Historic district, Mediaș, Romania
Ligia wearing traditional hand-sewn Romanian clothing
Ligia wearing traditional Romanian clothing
Ligia wearing traditional Romanian clothing
A loom-woven traditional Romanian blouse or "ie" featuring ancient motifs
This is a long shirt or "camasa" with handwoven designs on the sleeves, chest and lower edge, with a loom-woven half-skirt or "catrinta" in the front and back, tied with a narrow waistband or "brau"
Traditional Romanian garb
This is a side view of the previous costume: a long shirt or "camasa" with handwoven designs on the sleeves, chest and lower edge, with a loom-woven half-skirt or "catrinta" in the front and back, tied with a narrow waistband or "brau"
Traditional Romanian garb
Traditional Romanian garb
Detail from an antique, handmade traditional Romanian costume
This costume has a handwoven blouse or "ie" and a loom-woven pleated skirt or "fota"
A detail from the previous costume, this is a traditional Romanian, loom-woven pleated skirt or "fota"
Detail from an antique, handmade traditional Romanian costume
Detail from an antique, handmade traditional Romanian costume
Detail from an antique, handmade traditional Romanian costume
An antique, handmade traditional Romanian costume
This costume features a handwoven blouse or "ie" and a skirt or "fota", tied with a wide, hand-woven velvet belt or "brau"
This richly-decorated costume is made of a handwoven blouse or "ie" and a thick loom-woven pleated skirt or "fota", tied with a simple black felt belt or "brau"
This richly-decorated costume is made of a a painstakingly handwoven blouse or "ie" that features a specific needle technique called "acul persan" and a thick loom-woven pleated skirt or "fota"
This is a traditional Romanian handwoven blouse or "ie", paired with a heavy loom-woven skirt or "fota" that has a sewn-over belt which ties at the back
A handwoven traditional Romanian blouse or "ie"
Called a "camasa", this is a full-body handwoven traditional Romanian shirt worn by women
This handmade costume includes a full-body, handwoven shirt or "camasa", a two-sided, loom-woven skirt or "fota" and a handwoven belt or "brau"
A traditional, hand-sewn Romanian costume featuring ancient colors and motifs
A traditional, hand-sewn Romanian costume featuring ancient colors and motifs
Detail from an ensemble of historic Romanian clothes
A traditional, hand-sewn Romanian costume featuring ancient colors and motifs
A traditional handsewn Romanian blouse or "ie", paired with a handwoven cloth belt and a handwoven skirt or "valnic"
Details from a hand-sewn, traditional Romanian costume featuring ancient motifs
Detail from an ensemble of historic Romanian clothes
Details from a hand-sewn, traditional Romanian costume featuring ancient motifs
A traditional hand-sewn Romanian costume featuring ancient motifs
Handsewn ancient motifs onto a traditional Romanian blouse and skirt, called "ie" and "valnic"
A particularly complicated design; a hand-sewn Romanian "ie" or traditional blouse
Handwoven motifs from a man's traditional Romanian "ie" or blouse
This is "borangic", a handwoven blend of silk and cotton threads
A traditional Romanian handwoven shawl made with threads of silk and cotton, known as a "marama"
This is a detail shot from a traditional Romanian handsewn skirt or "fota" that features grapes and grape leaves along with other floral designs and is richly decorated with gold thread
This is a detail shot from a traditional Romanian handsewn skirt or "fota" with brown and gold threads
This is a detail shot from a traditional Romanian handsewn skirt or "fota" that features the primary colors (red, yellow and blue -- which are also the colors of the Romanian flag) and is decorated with silver and gold threads
This is a detail shot from a traditional Romanian handsewn skirt or "fota" with black, silver and gold threads
A vintage handsewn traditional Romanian belt or "brau" with flower motifs
Handsewn blouse or "ie", loom-woven skirt or "fota", tied with a handsewn belt or "brau"
Handsewn blouse, handwoven belt and loom-woven skirt, all featuring ancient folk motifs
A traditional, vintage Romanian costume
A traditional Romanian blouse or "ie" with handsewn motifs
A close-up view of a handsewn traditional Romanian blouse or "ie", one which uses a particularly difficult needlework technique called "acul persan".
A handsewn traditional Romanian blouse or "ie", one which uses a particularly difficult needlework technique called "acul persan". The belt or "brau" is loom-woven.
This authentic, vintage, traditional Romanian costume features a hand-woven shirt and belt, with a loom-woven skirt or "fota". Details at http://straiealese.com
This is a loom-woven "fota" or skirt. It's an authentic, vintage article of clothing from a traditional Romanian costume. Details at http://straiealese.com
A handwoven shirt and belt, with a loom-woven skirt, all authentic, vintage, traditional Romanian clothes. Details at http://straiealese.com
An authentic, vintage, loom-woven, traditional Romanian skirt or "fota". Details at http://straiealese.com
This authentic, vintage, traditional Romanian costume features a hand-woven shirt and belt, with a loom-woven skirt or "fota". Details at http://straiealese.com
A man's traditional Romanian blouse from Alba county, part of Ligia's collection
One of Ligia's blouses from Bucovina, with handsewn motifs
One of the traditional, vintage, handmade Romanian costumes from Ligia's collection, called Straie Alese (http://straiealese.com)
One of the traditional, vintage, handmade Romanian costumes from Ligia's collection, called Straie Alese (http://straiealese.com)
Clothing from Ligia's collection of authentic, vintage and historic Romanian traditional costumes, Straie Alese.
Clothing from Ligia's collection of authentic, vintage and historic Romanian traditional costumes, Straie Alese.
Clothing from Ligia's collection of authentic, vintage and historic Romanian traditional costumes, Straie Alese.
