time elapsed dressing in Lithuania also
evolved and became quite similar to other European
countries. The Urban folk started wearing the
modern outfits whereas the traditional clothing is
worn only in festivals.
Folk clothes for women
• The creation of the Lithuanian national dress began relatively
late at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the
20th. Following the example of most neighboring countries,
peasant festive garments were chosen as the prototype.
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In the 19th century, a Lithuanian peasant woman's summer
costume consisted of a shirt, two or more skirts, an apron, a
waistcoat and shoes. Elderly women frequently wore a short or
longer small jacket instead of, or over, a waistcoat not only in
cool weather but also in summer.
Folk clothes for Men
• In the 19th century, a man's festive summer costume consisted of a
white shirt, narrow trousers, a coarse homespun overcoat, shoes, a
hat, a sash belt and sometimes a neckerchief and a vest.
• In the second half of the 19th century, men's overcoats were
slowly replaced by frock coats of a similar silhouette but a different
make then fashionable in town, while at turn of the 20th century by short jackets. Also reflective of urban modes and sewn from
hand-spun, woolen or half-woolen cloth, a vest was sometimes
worn by men under a frock-coat and jacket. They also wore a
neckerchief, a diagonally fold square kerchief, which in the middle
of the 19th century was usually made of white checked homespun
cloth, and was later replaced by manufactured bright silk or wool..
Lithuanian regions
• There are 5 regions in Lithunia and all have different
costumes
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Aukštaitija – Higher Lithuania
Žemaitija – Lower Lithuania
Dzūkija- Southeast Lithuania
Suvalkija- Southwest Lithuania
Klaipėdos kraštas – Klaipėda region
Aukštaija – Higher Lithuania
Žemaitija –Lower Lithuania
Dzūkija-Southeast Lithuania
Suvalkija-Southwest Lithuania
Klaipėdos kraštas – Klaipėda region
Summary
• Costume has always been its interpretation. The 20th century
designers of folk clothes in Lithuania, like in other countries,
repeatedly deviated from previous versions of authentic folk
garments, sometimes lacking knowledge of the former
historical peasant apparel, and occasionally, deliberately altering
its form by upholding the current conception of the national
costume that was typical of their times.
• Historic investigations of 19th century peasant garments have
been conducted, collections of clothes assembled,
compositions of festive outfits and features of their constituent
parts have been ever revised since the early 20th century, even
when Lithuanians expressed a great affection for and
appreciation of stylized folk costumes.