ethnic costumes
Traditional heritage clothing
Ethnic costumes are traditional clothing associated with particular cultural, national, or regional groups, typically worn for festivals, ceremonies, or performances rather than daily life.
The term often appears in contexts like Halloween shops or school multicultural events, where it can carry patronizing overtones—reducing living cultures to dress-up opportunities.
The children wore ethnic costumes for the international day parade.
- traditional dressCulturally specific attire
- folk costumeRegional ceremonial dress
- sariWrapped South Asian dress
- kimonoWraparound Japanese garment
- kiltWrapped Highland garment
dashiki · poncho · silk embroidery · protective charms · turban · fertility symbols · ancestor worship · cultural heritage · lace-making · shawl · dirndl · regional identity · fringe · folklore · beads · lederhosen · qipao · ceremonial attire
- Mulao culturewedding rituals, harvest festivals
- costume folklorefolk dress, ritual dress, national dress, ceremonial clothing, traditional attire
- cultural borrowingblackface, brownface, redface, yellowface, minstrelsy
ethnic costumesfast fashion
Trend-driven cheap apparel
business suits · designer fashion · streetwear · athleisure · haute couture
ethnic costumescontemporary fashion
Present-day clothing trends
haute couture · designer fashion · avant-garde fashion · streetwear · athleisure
ethnic costumeseveryday wear
Ordinary daily clothing
workwear · plain clothes · street clothes · loungewear · activewear