Fustanella Fustanella Fustanella (for spelling in various languages, see chart below) is a traditional pleated skirt-like garment that is also referred to as a kilt worn by men of many nations in the Balkans (Southeast Europe). In modern times, the fustanella is part of Balkan folk dresses. In Greece, a short version of the fustanella is worn by ceremonial military units like the Evzones, while in Albania it was worn by the Royal Guard in the interbellum era. Both Greece and Albania claim the fustanella as a national costume. Also Vlachs (Aromanians) claim the fustanella as their ethnic costume Some scholars
Fashion and clothing in the Philippines Carnivals of 1920s and through the 1930s. Some Filipino women who had lived in United States and in Europe wore the western 1920's fashion with loose dresses and knee length skirt. Men wore the "Americana", the suit and coat worn in the West, mostly Americans (hence the name), replacing the traditional Barong Tagalog. By the 1930s, young adult women and children finally abandoned the typical "Traje de Mestiza" as everyday wear and started to wear floral printed dresses with mid-calf length shirts. Though many women embraced the western ideals, the typical "Traje de Mestiza" was not fully gone. The elders