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The young women who adopted the costume for special events from the 1880s were seen as the spirit of the new Wales and the costume became associated with success, especially after the Welsh Ladies’ Choir, dressed in Welsh costume, won a prize at the Chicago World Fair Eisteddfod World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 and went on to sing for ...
The Welsh hat first appeared during the late 1700s; [1] it became widely popular in the 1830s and over 380 examples are known to have survived. The Welsh hat was part of a traditional Welsh costume propagated by Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover [2] (1802–1896) but it is unlikely that she had much influence on anyone other than her friends and ...
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Welsh dress, 1905. The unique Welsh hat, which first made its appearance in the 1830s, was used as an icon of Wales from the 1840s. [36] From the 1880s, when the traditional costume had gone out of general use, selected elements of it became adopted as a national costume.
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.
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Unlike other Vietnamese clothing that helped to segregate the classes, the unseen yếm were worn as an undergarment by Vietnamese women of all walks of life, from peasant women toiling in the fields to imperial consorts. It is an integral part of the áo tứ thân costume, which it is often worn underneath. Girls in yếm and váy đụp
The Welsh Wig was prized by workers for its excellent protection against the elements, providing a shield against the wind on the back of the neck. As the fashion for traditional wigs declined, there was now a market for more practical knitted headwear and Welsh wigs soon developed a reputation as a hardy and utilitarian product.