Folklore costumes
Čermná folk costume dates back to the 1920s. It comes from Podorlicko folk costume and has elements of Litomyšl folk costume too. They were both poor regions.
Description of our festive folk costume
Woman’s costume
White shirtWhite canvas blouse with wide sleeves and industrially produced lace. A low-cut round neckline is frilled with a white drawstring and decorated with another lace.
Bodice (kordulka)Bodice is made of one-coloured canvas with simple embroidery, stiffened with boning. It fastened by lace at the front. The back part is finished with stuffed bustles (honzíky) on which the skirt lies to get the bulk at the hips that was in vogue at the time.
SkirtThe skirt is wide, pleated, made of sturdy canvas. The skirt reaches about above the ankles. The bottom hem is reinforced on the inside with a second strip of fabric.
ApronThe apron is wide from side to side. It is white, decorated with wide lace and richly embroidered in crimson with patterns taken from the original local costumes.
PetticoatPetticoat is short or long, terminated either by lace or Madeira embroidery.
Red stockingsRed colour of stockings is bright; fine art of white embroidery is sometimes used on ankles, cream or other subdue colours might be used too.
Low black shoesShoes are black, leather, low heel, with a thin strap across the instep.
HairstyleThe hair is combed into a braid. There can be two or one braid, tied at the end with a wide red bow.
Red beadsThe attire is accessorized with a string of red beads.
Man’s costume
ShirtA white shirt with frilled sleeves and a folded collar under which a colourful scarf is tied.
WaistcoatThe vests are made of woolen fleece in dark blue or yellow. The vest is decorated with a row of semi-convex gilded buttons. It is sewn with red thread around its entire circumference and around the buttonholes. On the lower back there is a colorfully embroidered motif of poppies, the same as the girls have on their white scarves.
TrousersThe trousers are made of dyed dyftyne with a toggle fly hung on buttons. There is elastic sewn into the trousers below the knees and they are decorated with a red tie on the side of the legs.
Wide ornate beltA dark belt with a dark brown embroidery. It fastens on the side.
ScarfScarf is colourful; it is often one part of a square scarf which was cut in half (poloušek); it is tied under a shirt collar.
White knee-high stockings (štumpny)White knee-high stockings made of yarn; sometimes embroidered; they actually reach above the knee.
Black high bootsBlack high leather boots.
