Dress

1875

Women's dress (lärch) of white cotton, with attached sleeves with a black border. The closure is trimmed with a red, light blue, black, pink and dark blue border. The dress shows signs of use. \Men's dresses were generally shorter than women's. Women's dresses are longer and more colorful.‖ The angled closure shows Chinese influence. Such dresses were worn by men, women and children, in summer and winter, sometimes two or three on top of each other. \By the end of the 20th century, such indigenous dresses were only being worn by old women.\* Beautifully decorated dresses incorporating special materials, such as silk and coloured beads, are still sometimes seen at regional folklore festivals.