Hungarian traditional costume

Hungarian traditional costume

The Hungarian traditional costume is a typical way of dressing of the Hungarians. The wear expressed the person's social place, age and different occasions. They wore different clothes on weekdays and on holidays. 

The traditional costume means the person's status, age, job and grade. So it showed almost everything about  a person. For example: on the men's hat the feather or the posy expressed if he is a child or a young man going on recruiting or a bridegroom.

The girls wore headdress called 'párta' wreath and ribbons. The married women wore pinnen.

Long time ago traditional dress was made at home by women. They made ordinary clothes and clothes for festivals. There were new fashioned clothes made of manufactured material and this was the work of craftsmen.

Parts of the traditional costume

Men's clothes were made of linen like shirts, drawers. The waistcoat and trousers were made of thick broad cloth. 

Women's wear includes skirts, apron and waistcoat.

In winter they wore bolero of Hungarian cut, ' dolmány ' and cloak. The underwear was plain and archaic.

They wore varied shoes made of leather. Women wore slippers, shoes and boots while men wore brogue and boots.

Headdresses were important too. For men hat, kuchma, for women wreath, pinner, headkerchief and headdress called 'párta' as well as jewels, hat ornaments and ribbons.

Women had traditional long hair. Just girls could walk with uncovered head and their hair was plaited and decorated with ribbons. Women wore different shaped and sized kerchief.

Men wore hat decorated with ribbon, feather or posy.

  

Some typical Hungarian wear

'Sárközi' wear is decorative. It had a lot of (5) underskirts. It's interesting that men's clothes are colourful and richly decorated

 

'Matyó' traditional costume

Women's clothes were long and specia gothic style. The richly embroidered apron was typical for women and men too.

The most spectacular wear of Transylvania is 'Kalotaszeg' traditional costume. It is very colourful. The clothes were decorated with embroidery, ribbons and pearls. Girls wear headdress called 'párta' with pearls.

   

One of the best known wear is 'Kalocsa'

It is decorated with colourful embroidery. They wear more underskirts under the pleated skirts and they have an apron with lace trimming above it. They have freaked stockings and colourful slippers.