national dress
Country's traditional clothing
National dress is the traditional clothing associated with a particular country or ethnic group, often worn for ceremonial occasions, cultural celebrations, or to express national identity: She wore her national dress to the independence day parade.
Examples include the Scottish kilt, Japanese kimono, and Indian sari.
The term sometimes carries romantic or idealized connotations, as "national dress" often represents historical rather than everyday contemporary clothing.
- dirndlAlpine peasant dress
- lederhosenTraditional German leather shorts
- kimonoWraparound Japanese garment
- sariWrapped South Asian dress
- traditional garmentsClothing from cultural heritage
heritage · kilt · embroidery · identity · folk costume · ethnic patterns · cheongsam · folklore · folk dance · dashiki · tradition · pride · hanbok · authenticity · weddings · casualization · ancestry · reinterpretation
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- culturemusic taste, beliefs, food preferences, custom, festivals
- costumeswitch, costume, vampire, pirate, ghost costume
- cultural elementstraditions, heritage, customs, ritual, religions
- cultural traditionsflamenco, tango, kabuki, hula, capoeira
- heritagecultural traditions, museum, archive, monument, landmark
national dresscasual wear
Informal, comfortable clothing
street clothes · workwear · athleisure · daily wear · loungewear
national dressindividual style
One's distinctive manner
contemporary fashion · avant-garde fashion · eclectic style · designer fashion