Costumes bretons

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Skirt | Unknown | V&A Explore The Collections
Woman's skirt of black felt, with applied bands of coloured silks, black velvet, silver lace and gimp, and embroidered in coloured silks, tinsel, spangles and glass beads. It is decorated with eight horizontal bands of red and blue silk and black velvet with wavy floral patterns and scrolling devices applied, in silver lace and embroidery, separated by narrow red stripes; the skirt is pleated at the top. The Breton word for this skirt is vronze.