Cypriot clothing

A Greek Cypriot costume, rural style, ca. 1925.

illustration,article Unspoiled Cyprus, National geographic magazine.july 1928

One variation of the traditional folk women's costume of the island of Cyprus.

Tradition - Girls in traditional dresses - Views from Cyprus

The festive (Greek) Cypriot man’s and woman’s (“rouziettin”) dresses. - Clothing style: 1900's.m

'Portrait of Cyprus' by Reno Wideson. Woman wearing traditional clothes, "saya", a dress with trhee panels, Karpasia, Cyprus. The 'saya', a kind of frock open at the front and sides, was common in most urban and rural regions of Cyprus until the 19th century. Local variants were still worn in the remoter parts of Karpasia and Paphos in the early decades of the present century . From the 19th century onwards the saya was gradually replaced in the towns by the short fitted jacket and skirt.

From the second half of the 19th century, in Nicosia (the capital of the island) and the other towns, as in the urban areas of Greece, variations of the so-called "Amalia costume" came into vogue. This type of dress diffused to the extensive rural settlements of Cyprus tooCharacteristic of the Cypriot version of the pan-Hellenic Amalia costume is the sattakrouta fabric from Nicosia, dyed with plant substances in shades of yellow, orange, green and ear th colours.

Cyprus - Town costume, inspired by the Athenian "Amalia" one.

Greek costume of Karpasia, Cyprus. With an outdoor cape. 19th c. ‘Tsiofa's me ttellou'rka’ embroidery. (Collection of the Cyprus Folk Art Museum).

Costume of Karpasia, "saya". Late 19th Century. Collection of the Cyprus Folk Art Museum.

Routzetti the bridal costume of Cyprus

Cypriot flour sifter dance.