Female

Zipouni (jacket) made of cotton fabric (alatzia, turk. alaca) with dark green and yellow stripes. The back and front are made of a single piece, with no stitching at the shoulders, and there is a vertical v-shaped opening in front, fastened at the bottom with two loops. Around the neck there is a short strait colar. The long narrow sleeves are sewn vertically to the body and have v-shaped cutting near the marrow end. The jacket is entirely lined with cotton material. The front opening, the join of the two sleeves and their cuttings, as well as the straight collar are decorated with black gaitania (braids) and seiritia (cords, ribbons turk. şirit/şerit).

Zipouni (jacket) made of cotton fabric (alatzia, turk. alaca) with dark red and yellow stripes. The back and front are made of a single piece, with no stitching at the shoulders, and there is a vertical v-shaped opening in front, fastened at the bottom with two loops. The long narrow sleeves are sewn vertically to the body and have slits near the end. The jacket is entirely lined with cotton material. The front opening, the join of the two sleeves, the straight collar and the opening of the pocket are decorated with yellow embroidered patterns.

Zipouni (jacket) made of black woolen fabric. The back and front are made of a single piece, with no stitching at the shoulders, and there is a vertical v-shaped opening in front, fastened at the bottom with two loops. The long narrow sleeves are sewn vertically to the body and have slits near the end. The jacket is entirely lined with white cotton material with black stripes. The front opening, the join of the two sleeves, the straight collar and the opening of the pocket, as well as the seams, are decorated with embroidery made of twisted threads. At the back of the neck there is a triangular flower pattern made also of twisted thread.

Zipouni (jacket) made of cotton fabric (alatzia, turk. alaca) with dark blue, white and red stripes. The back and front are made of a single piece, with no stitching at the shoulders, and there is a vertical v-shaped opening in front, fastened at the bottom with two loops. The long narrow sleeves are sewn vertically to the body and have slits near the end. The jacket is entirely lined with cotton material. The front opening, the join of the two sleeves, the straight collar and the opening of the pocket are decorated with black gaitania (braids) and seiritia (cords, ribbons turk. şirit/şerit). On the inside there is a stamp: ‘‘Paragogos (Producer) – Georgios Filis – Lefkosia (Nicosia) – Kypros (Cyprus)’’.

Zipouni (jacket) made of cotton fabric (alatzia turk. alaca) with dark blue and yellow stripes. The back and front are made of a single piece, with no stitching at the shoulders, and there is a vertical v-shaped opening in front, fastened at the bottom with two loops. The long narrow sleeves are sewn vertically to the body and have slits near the end. The jacket is entirely lined with cotton material. The front opening, the join of the two sleeves, the straight collar and the opening of the pocket are decorated with black gaitania (braids) and seiritia (cords, ribbons turk. şirit/şerit).

Zipouni (jacket) made of cotton fabric (alatzia, turk. alaca) with red and black stripes. The back and front are made of a single piece, with no stitching at the shoulders, and there is a vertical v-shaped opening in front, fastened at the bottom with two loops. The long narrow sleeves are sewn vertically to the body and have slits near the end. The jacket is entirely lined with cotton material. The front opening, the join of the two sleeves, the straight collar and the opening of the pocket are decorated with embroideries in yellow thread.

The chemise is made of striped white cotton fabric. The back and front are made from a single piece of material, with no stitching at the shoulders. There is a vertical opening at the breast and around the neck, and the sleeves are made of delicate white material and sewn vertically to the body.

The chemise is part of the every day costume worn in Karpasia.

According to G.S. Frangoudis, this consisted of ‘‘a full-length chemise, pantaloons that flare at the bottom, a kerchief on the head, and pumps on the bare feet. This is everday dress worn by women of Karpasia and other parts’’. Φραγκούδης, Γ.Σ., Ο ριζοσπάστης, Εν Αθήναι, 1901, σελ. 37

The yileko is made of dimity material (alatzia) with coloured horizontal stripes. The material is the same as that of the bottom part of the zibouni inv.no. 2301a, together with which it was worn forming the yilekozibouno combination.

The back and sides are made from the same piece of material, which is sewn to the two front pieces at the sides and shoulders. The two front pieces and in points and cross on eithe side on the breast, leaving a horseshoe-shaped opening. On the right side there is a pocket of the same material. 

The yileko is lined with white cotton material. The finishes, stitching and outline of the pocket have five thick brown cotton threads sewn to them. On the front and the two rows of buttons set obliquely. The slit in the back is fastened by similar threads cross-laced through loops

The zibouni is made of cotton alatzia, with brown and blue hecks woven into it. The material of the lower part is dimity with horizontal stripes of green, red, yellow, brown and mustard. The back and front are formed of a single piece of material, with no stitching at the shoulders. The vertical opening at the front has a small oblique panel of material attached all the way up, which flares at the bottom. There are two triangular pieces of alatzia under the arms. The long sleeves are sewn vertically to the body and have an obliquely cut opening at the bottom, lined with striped material that is visible when the sleeve is turned back.

The zibouni is lined with white cotton material woven on the loom and has an inside pocket made of the same material on the left side. The insides of the openings are lined with delicate webbing made of the same alatzia

The fermeli is made of red felt. the back is of a single piece of material, and the front is made of two pieces fastened vertically by six buttons braided of naturally coloured silk thread. At the centre of the front there is a semi-circular false pocket formed of gold gaitania and twisted gold braid. The fermeli has an upright collar and long sleeves, sewn vertically to the back and hanging free front.

The sleeves and edges of the openings are richly trimmed with gaitania and braids, forming a variety of spiral motifs. the opening at the front is further adorned with an attached gold-woven band in which flowers and zig-zag line are woven. the fastening loops are secured in position by an attached vertical gold band woven with gaitania and braids of twisted multi-coloured silk threads.

The fermeli is lined with white cotton material, and the collar and sleeves have a lining of striped cotton material adorned with printed garlands and bouquets of flowers.

According to the written sources, the frmeli was worn in Cyprus at the end of the 18th century.