Traditional clothes of Morocco

In a vast geographical area ranging from medium - Atlas in the heart of the Sahara, still exists today costumes female whose origin dates back to Roman times. A bigger variety of these costumes, it's hard to believe that they are almost all variants of the same dress very simple technique, which takes both the Greek chiton and peplum Roman that the drape. This is a long cloth, IZAR then kept wrapped at the waist with a belt and then reduced on the shoulders to be fixed by fibulae.
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The Moroccan dress comes in varying aspects of different regions and despite some commonalities, clothing city differs from that campaign. Over the years, the art clothing has undergone substantial change may be barely noticeable in the countryside, but striking in the cities.

Less diverse than the costume of rural women, the traditional costume of urban is characterized by the sobriety of the coat of exterior (haim and djellaba) and the richness of the coat of interior (and caftans gandoura).


Like other components of the costume of the city, the "djellaba" has undergone during the last four decades of significant variations. If it retains the same structure of all she has lost, except among conservative women or a certain age, the severity of cuts and sober colors of its inception.
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Long remained unchanged, the costume of urban folds since the intensification of foreign trade in the 19th century, the fad. This is the case of "qaftane. Turkish-inspired or even China, the "qaftane" remained, until today, the garment inside base of the Moroccan. Coupé in velvets, silks and brocades, it is often richly embroidered with gold thread, silver or silk.
Moroccan Caftan Moroccan BleuMarocaine White


Unlike rural women, especially Berber Upper and Middle Atlas and the Saharan woman, who did not veil their faces, the Moroccan city, she could not go out into the street, in the early '50s at least, without being draped from "haim" large piece of wool or cotton of about five meters above five feet, which hides the shape of the sail body and facial features.

The slipper is considered traditional Moroccan shoes used in the daily life of women.
Slippers


Despite all the changes it may undergo under the influence of modern life, traditional dress is the basic wardrobe of Moroccan women of all classes. Simply attend a margin, or any other religious festival, to realize how much the Moroccan and Moroccan remain faithful to their best traditions.