Classic dress of Kazakhstan

The most of the Kazakh individuals depended upon the livestock economy and their classic practices, customs and living style was also of nomadic nature. Presently, lots of adjustments have occurred in the daily lives of the folks of Kazakhstan and their sustenance and priorities have grow to be far more diversified. Specifically soon after the Russian domination, the culture was turn into a blend of from the Western influences. With the passage of time when the cultural ties of Kazakhstan were evolved, the style of clothing of Kazakh men and women was also turned more than from simplicity. Embroidery, floral patterns and new styles had been placed upon the standard attires of the Kazakhs. Similarly animal skins and furs that have been utilised earlier as the raw material of clothes had been replaced by imported materials like silk, brocade, velvet and cotton.

The gorgeous Kazakh girls in their national dresses ( Image: Jonathan Newell )

The standard dress of Kazakhstan was worn with a waist coat that was far more like a jacket or a gown for a lady. The Kazakh men utilised to wear “zheyde” that was an outer coat along with the trousers made of thick cotton fabric. The skullcaps like the standard “Kolpok” or “Kalpak” and “Takiya” were the crucial headdress of the Kazakh men. Bashlyk was ready with camel skin, which was supposed to be worn on best of other hats, to defend from dust, sun, rain and snow. The Kazakh men typically liked the boots with high heels.

A Kazakh man with the conventional Bashlyk

The Kazakh females used to wear pants with a tight shirt but the outer coat was a loose out fit that was also known as as “kamzol”, a sort of dressing gown. The women belonging to distinct classes used various varieties of fabrics for sewing their dresses. For example, the upper class females created their dresses of silk, satin, velvet or brocade and so forth. Moreover, these high-priced fabrics had been also decorated with laces, embroidery and stripes of fur.

The folk group of Kazakh girls in their standard costumes ( Image by Jonathan Newell )

The standard dresses of Kazakh females were stitched with a tiny distinction for the girls belonging to different age groups. The Kazakh girls also used to wear two kinds of headdresses skull cap (Takiya) and a warm hat (Borik), decorated with otter, fox or beaver fur. A tuft of owl feather was typically sewed to the prime of Takiya for additional grace. The footwear was virtually the very same like the males the young Kazakh girls loved the boots with high heels even though the elder girls preferred low-heeled shoes.

A Kazakh bride in her standard red wedding costume ( Image: Zulkarnan Abdul )

As the wedding occasion was the most awaited and considerable moment of the life of a Kazakh lady, the bridal costume was embellished with maximum adornments and decorations. The most noteworthy item of the dowry articles of a Kazakh bride was the headdress recognized as “Saukele” along with a facial veil. The wedding dress that was generally of red colour and Saukele have been ready lengthy ahead of the girls reached the age of marriage.

Some native girls of Kazakhstan in conventional costumes ( Image: nasa-hq )

Though the modernism, Western influence and contemporary fashion attacks have affected the traditional dress of Kazakhstan, however the Kazakh men and women are attempting their level best to sustain their clothes heritage. The Kazakh fashion sector time and once more introduces the classic and national costumes prepared with a range of applications and decorations. The traditional ornaments like earrings, flat and wrought bracelets and rings are still an integral element of the Kazakh women’s clothing.

Some young girls from Kazakhstan wearing yellow traditional dresses (Image by Mark Andrew Barrett)