Town woman with festive skirt

The costume of the town woman with festive skirt consists of: the skirt, the ypokamison (chemise), the sarka (sleeved jacket) and the headdress comprising two scarves. In the case of this costume, too, the basic garment is the long skirt. It is made of pink silk brocade with groups of parallel stripes in blue and mauve colours. the heavily pleated skirt gathered at the waist. The chemise is made of pure silk material woven on the loom. Over the chemise is worn a short velvet jacket sarka, with applied decorations of gold braids. It has sleeves sewn vertically to the body, a small upright collar, and a vertical opening at the front. The headdress, which indicates the social status of the woman wearing it, consists of two printed kerchiefs. The chest is covered with mirmidi made of many thin chains, a necklace called kertanes and a filigree cross with toutounia.