Folk costume making

Folk costume making

Our love of folklore led us to start this business – not just watching it, but living it. For many years we danced in a folk ensemble and took part in folklore festivals in Slovakia and abroad. It was at such events that we noticed how ensembles differed not only in their dances but also in their costumes. The beauty and variety of Slovak folk dress fascinated us so much that we decided to make it ourselves. We founded our workshop in 1992, while still dancing in an ensemble, and since then we have sewn a great many costumes for folk ensembles and folk groups.

Ensembles we have dressed include FS Železiar, Stavbár, SĽUK, Technik Košice, Technik Bratislava, Karpaty, Vranovčan, Zemplín, Hornád, Ekonom, Jahodná, Vtáčnik, Spievanky, Makovica, Stražčan, Borievka, Čarnica, Gymnik, Máj, Magura, Topľan, Bystrančan, Váh, Puľs, Rovina, Kňahinka, Devín, Zobor, Urpín, Mladosť, Krajanec and Lipovec, as well as folk groups from Zámutov, Čaklov, Nižný Hrušov, Kurov, Malinov, Dlhý Klčov, Banské, Mestisko, Sačurov, Sečovská Polianka, Čičava, Hatalov, Novosad, Trebišov, Vinné, Žalobín, Hlinné, Bánovce nad Ondavou, Nižný Hrabovec, Topoľovka, Budkovce – Pacerky, Nacina Ves, Bežovce, Pozdišovce, Michalovce (Mihaľovske ňevesti) and Slanské Nové Mesto. We have also dressed several children's ensembles – Lieska, Jadlovček, Cifroško, Krpčiarik, Vánok, Rovinka, Jánošíček, Rapkáčik, Zemplínik, Čarnička, Pávička, Hrabovka, Bystranček and Lipovček. We have sewn for Czech, Hungarian and Polish ensembles, for young Slovaks living in England and for young folk singers, and our work can be found in the USA, Canada, France and Japan. We mostly make costumes from Zemplín (north, central and south), Šariš, Abov, Spiš, Myjava and Gemer, drawing on field research in villages, museum collections and old photographs, and we try to keep each regional costume as authentic as possible. We are glad that people outside folklore are interested too: more and more young women borrow a folk costume from us for the traditional bridal “redový” dance.