The Moldovan national costumes go back centuries and have stayed unchanged throughout history. These costumes used to be entirely hand-made, and every young girl in the village was supposed to be able to weave cloth and do elaborate embroidery. The main garment for both men and women was cămasă or a white embroidered shirt made from hemp, linen or woolen fabric. It used to be tied around the waist with a fabric belt, narrow for women and wider for men. Similar in cut, cămasă differed in length, – those for women were usually ankle long whereas men’s shirts were shorter and worn over trousers or leggings made from strips of fabric. Women always wore an apron over their „cămasă”…