Greek dress At the rural areas, a popular clothing was the "fustanella", a traditional skirt-like garment. Fustanella was worn also by the klephts and the armatoloi. and predominantly by the Arvanites of Greece as described by foreign travelers. Apart from them, the wealthy Greeks of the urban centres adopted the Western European-style dress. In the independent Greece, Otto and Amalia were the first to be interested in fashion matters. Amalia created a romantic folksy court dress, which became a national Greek costume still known as the "Amalía dress". It follows the Biedermeier style, with a loose-fitting, white cotton or silk shirt, often
Confirmation dress the denominations. The traditional design of the dress mimics the design of a bride's wedding dress relating to the historic view of young women in the church. Today, however, wearing the traditional Confirmation dress is not always enforced or expected. Rather, simple white garments, robes, or white dresses that vary from the traditional design are often worn. The main feature of the traditional Confirmation dress was to be 'perfectly plain' and 'simple'. In 1868, "Harper's Bazaar" described the ideal style as: "Swiss muslin dress with high neck and long sleeves. The bottom of the skirt is trimmed with a flounce