#hungarian folk clothing

[zoyazoy]

I love drawing European folk dress so much even though I am Thai ♥

[folkfashion]

Hungarian woman, Hungary, by Zsofia Mohos

[ghostfartooo]

Countess Orlok and her guards

[ridiculus-mus]

What did Jonathan Harker see in Transylvania?

Except the vampires of course. But let’s see some traditional transylvanian folk costumes that our dear friend Jonathan tried to describe! Oh yeah, and don’t be offended by that “very clumsy about the waist” thing, I think it simply means that women who were wearing traditional clothes were not wearing a corset which must had been very unusual for a victorian gentleman from England.

Young Hungarian women from around Klausenburg / Kolozsvár / Cluj Napoca. Note the “strips” on their skirts and aprons, and the obvious lack of a corset. The carved wood gate behind them is also traditional Hungarian / Székely folk art.

And here are the Székelys, descendant of the Huns, or something. Jonathan’s informations about the nationalities of Transylvania were outdated even in 1897, but at least he tried, which you cannot tell about some modern day tourists. I’m not an expert of transylvanian history, so I’m not going to try and explain how all the people there are related to each other, but the thing Stoker got right is that it’s one of the most diverse and colourful regions of Europe.

Jonathan was traveling through the northern parts of Transylvania, but he also mentions the Saxon who live on the south, so here’s a young Saxon couple as well.

And last but not least, the Romanians or as Jonathan calls them, the Wallachs.

The only thing I couldn’t find anything about was the Slovaks as Jonathan described them. The clothes he mentions are more like the traditional wear of the Romanian moți herdsmen with the big hats and leather belts decorated with brass nails. I personaly think that traditional moți clothes look fucking badass.

I have to admit that with this post I’ve really exceeded my authority. Romanian side of Tumblr, correct me if I’m wrong! All the pictures are from the frist half of the 20th century and were published in 1940 in the book “Erdély”.

[vampirecookiesupporter]

Moonlight Cookie has always looked like a Hungarian folk tale princess to me.

I like the idea that her clothing constantly changes patterns as she moves just like in those cartoons.

[mirellabruno]

EMILIE FLÖGE (1874-1952) First liberated Viennese woman, Austrian Coco Chanel immortalized in Klimt’s phenomenal Kiss. (re)ascending the social ladder Emilie Flöge was born into a Viennese artisan family that had only recently ascended the ladder of social respectability. Her father Hermann was a master turner who had founded a firm that exported Meerschaum pipes, mostly to the British market. between silk and lace Always passionate about fashion, Emilie quickly started working as a seamstress, and when her elder sister, Pauline, opened a dressmaking school in Vienna, Emilie willingly agreed to help. Two years later, in 1895, the two of them won a prestigious dressmaking competition. In 1904 Flöge sisters opened the couture house Schwestern Flöge in Vienna, with interiors designed by Josef Hoffmann. It quickly became a successful enterprise luring wealthy clients committed to modernity in all its forms. At its prime, the company employed nearly 80 workers. reforming the dress In addition to heading the Schwestern Flöge, Emilie also maintained a direct, hands-on role in production, often pinning fabric to a dummy (custom-made to a client’s proportions) before directing fabric-cutters to reassemble it. She traveled to Paris twice a year to source fabric, belts and buttons. But what really fascinated her, was an idea to rethink women’s dress. Using her familiarity with Wiener Werkstätte projects, folk costumes and Japanese textiles, she soon created her very own Reform Dress. revolutionizing fashion stores By the time Chanel opened her first salon in Paris, Flöge had been producing cutting-edge designs in Vienna for several years. Her loose, flowing and bold dresses rejected the tight-laced style of historicist Vienna already carving out new roles for women in the industry. Flöge’s fashion celebrated physical freedom, self-expression, closeness to nature, and the vitality of other ethnicities from within the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself to the Far East. Unlike other retail stores, the Flöge sisters displayed alluring art objects that were not for sale. The store was decorated with beauticians, tortoise shell combs, marbled paper notebooks, silver chalices and hand-carved wooden dolls. Instead of copying popular design trends of the time, Schwestern Flöge was furnished with sleek, adjustable mirrors; geometric, carved wood chairs; and black-and-white chequered tables. relationship with Klimt In 1892 Emilie was introduced to Ernst Klimt, who recently got engaged with her sister - Helene. He was a talented painter gaining recognition for his work alongside his younger brother - Gustav. After Ernst’s death in December 1892, Gustav was made Helene's guardian. At that time Emilie was eighteen years old and Gustav became a frequent guest at the home of her parents, spending the summers with the Flöge family at Lake Attersee. By 1897, Emilie Flöge and Gustav Klimt had become inseparable, and most Viennese close to the couple assumed that she had in fact become his mistress. While there can be no doubt that the couple were passionately attached emotionally, and would spend countless hours in each other's company over the next two decades, some scholars have raised the possibility that their relationship always remained platonic. After 1891, Klimt portrayed her in many of his works. Experts believe that his painting The Kiss (1907–08) shows the artist and Emilie Flöge as lovers. Klimt also drew some garments for the Flöge salon in the rational dress style - a style promoted by the feminist movement - and from 1898, other clothes designed by the Vienna Secession. fin de siècle By the time Nazis invaded Austria in 1938, many of Schwestern Flöge’s clientele, who were Jewish, had fled the country or were deported to concentration camps. Like neighboring businesses — both established and burgeoning — they were forced to close. Emilie Flöge never wrote her memoirs, but despite the paucity of sources historians have been able to reconstruct the story of her powerful influence as the muse of one of fin-de-siècle Vienna's greatest artists. Among the last survivors from an utterly vanished world, she died in Vienna on May 26, 1952. KNOW MORE: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a12241915/klimt-muse-emilie-floge-forgotten-fashion-designer/ https://www.crfashionbook.com/culture/a22835087/emilie-floge-art-fashion-cr-muse/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/floge-emilie-1874-1952

[blood-ofmyblood]

— This - what is this?

— It's a folk song. My mother sang it to me when I was a child growing up in Budapest.

— It's beautiful. What's it about?

— Szerelam means love. And the story, well, there's this Hungarian count. He's a wanderer. He's a fool. And for years he's on some kind of a quest for... who knows what. And then one day, he falls under the spell of a mysterious English woman. A harpy, who beats him, and hits him, he becomes her slave, and he sews her clothes, and worships...Stop it! Stop it! You're always beating me!

— Bastard! You bastard, I believed you!

[anhonestdaysworkcomic]

what sort of time period and region is your comic set in? dantes outfits are cool and I’m wondering if they’re inspired by real life cultures

Howdy! Thanks for asking!

So it’s a big ole smorgasbord

Time period is medieval. Closer to the 10th-11th century, but I’m going to be fucking around in this. For instance, in the story Christianity is just now getting introduced to Northern Europe when in reality it happened closer to the 7th century. But in the story, ppl are still following a pagan religion (which is inspired by the Celt’s deities but set up closer to a Roman pantheon) and the antagonist is backed by the Roman Catholic Church because I want there to be religious tensions as big motivators for all the major background players

But then culturally, I’ve been looking at the Celts specifically with a little bit of research into Slavic history and folklore. I’ve also been doing research on the culture in the Alps because I want the kingdom set in the topography of the Switzerland. So these are the big three cultural influences

For their clothing I think you can see my biggest influence is Slavic folk costume. I’ve been looking the most at Ukrainian and Russian clothing but I also adore Hungarian clothing and embroidery. I do plan to try and keep some Swiss and Celtic influences, but the Slavs really fucking nailed it in terms of clothing that make me want to swoon. Although I plan to make my own embroidery meanings. I’ve been researching what plants are native to the alps, and then figuring out their meanings, and then I plan to associate each character with a plant I think represents them best and make an embroidery pattern based on that for said character.

Right now though with my art I’m fucking around, so the embroidery you see doesn’t mean anything at all. But in the actual comic it’ll be more legit

Biggest piece to note though is that I do call this a fantasy story, not a historical one. These are all my influences, but my main goal is to get it to read a bit more like a fairy tale. Also I don’t want to deal with the feudal system, so I’m just not tbh

[naivestayingsoul]

MK IN HUNGARIAN FOLK CLOTHING!!

i hurried it a little tho-

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[dariascultureblog]

Dacians & Romans War

The Dacians were the first to inhabit the territory of modern-day Romania. The Dacian empire becomes more powerful under the rule of Bure Bista (82 BC-44 BC). However, the Dacians did not escape the expansion of the Roman Empire. The Hungarian Kingdom had conquered Transylvania (the middle part of Romania) already in the 11th century. The Ottoman Empire was threatening the Romanians during their siege to Central Europe, in which they were successful until the fall of Constantinople in 1453. ​The Romans then colonized and lived within the territory (until the 3rd century AD), now called Romania. Centuries of migratory tribes' invasions followed the fall of the Roman Empire. Roman Dacia was of great importance to the military stationed throughout the Balkans and became an urban province. In 101, the Dacians led massive assaults on the Roman legions. In 102 Trajan moved his army down the Danube to Oescus. There the Roman armies converged for a final assault and defeated the Dacian army at the Battle of Tapae this led to the end of the conflict between the two and they were at peace in the end.

Map of Dacia soldiers

This is a tiny bit of the map where the Dacians had marched to invade and protect their contry away from the Romans. The areas circled in red were all the areas they had fought and marched in during the AC period. The Dacians wanted to remain out of the borderline for more safety so the Romans do not have an easy way of winning over or causing deaths.

History Fashion

The Romanian popular costume finds its roots in the part of��Thracian, Dacian and Getae ancestors and resembles that of the peoples of the Balkan Peninsula, of course with differences consisting of decorative and colourful details. Before the occupation of Romans over Dacia, the women’s clothing differed from nowadays traditional clothing and we get this evidence from the portrayal of Dacian women in the Trajan column. Dacian women wore shirts rippled at the neck, sleeves were either long and wide or short, and the dress was long to the ground over which sometimes was attached a wide draped mantle. On the feet, they wore leather sandals in summer and fur sandals in winter. This idealisation of Romanian clothing appeared in the mid-19th century in order to differentiate their culture from the other ones. Nowadays, the Romanian people as a national motif during certain events and celebrations in folk dances. 

Decebalus

Decebalus was the last Dacian king as he was famous for fighting within three wars and success in every war he had, he was the bravest and strongest king that fought with the other Dacians beside them. He was honoured and respected for his help in saving them and fighting for his own people. He fought against the Roman Empire bravely and tried to protect his people first. He had changed their world completely. After raiding south across the Danube, he defeated a Roman invasion in the reign of Domitian, securing a period of independence during which Decebalus consolidated his rule. When Trajan came to power, his armies invaded Dacia to weaken its threat to the Roman border territories of Moesia. Decebalus was defeated and remained in power as a client king but continued to assert his independence, leading to a final and overwhelming Roman invasion north of the Danube in 105 AD. The sculpture shown here was Decebals face that was carved in throughout time to remember how brave he was for us and protected their country well because of him, he cannot be forgotten as he is on a high cliff based in Romania. To this day, the Decebal statue is still standing and able to visit.

Here is more information if you would like to know more about the history of Decebal and how he became a brave hero in Romania.

[zoyazoy]

Hellooo! The Kyjov folk dress you drew is lovely – much like the Polish, Slovak and Hungarian one.

If you ever decide to draw some Moravian dress again and wanna know how a certain garment or detail is supposed to look, I could help. I know a thing or two about our traditional clothing (embroidery, sewing patterns, how the older versions of the dresses looked and so on). Especially the Kyjov type :D

I actually have a whole guide on that one that I could translate to English if you were interested.

Thank you so much! I was so worried i might make some mistake drawing the dressesT_T glad the native person love it! I am so glad you willing to help me, sole info are a bit hard to find for someone outside of European hahaXD, but won’t stop me from drawing it! And of course I would love to see it, but if you have free times to translate of course! Im sure many people would love to understand folk dresses better. I want more people to draw about Czechia🥺💗

[folkfashion]

Hungarian woman, Hungary, by Mohos Zsófia

[wildbeautifuldamned]

Vintage Hungarian Cloth Doll Lenci-Type Handcrafted Matyo Bride Folk Art ebay bookfan23

[milokissa707]

Hej, Eastern European queer appreciation ask by fellow Eastern European queer person

 Absolutely!

Honestly, seeing and talking to people who are generally considered outside of the “western spears”give me all the strength I need to talk to my fellow Americans fear about their future under the trump(especially the very very whiny one). But like then like I go on the Internet and then you just see a Hungarian trans man dancing in traditionally male folk clothing and I think to myself that things will be OK(but seriously though that guy was good;I wish I had his moves or knees). It’s going to be a tough time for all of us, but when hasn’t life, we will grow, morn the ones we will and have lost, and fight for the lives us and people in the future.

I’m still actually rather hopeful. Hell just in Thailand and just in this year so much progress has been made. Progress is still being made everywhere and will be made everywhere, always and forever. The most important thing at the end of the day is that we stick together, make sure we hold people accountable to their actions, and and support one another win and where we can.

[llitchilitchi]

a little addition: renfair is a very modernized, 1960's/1970's revival influenced take on different aspects of historical clothing, mostly from the 19th century revival period and also Heavily influenced by 18th century fashions (and arguably, a lot of the basic princess dresses that are popular for kids are someone looking at a rococo gown and thinking 'how can I turn these 10 layers of fabric and intricate layering into a one piece dress after looking at this image for all of 5 seconds?')

however, a lot of the pieces that were described as being 'not a thing' in renaissance were in fact A Thing in the Kingdom of Hungary.

Hungarian fashion has remained very, very similar for about 500 years, and there are illustrations from late 1400s that depict clothing of this style. it consists of a white undershirt with full sleeves and a 'vest' on top, that is often seen with crossing lacing on the front

Countess Báthory for example - big sleeves, a vest that could easily be taken for stays, crossing laces in the front, and an apron (which has remained part of the court dress until the fall of the Empire! Empress Sissi wore a similar style of dress when she was crowned Hungarian Queen in the 1850s)

here are some surviving dresses, though of a slightly later date

The green dress in particular is interesting because it got passed down several generations and slightly adjusted to fit the newest fashions while also incorporating more and more decoration (the most recent being the beading made out of corals)

but we can see the trends here, which have been present since before renaissance: the white undershirt with showing puffy sleeves, the boned vest that looks like stays, often cross-laced (fun fact: the ladies at court could get very creative with how they tied their laces and would try different patterns as another ways to make their dress more unique! it is also an approximate rule, at least for the renaissance gowns, that the closer the laces are to each other, the later the date. early renaissance gowns had it spaced fairly far apart.)

here are a few renaissance gowns, constructed in modern times by the group Fringia - they are a Slovak-based group of historians who specialize in Hungarian court dress and way of life like dance and swordplay. most of the information I provided here is from a lecture hosted by their founder and a very insightful conversation I had with her after.

their Instagram for more gorgeous pictures

you can see a lot of influences still remaining to this day in the folk clothing in countries that were once part of the Hungarian Kingdom

so yes, while the way things are still perceived incorrectly (the stays, for example) it often seems like a mix of real Hungarian fashions of the period, things being muddled by time and reimaginations and a retroactive look at what was worn by other nationalities through a western lens

it's funny although a little exasperating how artists designing "princess" or medieval-esque gowns really do not understand how those types of clothes are constructed. We're all so used to modern day garments that are like... all sewn together in one layer of cloth, nobody seems to realize all of the bits and pieces were actually attached in layers.

So like look at this mid-1400's fit:

to get the effect of that orange gown, you've got

chemise next to the skin like a slip (not visible here) (sometimes you let a bit of this show at the neckline) (the point is not to sweat into your nice clothes and ruin them)

kirtle, or undergown. (your basic dress, acceptable to be seen by other people) this is the puffing bits visible at the elbow, cleavage, and slashed sleeve. It's a whole ass dress in there. Square neckline usually. In the left picture it's probably the mustard yellow layer on the standing figure.

coat, or gown. This is the orange diamond pattern part. It's also the bit of darker color visible in the V of the neckline.

surcoat, or sleeveless overgown. THIS is the yellow tapestry print. In the left picture it's the long printed blue dress on the standing figure

if you want to get really fancy you can add basically a kerchief or netting over the bare neck/shoulders. It can be tucked into the neckline or it can sit on top. That's called a partlet.

the best I can tell you is that they were technically in a mini-ice-age during this era. Still looks hot as balls though.

Coats and surcoats are really more for rich people though, normal folks will be wearing this look:

tbh I have a trapeze dress from target that looks exactly like that pale blue one. ye olden t-shirt dress.

so now look here:

(this is a princess btw) both pieces are made of the same blue material so it looks as if it's all one dress, but it's not. The sleeves you're seeing are part of the gown/coat, and the ermine fur lined section on top is a sideless overgown/surcoat. You can tell she's rich as fuck because she's got MORE of that fur on the inside of the surcoat hem.

okay so now look at these guys.

Left image (that's Mary Magdelene by the way) you can see the white bottom layer peeking out at the neckline. That's a white chemise (you know, underwear). The black cloth you see behind her chest lacing is a triangular panel pinned there to Look Cool tm. We can call that bit the stomacher. Over the white underwear is the kirtle (undergown) in red patterned velvet, and over the kirtle is a gown in black. Right image is the same basic idea--you can see the base kirtle layer with a red gown laced over it. She may or may not have a stomacher behind her lacing, but I'm guessing not.

I've kind of lost the plot now and I'm just showing you images, sorry. IN CONCLUSION:

you can tell she's a queen because she's got bits I don't even know the NAMES of in this thing. Is that white bit a vest? Is she wearing a vest OVER her sideless surcoat? Girl you do not need this many layers!

[augustidears]

It has been ages since the time of difference and beyond for the age of harmony. It seems we are at peace, for now. No longer fenced in by stately aggressors, we are finding peace. They may have called the last century 'Pax Americana', it was far from Pax-ful for most of us.

Euterra has been good to us. Most of us are matriots, now. There are clashes still, but it feels like we have grown past that, like clashing was childish or something.

It feels like Earth has grown up. I get it now; I understand why the Others kept us locked.. up... here.. like that. Wow.. ever since their arrival, I have always said "locked up," but now that I.. after what they showed us... it feels wrong to use. "Locked up"?

Anyway, since then, a lot has changed. But also, not that much. Their arrival was a jaw-dropper, for sure, but it was also a Tuesday, and the students had a mid-term, payroll was due, and Steven wouldn't hurry up, and so we were late.

I like the new provinces. I also love the clothing! (As much as I want, perfectly tailored to my size, for free?! All the time?!) Sure, it is a little floraly (it comes with territory; we Hungarians love our floral designs), and boy is it heavy, but it sure is gorgeous! And my boots? I adore them! (Though, an easier time taking them off would be nice. It's okay, though, this is why I have Steven)

Ah, Steven is perfect (except when he is not)(like that morning)... I never expected to fall in love with an Englishman.. their teeth, their bark. But, I have grown up a lot since then, especially since I met him, and he has opened my eyes to a.. whole new woooorld

I always found it funny how English folk need to prune themselves. Imagine only cutting your hair once or twice a year?! If I did that, my tail would probably sweep the ground. Plus, his teeth really aren't that bad; I guess I am just used to Anglo-Canadians getting braces for their tusks, but how can I say anything when I can barely stand cleaning my hooves out because of how gross they are