Lithuanian folk costume. Folk costume Kaps. 1960 postcard 10.5x14.5 cm

  The holiday attire of the Kapsai women is notable for its peculiar silhouette, interesting pattern, and rich palette. Most often neutral colours are matched with vivid, saturated colours.

  The gay-coloured apron in an elaborate design matches harmoniously with the dark skirt in longitudinal stripes and the small-pattern bodice ("kiklikas").

  The blouse is made of thin white linen. The sleeve ends, the front, the shoulders, and the collar are embroidered with white thread.

  The gathered skirt is very full, with longitudinal stripes, and a small pattern called in Lithuanian "dimutiai".

  The bodice ("kiklikas") is made of small-pattern cloth stripped transversally. The bodice is long, tightfitting at the waist, flaring at the bottom, with an inset at the waist (the cut is shown in the picture). The bodice is buttoned with cloth-covered buttons.

  The apron is decorative, with large conventionalized flowers woven in coloured threads on a gray ground.

  The head-dress (a wreath-like fillet) is made of a patterned band of tissue adorned with flowers made of a silk ribbon. At the back of the fillet hang two coloured ribbons.

  The waist is girdled with a belt in picked weave ("rinktiné juosta").

  The shawl of white linen is adorned with an embroidered or a picked ("rinktinis") design.