Exhibition 'Dressed in Dalarna' in Dalarnas Museum
The people of Dalarna’s clothes for everyday and festive occasions
Dalarna Museum’s Costume and Textile Exhibition
Our region perhaps has the country’s most extensive, well-known, and still often used costumes. Usually, it is, of course, the fancy clothes that are preserved, and they tell not only of revelry and a golden edge to the often tough everyday life. They also tell of strict social control where the length of a skirt was as important as the boundaries of the potato field and where married women tucked hair strands under their bonnets with knitting needles. The idea of a veil to hide female charms is not an imported phenomenon in Sweden.
Carefully sewn clothes lasted longer, and what became worn out was then used for everyday wear. A shift that ended up in a showcase has over 50 patches, but still holds together.
A selection of all the approximately 50 parish costumes that are in the museum’s storage is shown, while we also highlight details, materials, and manufacturing methods in various displays.”
