Yileko

The sleeveless male yileko is made of blue felt. The back consists of a single piece of material and the front of two pieces, leaving a round opening at the neck.

The outside of the yileko is decorated with a variety of patterns worked in silk and silver gaitania, silver garlands, and twisted silver braids. The yileko crosses either side, with four woven silk buttons and four loops, and the neck there is a button on each side woven of silver-thread with a red bead at the top. The front panels have two decorative pockets of semi-circular cut adorned with silver gaitania and twisted braid worked in delicate patterns.

The yileko is lined with white cotton material and is trimmed around with a band of blue felt.

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 yileko is made of red felt. The back is made of a single piece, and the front consists of two pieces that cross either side and are fastened vertically by three braided buttons gold thread.

There is a button sewn on each side below the round opening at the neck, and a pocket on the right side.

The joins, the outline of the pocket, and the hems of the openings are decorated with gaitania of metallic thread, an attached gold-woven band with garlands of branches and flowers made of tirtiri woven into it, and gold twisted braids, all forming a variety of volute patterns.

The yileko is made of checked cotton material in red, blue and green. The back is made of a single piece of material, and has a vertical slit with loops made of a red gaitani, through which a braid is laced to fasten it.

The pieces at the front cross either side, with ten white buttons set obliquenly, and form a triangular opening at the neck. The yileko fastens by means of brown threads forming series of loops.

The entire yileko is decorated with sequins, woolen threads, multi-coloured braids, gaitania and seiritia, worked into vegetal and floral patterns. On the right side of the front this decoration is supplemented by a pocket of yellow silk material, with a female figure worked in braids, wool and sequins.

The inside of the yileko is lined with white cotton material.

The yileko is made of striped white cotton alatzia. The back and the front are made of a single piece of material, with no stitching at the shoulders. There is a vertical opening at the front.

At the sides, a vertical strip with weaving stripes placed horozontally, in the oposite direction to the back and front, is sewn beneath the arm with routzela stitch. The sides have slits at the bottom.

The yileko is lind with bleached cotton material.

The entire breast, on both sides of the opening, is completely covered with attached patterns worked in silk brisimi and green and red threaded patrou(d)es, and the back has a similar triangular pattern ending in spiral. The vertical opening has a row of loops of braided brisimi, with beads of various colours used for the buttons.

The yileko is made of the same materials and has the same style of decoration as the sarka inv.no 2299.