This Greek National Costume is an authentic costume from Greece. It is a copy of Queen Amalia's traditional dress. There are many online shops where you can buy Greek National costumes.
This National Costume of Greece is ideal when you need authentic costumes for dance, competition, performance, recital or Greek themed festivals or parades.
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The outfit is made up of a gold satin skirt. Underneath, a white lacy blouse is worn, with the lace sleeves and collars showing. An ornately embroidered maroon velvet jacket adorned with plenty of gold braid trimming, is worn over the top.
A double gold chain, made up of gold coins, is worn, along with matching earrings.
The hat is typical of that era of Greek fashions, a round box hat, with a tassel going over the side. The hat is folded over slightly on the right side and the tassle should fall on that side.
This costume was worn for a ballet national dance solo for local eisteddfods. We had some very traditional Greek music (not Zorba!), and created a dance based on Greek dance moves, taking into consideration the requirements for character and national dancing. It was a welcome change from the other traditional character national dances such as Flamenco and Hungarian.
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