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On the Sunday, after we finished doing the photo shoots for the Vest-Agder adult bunads (in the previous entry), director of the Mandal Husflid, Inger-Lise Brøto Torland, told me we had a date with some of the younger citizens of the town. The first couple to arrive were these four year old darlings with a toy mouse and a frog in a steady grip.
These bunads are copies of the adult bunads and made in different sizes from two to twelve years, and can be bought ready to wear.
In a red wool bodice and a black trimmed skirt she is dressed for any festive occasion that might appear.
She is only two years old and already she is modeling with poise and grace. The little dog might have helped a bit. She is wearing a completely new children´s bunad produced by Norsk Flid. The bunad has an Empire line with a high waist on the bodice-skirt and an apron, hanging pocket and a bonnet in hand printed cotton fabric.
The skirt has a pleat and a double hem so that when she grows the bunad can be adjusted and it will fit for a few more years. The bunad is called “Norsk Flid Childrens Bunad” and are introduced this spring in the Norsk Flid shops all over Norway.
This very charming young man is dressed to match the new girl´s bunad. A short wool waistcoat with a silk kershief and dark blue broadcloth trousers is both traditional in cut and very practical.
If you have toddlers like these and want to dress them up in Norwegian traditional style please contact the Norskflid Husfliden Mandal at:
http://www.norskflid.no/mandal/
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by Laila on March 14, 2012
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The young man, in the bunad from the county of Sogn and Fjordane in Norway, will represent the second book in the series Scandinavian Folklore. The book will have the same structure and layout as the first, but all the folk costumes and bunads will be from different areas in Scandinavia. There will be a Scanian wedding as well as a funeral, childrens games and handy craft from Dalecarlia. Norwegian bunads in the settings of mountains and coastal landscapes and a long journey over the Arctic parts of Scandinavia to visit the Sami people and their herds of reindeers.
For those of you who are new to this blog, the photos here are not the ones being presented in the book. These are photos I like and find hard not to show. There are hundreds and hundreds of beautiful pictures that will not make it to the book and I like to share these with you, hoping they will inspire or just make you happy!
The wide open jacket has its roots in the 16th century, but the waistcoat and the high collar is influenced by the Empire fashion.
The jacket has shoulder wings and bright green piping. The back of the jacket is flared.
At the end of the day we found time to change in to this bunad from Sunnfjord in Norway. There will be several photos of both the men and womans bunad from that area in vol II.
A distinct detail for the men´s bunads from Sunnfjord is the belt, richly decorated with cross stitching and a large brass buckle. This photo shoot was made in cooperation with Norsk Institutt for Bunad og Folkedrakt.
Scandinavian Folklore vol. II will be released at Norsk Folkemuseum in Oslo on 13th of May. The museum will also be hosting a large photo exhibition: “Folk Costumes Close-up” or “Bunader i nærbilde”, featuring a selection of photos from the production of the books. The exhibition is open all summer until September 15th. Read more at:
http://www.norskfolkemuseum.no/en/Exhibits/Upcoming-exhibitions/Folk-costumes-close-up-/
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by Laila on March 1, 2012
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It was one of those photo shoots where nothing really worked. The rain, mixed with wet snow, was literally pouring down and the camera got wet and stopped working. The only two people that did not notice this where the young couple modeling. How wonderful!!!! Love was in the air. A quick change of photo equipment and off we went back into the rain. She was radiant in spite of everything.
In cooperation with Ingrid Strömvall and Thomas Johansson from Borås I have been able to take photos of the folk costume tradition from Toarp, a district in Västergötland. These beautifully made garments are reconstructed from originals in museum archives. The garments tell the story of how the region developed from a hilly forested landscape in to an important center for trading woodwork and textile products. The Gårdfarihandlaren or Knallen, meaning pedlars, became hugely important to the region.
Thomas Johansson has made these spectacular gloves with napped edgings. The gloves with the heart is made for his wife Ingrid. The original gloves are from Nordiska Museet in Stockholm.
To use a fur jacket under the wool jacket was common in several parts of Sweden. The ladies also wear “snow-socks” in broadcloth over their shoes. A cotton kerchief are worn over the the silk caps to protect them from the rain and snow.
A wool bodice with embroidery is worn over the shift. It has leather edgings and is closed with lacing and pins. The green apron with silk edgings where used on Sundays.
The little puppy, a five month old “Västgötaspets”, was happy to participate in front of the camera as long as the treats kept coming.
To see more costumes from Toarp please visit the blog http://toarpsdrakt.blogspot.com/
In the blog Thomas Johansson and Ingrid Strömvall is showing several costumes and writing about the traditions of Toarp. There are also a booklet for sale. I would also like to thank Borås Museum for hosting the photo shoot.
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by Laila on February 23, 2012
