this is my 200th article, and I thought i should do something rather different.
I will do an overview of the folk costumes of Europe. I will follow nation-states, as inappropriate as that may be, but i will also cover nations without states. Some very small and obscure ethnic groups will be omitted for lack of available material. I will also not be covering the north Caucuses, as there is simply too much material there.
Where there is a recognized or unofficial 'National Costume' I will show that. This will necessarily not include much in the way of explanation.
Iceland
Upphultur
Peysufot
Faroe Islands
Ireland
Scotland
England
Brittany
Bigoudin
Kemper [Quimper]
Plougastel
France
Berry
Normandie [Normandy]
Provence
Euskadi [the Basque Country]
Andorra [also Rousillon and Catalonia]
Spain
Andalucia
La Mancha
Galicia
Minho
Madeira
Algarve
Monaco [also Nice]
Italy
Lazio
Calabria
There is no women's costume for the Vatican
Sardinia
Florinas
Orgosolo
Quartu Sant'Elena
Malta
Appenzell
Valais/Wallis
Graubunden/Grisons
Liechtenstein
Germany
Miesbach, Bavaria
Gutach, Schwartzwald
Scheesel, Lower Saxony
Luxembourg
Belgium
The Netherlands
Volendam
Beveland
Staphorst
Friesland [Frisia]
West
East
North
Denmark
Fanø
Hedebo
Amager
Norway
There have been several attempts to design a national costume, but most of them have not received much acceptance. The most successful was a simplified form of the Hardanger costume, but this is currently little used, as most people wear their local bunad.
Hardanger
Setesdal
Gudbrandsdal
Sweden
National Costume
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Värend
Rättvik
Sabme [Lappland]
Jokkmokk
Kautokeino
Skolt
Finland
Häme, western Finland
Kaukola, Finnish Karelia
Tuuteri, on the Finnish Isthmus
Estonia
Järva-Jaani, North Estonia
Muhu Island
Setu, South Estonia
Livonia
Latvia
Latgale
Vidzeme
Nica
Lithuania
Aukštaitija
Žemaitija
Vilnius
Kaszëbskô [Kashubia]
Poland
Łowicz, Mazowsze
Krakow, Małopolska
Podhale
One of many Górale or Highlander costumes
Sorbia [Lusatia]
Chosebus [Cottbus], Lower Lusatia
Slepo [Schleife], Upper Lusatia
Catholic costume, Upper Lusatia
Bohemia
Plzeň [Pilsen]
Blata
Nové Paky, Northeast Bohemia
Moravia
Hanak
Valašsko
Vlčnov, Slovacko
Slovakia
Myjava
Detva
Šariš
Hungary
Palóc
Kalocsa
Matyó
Austria
Montafon, Vorarlberg
Tyrol
Upper Austria
Slovenia
Gorenjsko
Dolenjska
Bela Krajina
Croatia
Posavina
Zagrebačko Prigorje
Dubrovnik/Konavle
Bosnia
Moslem town costume
East Hercegovina Orthodox Serbian Costume
Travnik, Catholic Croatian Costume
Serbia
Šumadija
Vojvodina
Crna Gora [Montenegro]
Macedonia
Skopska Blatija
Gorani
Albania
North Albania and Kosovo [Gheg]
Sulovë, Central Albania
Greece
Amalia Costume, Athens
Kriti [Crete]
Karagouna, Thessaly
Cyprus
Bulgaria
Sofia [Shope]
Rhodope
Severnjashko [North]
Vlach
in Serbia
in Greece
in Albania
Romania
Wallachia
Transylvania
Moldavia
Moldova
Gagauz
Crimean Tatar
Ukraine
Central Ukraine
Hutsul
Volyn'
Carpatho-Rusyn, Lemko
Komancha
Venhryny [Čirč region]
Jakubany
Belarus
Malarytski region, Eastern Polissia
Russia
Peasants from northern Russia
Kaluga Province
Voronezh Province
Karelia [Russian held part]
Tver' Province Karelians
Veps
Nenets
The Nentsi [formerly known as the Samoyed], live along the arctic coast from the White Sea to well past the Urals, and thus into Asia.
Komi
Permliak
Udmurtia
Northern Udmurt
Southern Udmurt
Mari-El
Ural Mari
Mordovia
Erzya
Moksha, Contemporary Costume
Men
Chuvashia
Anatri Chuvash bride and her father
Anat Enchi bride, groom and married woman
Virial Chuvash Matchmaker
Tatarstan [Kazan']
Bashkortostan [Bashkir]
Kalmuk [Kalmyk]
Thank you for reading, I hope that you have found this to be interesting and informative.
Roman Kozak