Icelandic national costume

However both the kyrtill and skautbúningur were designed in the 19th century from scratch as ceremonial costumes, while the faldbúningur, peysuföt and the upphlutur are traditional daily wear of Icelandic women in olden times.

In its most recognized form it incorporated a hat decorated with a curved sheet-like ornament protruding into the air and exists in two variants.

Previously a large hat decorated with gold-wire bands was worn with it, as well as ruff which is the reason for the faldbúningur's wide collar, which was designed to support it.

The þjóðbúningur karla is the only direct descendant of traditional daily wear of Icelandic men, while the other were designed from the start as ceremonial costume.

This costume was usually black, navy blue or dark green, although the vest, which was usually brighter was sometimes red, some regions stood out, using white wool instead of the darker colors.

It is the result of a competition for an updated (i.e., more pragmatic) version of the men's national costume held in 1994 in correlation with the 50th anniversary of Iceland's independence from Denmark and the establishment of the republic.

[6] The búningur barna or the children's costumes did not differ from the adult's version (except in size) until the 20th century, when girls were given shorter skirts.

[8] Some people also use 18th or 19th century type leather shoes with buckles similar to the footwear commonly used with the Faroese and Norwegian National Costumes.

Icelandic men wearing 18th-century-style national costumes.
Icelandic women in the 18th century faldbúningur with tail-caps. The one to the right omits the jacket and is thus wearing a upphlutur .
Icelandic woman in the 18th century faldbúningur with the spaðafaldur cap.
Icelandic woman wearing peysuföt teaches a boy to read.
The wrestler Jóhann Jósefsson wearing the fornmannaklæði in 1908.
An Icelandic man wears the hátíðarbúningur formal costume on his wedding day along with a boutonnière .