The Breton costume is the model Vêtement S which the Breton ones like festival or formal garments carried, clothing of the every day presented less originality even if they had also local or professional characteristics.

Since the end of the 20th century, the traditional Costume is carried almost more only at the time of exceptional religious demonstrations (forgiveness) and of cultural events in which the Celtic circles take part; thus, it became “folk costume” like all the regional costumes of France.

End 20th century and beginning 21e century, the Breton traditional costume is one of the supports of the identity claim of the area, would not be this that to break the stereotypes of bad taste such as “They have round hats, live the Breton ones! ”

Geographical differentiation

The costume evolved/moved during time, with a strong local differentiation at the 19th century, which was accentuated until the First World War. “The paranoiac obsession of the republican uniformity answered an obsession reflex of the singularity. It is at the 19th century that the Breton costume diversified: each borough, each village, each district of city put its point of honor to be distinguished from the neighbor by the play of the Broderie S and the colors. And even each condition, each caste, each profession, each age…” (Valerie, p. 51). This blooming began after the French revolution had abolished the sumptuary Lois which, under the Ancien Mode, limited inventiveness around the Luxe.

The movement ceased with the costumes uniformly black (only authorized in the event of widowhood) imposed by the massacre of 14-18. “Brittany entered modernity to the force of the bayonets” (Valerie, p. 51).

Cornwall

Those of Cornwall were often represented by the painters of the school of Bridge-Swallow-hole, especially by Gauguin, and more particularly the formal garments.

Vannetais country

Country of Lorient

The costumes of the country of Lorient divide one of the characteristics of the costumes of the country vannetais: Apron S of comprising Velvet for the majority of the painted or embroidered floral reasons. The apron of Lorient, contrary to the other aprons vannetais, consists of a large flap which recovers the shoulders.

Costumes of the women

• Costume known as " Lalaisse" : It acts of a costume of the Années 1850 describes by F-H Lalaisse. It consists of a Jupe and a red Camisole of color brown with some small velvet sides in the bottom of the skirt, the shoulders, the handles. The apron consists of a large flap which, contrary to tens of years later, does not go up until the Dentelle a collar and thus lets appear fabric of white Coton. The Coiffe consists of three parts: a bonnet at deep sea and chin-strap whose bottom comprises small wings which fall into the nape of the neck, white a cotton band folded into two with in lower part another band of cotton bordered of lace. These three parts with share the bottom of the bonnet are of course Amidon born. The woman described by Lalaisse also carries cuffs buttoned with lace, a lace collar starched and a Collier out of velvet comprising a cross surmounted of a heart (very widespread at that time), the whole falling on the chest.

• Costume of the Years 1900: the cap very largely decreased, it remains still the chin-strap and of the bards, corresponding to the remainders of the old cap and always comprises a bonnet at smaller bottom but always composed of two lace wings. The nightshirt and the skirt are now of black color and comprise larger velvet sides: in the top of the back, the bottom of the skirt and elbows. The skirt lengthened and touches the ground, it comprises in bottom a sweeping . The apron goes up now until the lace of the collar, and often moired or then as an Indian, i.e. embroidered bouquet of flower. The lace of the collar is higher, the very widened cuffs. The women also carry a saltire with a slide and a stitches.

• Costume of the Years 1920: Few changes compared to 1900, but it is the beginning of the emancipation of the women and consequently the skirts and aprons shorten slightly to let appear the ankles. The aprons can comprise garlands of embroidered flowers. The cap does not comprise any more a chin-strap, and the bards decreased.

• Costume of the Years 1940: One sees from now on the calves of the women. The nightshirts and skirts are seen covering with velvet decorated with beaded Galon S. The aprons adopt sometimes colors plus sharp, are painted or embroidered, some times embroider about it (gold wire). The caps are drawn up in airplane and comprise very complicated floral reasons, it does not have there more bards.

Folk image of Brittany

As in many people and nations, the defenders of the local culture stuck to the costume as an identity element characterizing Brittany (thus works of Olivier Perrin in 1808). This form of worship of the image is not without involving more or less ridiculous drifts; “A certain number of porkbutchers continue indeed in the fairs and markets of affubler their resigned saleswomen of tinsels assembled of bric and pitcher. ” (Valerie, p. 98).

Before 1914

At XIXe and the beginning of the XXe century the regionalistic traditionalists put on the same plan the language, the religion and the costume. Some, like Theodore Botrel, were made photograph in national costume .

After 1945

At the end of XXe and the beginning of XXIe century, the Breton postcards often represent Bretons typical , members of circles Celtic which one made pose in costume, and which ravels in front of thousands of tourists at the time of the estival festivals.

Caricatures

It is still a vision spread in France, elements of the costume being often used to represent the Breton ones. The caricaturists of the Parisian press generally represent the men with a Breton hat and the women carrying a cap bigoudene .

Publicity also used the caps bigoudenes, carried by elderly, but they were not caricatures.

Clothing and particular behaviors

• the Kabig, marked kabik , would be an evolution of the behavior of the Goémonier S carrying the kab year aod . It is a coat coarse cloth, descendant with semi-thigh, with a ventral pocket. He was a great success of the Forties at the Seventies; few schoolboys while not having carried at one time or the other.
• jodhpurses, bragoù arms , more carried practically before even 1900. They can be regarded as Celtic origin, left Kilt transformed by the movement of Counter-Reformation.

See too

• Bibliography of the Breton costume
• Lexicon of the Breton costume

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