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Folk Costumes in Holland
Folk Costumes in Holland
ABOUT
•Wooden shoes, head dresses and puffy
trousers were once worn in countless towns
in Holland.
•While they are no longer a part of the
common dress code, you can still see these
traditional costumes in towns like Staphorst,
Bunschoten and Spakenburg.
VILLAGE-SPECIFIC
•Many villages had their own costume but
the styles often overlapped. Women often
wore a ‘kraplap’, a piece of white fabric that
covered the chest and part of the back.
•Men generally wore ‘klepbroeken’, pants
with the front covered by a fabric ‘flap’.