Dress for a man

1875

Blue cotton dress with closure from left to right, with copper buttons. Decorated with different colors of cotton and flannel. In old documentation belonging to the collection mentioned as "sleep dress for men". Such dresses were worn by both men and women during the day and night. They were used in winter and summer.\Linen was rarely, if ever, washed, and this dress shows traces of use.\Cotton was obtained from trade with Chinese, Russians or Japanese.\Like indigenous dresses, by the late 20th century, were only worn by old women.\Beautifully decorated dresses incorporating unusual materials-silk and colored beads and the like-are still sometimes seen at regional folkloric festivals.