The Xenophobe's Guide to the Norwegians (Xenophobe's Guides) by Dan Elloway

Author:Dan Elloway [Elloway, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oval Projects
Published: 2013-07-07T23:00:00+00:00

National costume

The bunad is the Norwegian national costume and is worn on any festive occasion where formal dress is required. Each town or region has its own bunad and most date from the 18th and 19th centuries. When you buy a bunad and its accompanying hand-made silver and gold jewellery you buy it for life.

“Bunad shops offer tailoring services to let out the seams as the years add up.”

The Norwegians’ obsession with the bunad is as much to do with practicality as national pride. A bunad never goes out of fashion and is forgiving to bulges. To accommodate growing waists, bunad shops offer tailoring services to let out the seams as the years add up, and take them in again when the bunad is passed down to the next generation.

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