Ireland boasts an extraordinary national costume, which dates back to approximately the 16th century. I didn't recognize the huge changes. The most popular materials from which clothes were made were, of course, linen and wool.

The main attribute of the costume was a linen shirt and a wool cloak, preferably with a hood. The nobles wore another better quality one on top of their long shirt. Often such an outer shirt was embroidered with very complex patterns and ornaments. It is interesting that in Briand’s time there was a certain limit on colors in clothing. The richer the Irishman was, the brighter and more colorful clothes he was allowed to wear. For a long time, the Irish did not know such an attribute as trousers, and with the advent of the Vikings came the fashion for trousers. These trousers were made of leather, and then they began to use linen. But wide raincoats, trimmed with woolen braid, were considered a feature of this nation right up to colonization.

Due to constant wars, the Irish began to lose their national costume, as they had to live in poverty. This nation adopted European style, and then abruptly switched to the English style of clothing. But already in the 18th century one could meet an Irishman dressed in a camisole and wool leggings. Short trousers and a shirt, but no longer dyed, were also considered a national attribute. At the same time, there was a kind of fancy footwear - wooden shoes, which were distinguished by their rough shape.

The Gaelic league was founded in 1893 to stimulate and maintain interest in Irish culture and language, which was an important part of the Celtic Revival movement. Douglas Heade, one of the founders, spoke of the need to de-anglicize the Irish nation. Irish costume was chosen as one way to achieve this. Nellie O'Brien, a member of the executive committee of the Gaelic League, declared in 1911: "A man who has Irish on his lips must have Irish clothes on his shoulders."

The 19th century was marked by the appearance of a checkered jacket, under which it was customary to wear a vest or a primitive sweater. A special feature of the image was a funny cap with a wedge. The 20th century determined the appearance of a long coat, which was similar to an overcoat.

Nowadays, the “national costume” is primarily associated with the clothing of traditional ceilidh and tap dancers. Their costumes combine folk ornaments, modern and ancient clothing details.

For women, this is a bright dress, widening at the bottom and decorated with multi-colored embroidery. The real cape is only used in the show. If anyone remembers the first appearance of Riverdance at Eurovision, then it was from such a “cloak” that Jean Butler came out to dance her part. But very often a piece of light colored fabric imitating a cloak is attached or sewn to the back of the shoulders. This is very beautiful, because such a raincoat can flutter in the wind and from quick movements, but it does not fall off the shoulders. A real cloak was attached to the shoulders on both sides with large brooches with a needle, and it was hardly possible to dance in it due to its length.

Men have two equal options for dancing clothes. It can be just a suit, and always with a tie and in the color of your dance school, for example, black and green. In a more specific version, it is a combination of a jacket, a shirt with a tie and a skirt coming out directly from under the jacket. It’s more convenient to dance this way, since the skirt does not restrict movement, but there are no patterns on such a skirt.

In the old days, in Ireland, as well as in Scotland, yeast bread was not known. Thin oat and barley cakes were baked using soda. For this, local blacksmiths made special tripod grates, which have now been replaced with ordinary frying pans. Unlike other peoples (for example, the Swedes), the Irish never bake such cakes for future use; women usually bake them daily. Nowadays, not only city dwellers, but also most rural residents eat yeast bread, which is sold in every locality, as well as in special van shops serving farms. However, the range of many bakeries, even in the capital, includes plain and barley flatbreads. There are many types of bread made from mixed products - for example, from a mixture of flour and boiled potatoes, wheat flour and corn, etc.

Back in the 19th century. The main food of Irish peasants and workers was potatoes. Potato harvest failures led to famine. Particularly terrible was the famine of 1847, which led not only to the mass extinction of the Irish, but also to many changes in their economy and way of life, which are still affecting us. Currently, potato consumption has decreased significantly, but it still remains the staple food for the majority of the population. Potatoes are eaten with buttermilk, herring, butter, all kinds of soups, pancakes are made from it, and stewed with smoked pork belly. Meat is eaten mainly in the winter months, and is often replaced with bacon. In rural areas, fresh milk and butter are consumed a lot. In terms of milk consumption, Ireland ranks first in the world, butter - second. At breakfast they eat oatmeal - porridge (see "Scots", p. 2 "1G>).

Favorite drink is tea, very strong, sweet, sometimes whitened with milk. In terms of tea consumption per capita, the Irish have surpassed even the British: almost 5 kg of tea per Irish person per year.

Of the alcoholic drinks, porter, ale, and whiskey are especially common nowadays.

Cloth

The Irish have not worn ancient folk clothing for a long time; currently only some parts of it are preserved. The previous women's costume consisted of a long, ankle-length, very wide skirt, usually red in various shades, less often blue or green, and a light jacket with long narrow sleeves, a round neckline, and thick gathers around the neck. A dark bodice was worn over the jacket. Over the skirt, Irish women wore a light checkered or striped apron, and a large shawl, often one-color (gray, black, brown, white), bordered by a wide colored stripe and long fringe, was thrown over their shoulders. Sometimes they wore two shawls - one on the head and the other on the shoulders. In inclement weather, women wore wide black or blue capes with hoods. These cloaks were one of the characteristic features of Irish women's clothing. Flemish women in Belgium also wear capes of a similar design.

Back in the 19th century. among the Irish there was a custom of dressing children in folk dress; at the same time, boys up to seven years old wore the same costume as girls: a short red skirt with a canvas bra, a knitted shirt and a brown jacket. Only after the first communion did the boy wear pants, usually short ones.

Nowadays some parts of the folk costume are worn only by older women in the western counties. More often these are traditional shawls, less often red skirts, black cloaks.

It is impossible not to say a few words about the pseudo-folk costume in which members of choral and dance ensembles now perform and which some theaters borrow when they stage plays from ancient Irish life. This costume was created by leaders of the Gaelic League about 50 years ago and only in the most general terms resembles the old Irish folk costume. The green dress with a fluffy semi-long skirt and a tight-fitting bodice (green is considered the national color of the Irish) is trimmed with Celtic pattern embroidery and belted with a knitted belt with the same pattern. The dress is wearing a white apron. A ribbon is tied around the head, and a lace scarf is thrown on top. A cape is worn over the dress, which is usually pinned on the shoulder with a brooch.

Men's costume has changed significantly over the past two centuries. Previously, the Irish, like the Scots, wore a short skirt (kilt) made of single-color tartan in yellow and brown shades, a rather long jacket - darker or the same color as the kilt; under the jacket there is a light shirt without a collar, on the head there is a large cloth beret, and on the legs there are checkered stockings and rough leather shoes. This costume, as in Scotland, was associated with the clan system, and the English prohibited its wearing under penalty of death, which led to the destruction of this costume. Currently, such a costume is worn only by members of folk ensembles and bagpipe orchestras. The folk men's costume of the 19th century, which is described by travelers in Ireland, is very similar to the costume of the 18th-century Englishmen, from whom it was apparently borrowed.

Nowadays, the clothing of farmers and fishermen in the western regions of the island is somewhat different from the urban one. Until recently, they usually sewed it from homespun woolen material. Sleeveless knitted and cloth vests are very common here; under the vest they often wear a coarse gray or blue woolen shirt without a collar, slightly gathered around the neck.

Both farmers and fishermen wear woolen sweatshirts and sweaters of different cut and knitting, mostly blue.

A peculiar costume can still be seen on the Aran Islands. It consists of gray-blue wool trousers with small slits on the side of the ankles and a blue wool shirt, over which a vest is worn. The headdress is a soft knitted beret with a large woolen tassel at the top. Very beautiful are colorful belts knitted from wool, which are wrapped several times around the body and tied so that their ends hang freely.

On the Aran Islands and in the Connaught Mountains, folk footwear is still preserved - moccasin-type shoes, sewn from a whole piece of untanned leather; they are worn over coarse woolen stockings and laced with leather laces.

Urban dress is given some originality by the use of national types of fabrics, both homespun and factory-made. Many people wear hand-knitted woolen sweatshirts, sweaters and scarves with national patterns.

Family

Severe famine 1847-1848 and the agrarian revolution that followed it greatly influenced the family life of the Irish. As late as 1841, the percentage of unmarried people among the population of Ireland did not exceed the usual norm, and the age of marriage was the same as in many other countries of Europe. Since the middle of the 19th century. Censuses show a gradual increase in the age of marriage and an increase in the number of people not marrying.

Currently, Ireland is characterized by late marriages, 62% of all men aged 30 to 35 do not yet have a family, 42% of women of the same age are also single. In most European countries, late marriages are more common in cities, but in Ireland, on the contrary, rural residents marry later than urban residents. This phenomenon is caused by purely economic reasons - land hunger and changes in inheritance rights in connection with this: the greater the percentage of small farms in the county, the older the marriageable age there and the more bachelors there are. Small farmers do not have the opportunity to divide their plots of land among all the children, as was the case before, so the farm is inherited by one of the sons - at the father's choice. This son usually does not have the opportunity to marry until the farm passes into his hands, that is, in fact, until the death of his father. Children who do not inherit the land are forced to find work, and since job opportunities in the country are limited, many of them emigrate. Massive, ongoing emigration explains another characteristic feature of Irish life: the country has a large percentage of old and elderly people, since it is mainly young people who emigrate.

Emigration is firmly established in the lives of the Irish: almost all families have close relatives abroad. Funds sent by emigrants sometimes constitute a significant item in the family budget. Emigrants returning to their homeland have some influence on changing the old features of family life: they bring with them new fashions, introduce new tools, new habits, and customs.

Despite the low marriage rate, population growth in the country is normal because Irish families usually have large families. In rural areas, families with five or six children are still often found.

In rural families, patriarchal relationships still persist. The head of the family is the owner of the farm. He manages all work, in his hands are all income, movable and immovable property. Children are completely dependent on their father economically. In Ireland, it is customary to call all unmarried men, regardless of age, “Boy” - boy, and unmarried women « girl » - girl. Sometimes such a “boy” is already over fifty years old, and he still even has to ask his father for money to travel to the city and for small purchases. In rare cases, a father transfers a farm to his son during his lifetime, and then all the reins of power pass to the young owner; From now on, the father has only an advisory voice in the family. This transfer usually takes place in the so-called contract marriages typical of Ireland. In this form of marriage, the father usually renounces his rights to the farm on the day of his son's wedding and receives for this the amount of money specified in the contract from the bride's dowry. In recent years, cases of farm transfer have become more frequent because, by law, the owner of a plot of land is not entitled to an old-age pension.

A woman in an Irish family never occupied a subordinate position. She is a complete mistress in her field of activity. According to tradition, a woman has her share in the income of the farm: she, for example, can dispose at her own discretion of all the money received from poultry farming. Adult daughters, just like sons, are free to leave their father’s house and go to Great Britain or America to earn a dowry there.

Many family rituals are still preserved among the Irish people, but in a simplified form. Previously, the wedding was preceded by matchmaking. Among all the Celtic peoples of the British Isles, on the wedding day, the groom's relatives and the bride's relatives competed to see which side would reach the bride's house first. Now the wedding ceremony comes down to the fact that relatives accompany the bride and groom to church and before leaving the church, the newlyweds are presented with a dish of oatmeal and salt. After the wedding, a wedding dinner is held at a nearby tavern, and then the feast continues at the house of the bride's parents.

Since the 19th century Seeing off those who went into exile became a custom. Neighbors always took part in such farewells; they brought gifts to the departing person. These evenings were accompanied by dancing and singing. In the West, such evenings were called American funerals ( American wake ).

The ancient custom of commemorating the deceased is no longer performed at all, but back in the 19th century. many Irish people observed it. On the last night before the burial, relatives and neighbors gathered in the room where the deceased lay, and spent the night telling stories (sometimes even a professional storyteller was invited) and singing original lament songs. Relatives of the deceased brought whiskey and porter to the guests. Now, when a person dies, all the neighbors consider it their duty to come and say goodbye to the deceased and leave a coin on the table. The coffin with the body of the deceased now usually remains in the church until the day of the funeral.

In some places in Ireland, when the owner of a house dies, a new dress is ordered for him. In it, the son or other immediate relative must go to church for Mass three Sundays, each time returning him to the house of the deceased. After this, the dress is given to some poor person.

National clothing of Great Britain

In different countries, the national costume usually consists of ancient folk clothing or its individual elements. The UK is an exceptional example in this case. Here, due to the high level of economic development, folk costume has become a thing of the past, and its elements have been preserved only in the stage costumes of song or dance groups.

Although the folk motifs in the costume of the British have disappeared, their traditional outfits still have certain distinctive features, which today are called “English style” or “English costume”. The essence of these concepts lies in the character of the attire, and it should be discreet, elegant, calm.

In the UK there are differences in the details of professional clothing. For example, farmers often wear three-piece suits and fedoras, workers wear caps, and dock workers at the ports wear colorful scarves around their necks. In business districts you can even see clerks who, even today, dress according to the old tradition, tight striped trousers, a black jacket, a high white collar, a bowler hat on their head, with a black umbrella in their hands.

The most traditional costumes are for formal occasions. Even here, medieval fashion can be traced:

This type of costume is worn by members of the royal family during coronation.

Lawyers and judges, like many centuries ago, wear a robe and wig during the hearing.

In the oldest English universities, professors and students wear black robes with a red lining and a black square cap.

And the national uniform of the royal guard has been preserved since the 16th century.

In a word, the British, in a certain sense, are deprived of a folk costume, but we can safely say that the national element in the British costume is expressed quite clearly, and the English style is always easily recognizable.

Scottish national dress

One of the most famous national costumes in the world is the Scottish kilt. In the world, the symbol of Scotland is three things: the kilt, whiskey and Haggis pie. The design on the kilt reflects membership in a particular clan. And remember, when you are in Scotland, that men do not wear skirts (skirts), but rather wear kilts.

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With the revival of Irish dancing, traditional Irish costumes became associated with the colorful costumes of Irish dancers. However, in ancient Ireland people were more likely to wear "leine" (Irish for shirt or tunic), "trews" (Irish for trousers, English trousers) and long cloaks fastened with a brooch. .

English national dress

Unfortunately, the British really do not have a traditional national dress as such. During one Miss World pageant, an English contestant came out dressed as a Beefeater.

There have been many attempts to create a costume, but as usual no one can decide what it should look like. Even Henry VIII invited the artist Van Dyck to create the English national costume, but this also failed. So, for lack of anything else, check out the Beefeater costume worn by Miss England.

The folk costume of dancers performing the English traditional dance called Morris is famous throughout the world. In the distant past, this dance was ritual; magical properties were attributed to it; it was supposed to awaken the earth. It was danced in the summer in the villages.

Various variations of this costume are possible, but basically it consists of black cropped trousers, a white shirt with a green vest, a straw hat decorated with ribbon and flowers, and bells hung on the shins. The ringing of bells drives away evil spirits, and flowers bring fertility. In ancient times it was a male dance, but over time women also began to participate in it.

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In a prominent place is the Seax knife. Seax is a sign of a free person. A bright red cloak is draped over a blue kirtle linen dress. The dress can be decorated with embroidery.

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The man carries a Seax knife on his front to signify that he is a free Englishman. His trousers and blouse for cold weather are made of wool. In summer, linen clothes. Wealthy people have a wool cloak.

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National clothing is part of the culture of any country, one of the ways to define ethnic identity. However, not every country has its own centuries-old traditions associated with costume. The national costume of England is a very relative concept, since of all parts of the United Kingdom, only Wales and Scotland have official folk clothing.

England

Unfortunately, the British really do not have traditional national clothing as such. Over the years there have been attempts to create such a costume, but no one has been able to decide what it should look like. At one time, Henry VIII ordered the artist Van Dyck to create an English national costume, but this attempt was a fiasco.

The existing group of English national costumes in the country tries to represent in this capacity the clothes worn by the Anglo-Saxons during the 7th century. The Anglo-Saxons were warrior-farmers and originated from northwestern Europe. They have been migrating to Britain for 450 years.

Before the Norman Conquest of England, residents wore mostly traditional medieval clothing: a tunic, usually made of wool, with a high collar and long sleeves. Such tunics were usually worn over a linen shirt.

At that time in England, the women's national costume also consisted of a tunic, similar to the men's, but long, which was complemented by a mantle attached to the shoulder.

Scotland

The traditional dress of Scotland, also called highland dress, is changing the way we think about men's suiting. Women's clothing is more common here, in contrast to the men's kilt. The Scottish national costume in England is interesting and unusual. In addition, it is quite difficult to put on the kilt and all the accessories correctly. This requires practice and knowledge. A photo of the national costume of England gives an idea of ​​what the traditional clothing of this region looks like.

Traditional men's clothing in Scotland

It consists of a kilt, sporran (fanny pack), skindoo (small single-sided knife), stockings and ghillies (traditional boots).

There are several types of men's clothing in Scotland: casual, semi-formal, formal and period wear.

Casual dress usually includes a kilt, Jacobean shirt, sporran, belt and buckle, stockings and kilt pin. But this outfit is not strict; any details or accessories can be added to it. This is considered casual wear.

A semi-formal suit is more formal, but can still be worn as casual wear. It includes kilt, shirt, argyle jacket, sporran, belt and buckle, stockings, ghillie, pin.

A full formal suit is very formal attire and is used for receptions, formal meetings, festivals and other events. It includes the kilt, shirt, jacket, sporran, belt and buckle, stockings, flags, ghillie and fly plaid - a long piece of tantan material which is worn over the left shoulder diagonally to the right thigh.

A large kilt is a long tantan fabric that is worn not only as a skirt, but also as a cloak. Half of the fabric is attached to the shoulder and tucked into the waistband. Typically a large kilt is worn with stockings, sporran, flags and boots appropriate to the era.

Women's traditional costume in Scotland

It consists of a tartan skirt (checked fabric), a belt and a shawl, tartan, ghillie. Skirts come in a variety of lengths, historically they were ankle length, but these days women wear long or even very short tartan miniskirts. There are also long tartan dresses. Numerous photos of the national women's costume in England help to imagine what this clothing looks like.

Women's mountain dress is not as unique as men's. It usually consists of a skirt and a tartan shawl. Another option is the women's large kilt and blouse.

Historically, women in Scotland did not wear kilts. But they were wearing Scottish skirts of different models. The women's large kilt was quite popular; it appeared in the 16th century. It was usually made of wool, but sometimes even silk kilts were worn. The material of the women's and men's large kilt was different. In addition, the women's version did not have as many folds: only a few were made on the back side.

Wales

Welsh national dress is relatively new and not as famous as Scottish national dress. However, the Welsh (residents of Wales) do have a national costume, this refers to their women's national costume in England. In fact, it is the only known folk dress of the Welsh. This is due to the fact that, in fact, there is no Welsh men's national costume in England, although in recent times, thanks to the rise of nationalism, tartan trousers or kilts have begun to be worn in Wales.

The traditional dress was worn by women in rural areas of Wales. It was based on the shape of a women's nightgown made of wool, in style corresponding to the fashion of the 18th century, worn over a corset. It was complemented by a neckerchief, skirt, apron and knitted stockings. The outfit was completed with a tall hat and a red cloak.

Until the end of the 18th century there was no such thing as a Welsh national costume. During the 1830s Lady Llanover, the wife of an ironmaster in Gwent, had a major influence on the wearing of "national" dress. She felt it was important to establish a Welsh national identity as it was believed by many to be under threat at this time. Llanover encouraged the use and wearing of recognizable Welsh costume based on the traditional clothing of rural women.

Gradually in the 19th century the wearing of traditional clothing became less popular, and in the 1880s Welsh costume came to be seen more as an attempt to preserve tradition rather than as everyday dress.

Ireland

Ireland, like England, does not have a national costume, so the term “Irish clothing” can refer to everything from historical clothing to modern costumes.

During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Irish wore a very large linen shirt called a lain, which was usually dyed yellow. Men wore it with a woolen jacket, breeches and a fur cloak called a mantle. Women wore a long dress, often laced at the front, and an unusual headdress consisting of a roll of linen.

The spread of English law and cultural pressure in the 18th and 19th centuries prevented the Irish from wearing their traditional clothing. For a period of time, this clothing was actually illegal. During this period, Irish men and women dressed similarly to the English. Although, there were several national preferences. For example, 19th-century Irish women often wore red skirts, while men preferred a style of coat called a swallowtail.

The Irish kilt appeared around the time they became especially popular in the 1930s and 1940s, which may have helped popularize the kilt as an Irish national dress.

Irish national costume

The issue of Irish national costume can be discussed
a very long time. Moreover, in reality, special
There has been no national costume for more than 300 years.

Starting from the 6th to about the 16th-17th century, it has reached us
approximately the same set of clothes with
minor changes. Basic materials for
clothes were always linen and wool. For a long linen shirt
put on a spacious, warm woolen cloak with a hood or
without him. Rich people had a
it is customary to wear another short shirt made of fine linen
workmanship, and in the case of royal clothing, probably (although according to
conditions of real trade, doubtful) even from silk. U
For some reason, our translators of the sagas call it a tunic in
counterweight to just a shirt (ionar and leine, respectively)
The outer shirt was often embroidered with complex patterns of various
colors.

During the time of Brian Boru there was a special
decree of flowers, according to which every Irishman in
depending on your position in society and occupation
could only use a certain amount in clothing
colors in a certain combination. The richer he was, the brighter
and the clothes were more colorful. In fact, natural
dyes were of different rarity and cost, so much
really depended on wealth. Climate in Ireland
windy and wet, but quite warm, so pants
The Irish didn't know at all for a long time. The custom of wearing pants
brought with them by the Vikings. Pants were also common among
population of Ulster, constantly engaged in navigation. U
they, like the Vikings, had mostly leather pants, but
The Irish later often used linen trousers. From
Vikings, apparently, came the custom of decorating the cloak with patterned
wool braid, since embroidering on coarse wool was
difficult. Wide spacious raincoats remain
feature of the Irish costume, until the final
colonization.

At the beginning of the 17th century the clan system was finally
was abolished, and along with it many elements became a thing of the past
clothes. Through wars, rebellions and famines, the Irish population
became greatly impoverished and began to actively adopt European, and in
mostly English clothes.

In the 18th century, the average Irishman in the city looked something like this:
This is how they draw a Leprechaun in books for children, or depict
Gulliver. By the way, Swift himself was Irish. Camisole,
woolen leggings, short trousers below the knee, the same
the shirt, as a rule, is no longer dyed. Distinctive
a feature of that time were large, rough wooden
shoes (brog), similar to French clogs.

In Ireland of the 19th century, the style of clothing was already determined everywhere by
There is only one fashion - disgusting weather and wind. That's why
a typical Irishman of that time wore it over his shirt, like
however, he still wears it now, thick bouclé or checkered
a jacket, under which a vest or sweater is worn, and
constant cap with a wedge. There are Irish people who
the visor of the cap is SEWED to the top. Or rather, completely removed under
top. If the cap is made of fabric and is not of very good quality, then
I don't really feel sorry for her. And so with a sewn visor she
?aerodynamically? makes up one whole. The twentieth century
added to this the fashion for long raincoats or heavy black ones
coats similar to an overcoat. One of Brendan Behan's heroes
gloomily joked that for such a coat and a gold badge
success in Irish can be recognized by opposition
tuned intellectual.

Special mention must be made about fishing sweaters. In Western
counties and especially on the Aran Islands developed a special
tradition of knitting sweaters. These are white or gray sweaters with
mandatory ornament, which is knitted not only by women, but
and men. The ornament often contains initials or
some kind of personal sign of the owner, which always helped in
in tragic cases, recognize a drowned person. By the way, ordinary
pigtails on machine-knitted sweaters in England were
borrowed specifically from the Aran sweaters. In such or? almost
like these? brothers Clancy and Tommy loved to perform in sweaters
McKem.

Although the least is known about women's costumes, elements
traditional?Celtic? suit in your everyday
Women kept their clothes longer than men. What has been said concerns
first of all, large wide cloaks, often hiding
the whole figure. Even at the beginning of the 20th century, such raincoats were found
V Everyday life more often.

Now with?national costume? is primarily associated
clothing of traditional ceilidh and tap dancers. Their costumes
combine folk ornaments, modern and ancient details
clothes.

For women, this is a bright dress that flares out at the bottom and
decorated with multi-colored embroidery. Real raincoat
used only in the show. If anyone remembers the first appearance
Riverdance at Eurovision, then exactly from this?cloak?
Jean Butler came out to dance her part. But very often
a piece of light weight is attached or sewn to the shoulders at the back
colored fabric imitating a raincoat. That's very beautiful,
since such a cloak can develop in the wind and from fast
movements, but does not fall from the shoulders. The real cloak was attached to
shoulders on both sides with large brooches with a needle, and dance
it was hardly possible in it due to its length.

Men have two equal options for dancing clothes.
It can be just a suit, and always with a tie
and in the color of your dance school, for example, black and green.
In a more specific version, this is a combination of a jacket,
shirt with a tie and a SKIRT coming straight out from under the jacket.
Moreover, according to my assumption, the skirt imitates the edge of a long
shirts. It’s more comfortable to dance this way, since the skirt doesn’t restrict
movements, but there are no patterns on such a skirt.