For peasants, clothing was simple, practical, and made from coarse wool or linen, often in muted earth tones. Nobles and royalty, on the other hand, ...

When the Russian army besieged the Polish city of Gdańsk on 27th June 1734, a man dressed in peasant clothing fled the city. But this was no ordinary man. It was Stanisław I, King of Poland. He was ...

Originating from everyday peasant clothing, they were elevated to formalwear during the national romanticism era of the early 1900s, and strict rules for colours, cuts and fabrics were prescribed.

These pictures were painted by local peasants. Jesus, held in the arms of Virgin Mary, wears traditional peasant clothing. And here he is holding a cobza, a musical instrument of the region. The holy ...