Men’s Costume

Men’s Costume. The parts of the costume are as follows: a white shirt, a black men’s vest (yelekkin), baggy trousers (vraka), a silver cross and a black headscarf. Men’s double-breasted vest (yelekkin). The front and the back are made of black velvet. The front consists of two pieces of fabric that cross over the chest on both sides. The vest is decorated with an outline of coloured cords, red and yellow. The back is made of a single piece of black velvet, which extends below the armpits and is joined with coloured seams to the front pieces. In the centre of the back, there is a vertical opening that would have been closed with some kind of ribbon passing through the remaining eyelets for a better fit on the body. The opening is bordered with sewn-on cord in red and yellow, forming a decorative floral pattern. The Silver cross is decorated with floral patterns in repoussé technique.