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  2. Feed sack dress - Wikipedia

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    Feed sack dresses, flour sack dresses, or feedsack dresses were a common article of clothing in rural US and Canadian communities from the late 19th century through the mid 20th century. They were made at home, usually by women, using the cotton sacks in which flour, sugar, animal feed, seeds, and other commodities were packaged, shipped, and sold.

  3. Sarafan - Wikipedia

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    A peasant girl wearing a sarafan (1909), by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. A sarafan (Russian: сарафа́н, IPA: [sərɐˈfan], from Persian: سراپا sarāpā, literally "[from] head to feet") [1] is a long, trapezoidal Russian jumper dress (pinafore dress) worn by girls and women and forming part of Russian traditional folk costume.

  4. Dirndl - Wikipedia

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    By 1800, dress styles were similar among many Western Europeans; local variation became first a sign of provincial culture and later a mark of the conservative peasant. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Thus the spread of French fashions increased the contrast between the fashionable clothes of the wealthier classes and folk costumes, which were increasingly ...

  5. Pattern (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    Three patterns for pants (2022) Pattern making is taught on a scale of 1:4, to conserve paper. Storage of patterns Fitting a nettle/canvas-fabric on a dress form. In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled.

  6. Kosovorotka - Wikipedia

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    A kosovorotka (Russian: косоворо́тка, IPA: [kəsəvɐˈrotkə]), also known in the West as a Russian peasant shirt or Tolstoy shirt (tolstovka). The name comes from the Russian phrase kosoy vorot (косой ворот), meaning a “skewed collar”. It was worn by all peasants in Russia — men, women, and babies — in different ...

  7. History of sewing patterns - Wikipedia

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    A sewing pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled. Patterns are usually made of paper, and are sometimes made of sturdier materials like paperboard or cardboard if they need to be more robust to withstand repeated use. Before the mid-19th century, many ...

  8. Matryoshka doll - Wikipedia

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    Matryoshka dolls painted in the traditional style share common elements. They depict female figures wearing a peasant dress and scarf or shawl usually with an apron and flowers. [24] [25] Each successively smaller doll is identical or nearly so. [3] [24] Distinctive regional styles developed in different areas of matryoshka manufacture.

  9. Romanian traditional clothing - Wikipedia

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    Marama is decorated with white patterns woven onto a white background and often grouped toward the ends. In Argeș, the patterns can include coloured geometric motifs. [14] After the wedding ritual – "bride's binders", "bride undressing" – the godmother traditionally gifts the bride a basma or maramă. [15]