So I Ethnically Hungarian from my mom’s side so I wanted to do a study of the clothes. So I made a character to help me study Does anyone have anything that they can add to the design or maybe explain more of the history of the folk clothes that would Be greatly greatly greatly appreciated thank you ah:>(theese are very rough rough sketches so sorry)
by Shoddy_Hall9198
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First of all, incredibly cool sketch! Also, as someone who’s trying to reconnect a bit with their heritage I really adore how you do this through art.
Secondly, while the overall red-white + black design is really good, I think what its missing is probably flowers. Lots of them.
From clothing to pillow covers flower patterns are a huge thing in folk’s costume, with most being red or green, maybe a few yellows or blues strewn in there.
You also gotta keep in mind that it varies a lot depending on what region we’re talking about. The general advice I can give for a “Hungarian folk wear” is to take a white dress as the base, maybe use black to contrast, like you’ve done, and just add a heckton of different colored flowers while keeping the symmetry. You can include an open vest (I also saw a corset on one of the artworks but I’m not sure how common are those historically speaking so I cannot comment on it), and I also saw a lot of folks wear having a pánta (headband that ties back the hair a bit, is tied together at the back, and has these extra cloth pieces attached called pántlikák, all of which ofc, have flower/other patterns). (Keep in mind that the last one symbolizes virginity and was/is usually worn up until weddings, there’s a lot of symbolism that has to do with that kinda stuff)