Kociewie Traditional Clothing
Kociewie region is known for its traditional clothing featuring embroidery patterns of flower, wheat, and poppy seeds. The region also has distinctive lace designs used in their traditional clothing. The Słownik Geograficzny translation on Kociewie indicates that the women were known to wear a long silk scarf wrapped around their head with two artificially interwoven knots protruding towards the face.
Women
The traditional Kociewie women’s costume consists of:
- bodice made of red or blue velvet, lined with cotton and decorated with a white velvet insert
- hand-embroidered blouse
- hand-embroidered cotton apron with lace
- plain wool skirt
Men
Kociewie men’s traditional costume consists of:
- cotton-lined woolen vest
- dark-colored trousers
- white linen shirt with gathered sleeves
- matiejówka (fiddler) hat Photo of clothing
