Cieszyn folk costume

Female folk costumes in Cieszyn were subjected to many changes, especially in respect to ornamentations and better quality of materials.

[2] The female folk costume featured the lush and elegance, due to its essential element, silver jewellery.

In the 18th and 19th century, women in Cieszyn wore splendorous clothes which consisted of a lace cap, covered with headgear, a short shirt (kabotek), redbreas,[check spelling] padded corset (żywotek), sewn at the waist, apron, white stockings and black shoes.

It was not until a century later that the jewellery previously worn by the nobility and the bourgeoisie was adapted as the traditional costume by the population of small towns and villages.

Fashion was being modified in accordance to European markets thanks to trips of the last descendants of the Piast dynasty in Cieszyn on the turn of the 16th and 17th century.