Today France is synonymous with fashion. The French fashion industry is strong, and Paris has long since become the mecca of the textile design universe, but if we make history, What is the typical clothing of France?
In today's article we are going to talk about what are the typical clothes of France.
The typical clothes of France
Beyond that Paris is the mecca of contemporary fashion, the truth is that Europe or the Western world has been looking at this country for a long time to define fashion styles. It happened at the time of the Luises, for example, in which a dress, a color or a hairstyle that appeared at court quickly became all the rage.
But what is certain is that French culture has centuries of history and that is why it has accumulated customs and traditions in relation to clothing, so you have to leave the capital and see what happens long ago in other regions of the country. It is from those distant centuries that the typical costumes that today represent the different regions of France come.
So, first of all we can talk about the typical costume of the Alsace region. Alsace is a historical, cultural and administrative region that is in the northeast of the country, right on the border with Switzerland and Germany. Culturally, it is more linked to its neighbors, but it has belonged to France since World War II, so today the predominant language is French.
The typical costume of Alsace it's white, red and black. The of they carry one ankle length skirt with a corset dark that squeezes a a white blouse with a huge and elegant neck and sleeves with bows. In front of the skirt there is a apron decorated with embroidery.
Beneath the fake she wears white stockings with black flats. On their heads they wear a headdress in the shape of butterfly wings. It used to be much larger but modern life has made it smaller.
El Alsace man costume It is a set of black pants and vest with white shirt with a dark bow. The jacket has many golden buttons (underneath they usually wear a red vest), and they also wear a sWide-brimmed felt hat. You will see it if you go to Strasbourg and enjoy a typical festival.
El Brittany typical costume it's also very pretty. Brittany is the Celtic region of France and the typical costume today it focuses on cultural and folkloric events. As for women's clothing skirt is embellished with embroidery, there are many varieties, and the wide white lace headdress originally served not only to hold and accommodate the hair but also to collect things, seeds, mushrooms, whatever, when they were in the field.
Meanwhile men usually wear a jacket and a vest, there is a lot of blue color, and a gold belt to which the wide pants are attached. On their feet they wear black boots. This description is general but brief, the truth is that in the region there are more than 60 styles of typical cutss and it's hard to categorize them all, but basically the common denominator is lace and aprons.
The typical costume of Arles is very Provençal. Arles is a city in the south of the country, a traditional area crossed by the Rhone River and one of the first Greek and Roman colonies. The typical costume of women it is very symbolic in its elements.
For example, there is a key that symbolizes the trust that resides in the man, her husband, to secure the home, there are earrings that were thought to prevent children from getting sick and there is also a velvet ribbon full of decorations. The more ornaments, the higher the social status of its wearer.
If you are traveling through France you will see these Arles costumes on the first Sunday of July. This day a distillery of typical costumes is made. The best typical costume is voted on and chosen, so those who parade take great care in the preparation. If you see it known, I'll tell you that it became popular in France and perhaps outside the country at the beginning of the XNUMXth century, precisely with this Costume Party.
El typical costume of the Paris region perhaps it is the one that represents the political and cultural changes that France has experienced. There is a highly publicized, stereotyped typical costume that cinema, cartoons and novels have transmitted to us: the man dressed like Marcel Marceau and black, red, striped prints and a beret. We can also think of scarves, gloves and elegant coats instead of coats nylon.
And so it is. French women are generally very elegant, and so are the men. It is true that we foreigners limit ourselves to thinking of the French as the Parisians, but that is the driving idea behind French fashion. Even so. as we saw today, outside of Paris there is an ancient world of traditions and customs that have given different shapes, textures and colors to the clothes of its inhabitants.