What is your most precious piece of clothing? Mine is a traditional folk dress from my home country, Sweden. It was hand-made by my grandmother, who gave it to me a few years before she passed away.

Photo by: SVEN NACKSTRAND / AFP The Swedish national folk ... costumes to create a practical, everyday dress for Swedish women. Her goal was to foster a sense of national pride and provide an ...

This exhibition examines the relationship between the development of Central European folk costume and textiles and Austrian ... things depending on the time period: national costume, regional dress, ...