Roumlouki
Macedonia
* Heavy woolen (flannel) undershirt: fanella or katastari
- can be wool flannel or cotton striped
- we don’t have this?
* Heavy or Light woolen shirt: pokamiso
- thick cotton (older style are wool)
- geometric embroideries in dark colors (cross stitched)
-or can be striped like the one you sent me (more modern, says the book, with white yellow and black embroidery or store-bought lace, ususally red)
*Trachilies: Dickey
-made of cotton or silk, blue or red cord for the tie
- no specifics given for color, but the one pictured in the book is white and has floral embroidery for the girl’s and gold embroidery for the wedding
* Long Cloak: Sayias
-differences in color and embroidery depending on age
-girls wear sayais after age of15 or 16 (ready for marriage)
-girls wear white, women purple or dark blue
-white sayias have red or white corner triangles of fabric (under the embroidery) and should be made of calico (different than yours)
- purple or blue sayiades are for everyday and have red corners, replaced by black corners when over the age of 40
- white sayias with satin corners have silverzig-zag embroidery embroidery
-there are three kinds of embroideries – some have one, two, or all three (ours has one, the floral shaped louloudi)
****Please not pattern differences – ours is missing the pocket that goes on the right hand side as well as a difference in the collar – we are also missing the waist band seam area in ours
* sleeved winter garment: kondogouna
- haha it’s too hot in atlanta for this
*cummerbund : zounari
-should be dark blue wool (or black) and embroidered or sequined (ours is plain?)
* apron: poudia or fouta
-should be embroidered (I can see how ours is derived from this style)
*winter overcoat: kapoti and kondogouni
-again: hotlanta!
*headress: katsouli
wholey-moleyo! – this thing is elaborate….
