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Elena, Mark, Theano and Paulina, the orphans of Ieronymos Varlaam,  photographed dressed in black mourning clothes, in 1916.The exception is the little boy who wears a navy suit with white stripes on the collar. The dresses of the three girls have a similarly simple design, with a round collar and long sleeves. They have black ribbons to hold the hair. Phivos Stavridis Foundation – Larnaka Archives, Π.Β.Κ 3.66.

Clio Mantovani with her son Tony in her arms. She sits in a wicker upholstered wooden chair holding an open parasol. The photograph captured a summer holiday scene in Troodos, early 1930s. Phivos Stavridis Foundation, Π.Β.Κ 6.217.

Laura Pascottini-Stavrinidou with her niece Peppa in her arms, early 1910s. After the death of her brother, Lora raised the orphan Peppa as her daughter. Photo by Glaszner Studio. Phivos Stavrides Foundation-Larnaca Archives. Π.Β.Κ6.22.

Infant in bikini swimsuit. It consists of a fluffy shorts and a narrow halter top. The baby is standing balancing on an armchair. Louis Perentos - Archive of Andreas Makris.

A couple of peasants.  The man is wearing a dark coloured vest over a light coloured shirt, a black baggy knee-breeches (vraka) and leather boots. The woman is wearing a dark coloured shirt,  a light coloured skirt and a headscarf. 

A group of men sitting in front of a coffee shop in Lefkara 

Men photographed while harvesting the crop. The one in the foreground was wearing a woven sleeveless top over a light coloured  shirt,  probably black, baggy knee-breeches (vraka) and a light-coloured striped sash  around his waist. On his head he wears a white a scarf to protect head and ears. 

Young men and women dressed in traditional Greek Cypriot costumes. The male costume comprised of a shirt, a vraka (baggy pleated breeches) of black cotton, zostra (a coloured silk sash), yelekkin (sleeveless waistcoat), a black headscarf, and podines (top-boots). The woman on the left is wearing the traditional 'Amalia' type costume that was linked with the name of Amalia, Queen of Greece (1836-1862), and was established in urban centres in Cyprus by the mid 19th century as a variation of the Greek national costume. It is made up of a dress or skirt above a silk chemise and a felt or velvet jacket, the sarka, with gold ornamentation. The waist was girded by a belt with a filigree clasp or a tied sash with embroidered ends. The head was covered with scarves or, in the urban original, with a fez. The Cypriot fez, which was different from the one used in Greece, had two black silk tassels, a short one which was fixed to the crown and covered the whole cap in a radial pattern, and another one falling to the shoulder on the side. The fez was decorated with garlands of flowers made of tiny pearls and braided with silk. The woman on the right was wearing a costume with  sayia, a long-sleeved coat open down the front, worn over pantaloons decorated with woven embroidery. On her waist she wore a colourful headscarf tight as a sash. 

A man dressed in the traditional urban Greek Cypriot costume was performing the traditional 'dance of the sickle'.  The costume was worn in the urban centres until the end of the 19th century comprised of a shirt, a vraka (baggy pleated breeches) of black cotton, zostra (a coloured silk sash), yelekkin (sleeveless waistcoat), a black headscarf, and podines (top-boots) 

Two young women dressed in Greek Cypriot traditional costumes were photographed while performing the traditional 'Antikiristos' dance. The woman on the left is dressed in the 'Amalia' type costume while the one on the right is wearing the costume with sayia. The 'Amalia' type costume that was linked with the name of Amalia, Queen of Greece (1836-1862), and was established in urban centres in Cyprus by the mid 19th century as a variation of the Greek national costume. It is made up of a dress or skirt above a silk chemise and a felt or velvet jacket, the sarka, with gold ornamentation. The waist was girded by a belt with a filigree clasp or a tied sash with embroidered ends. The head was covered with scarves or, in the urban original, with a fez. The Cypriot fez, which was different from the one used in Greece, had two black silk tassels, a short one which was fixed to the crown and covered the whole cap in a radial pattern, and another one falling to the shoulder on the side. The fez was decorated with garlands of flowers made of tiny pearls and braided with silk.  The sayia, a long-sleeved coat open down the front, was worn over pantaloons decorated with woven embroidery. On her waist, thh woman on the right, she tied a colourful headscarf.