Workwear in urban settings combined garments such as the traditional gonagorriak, red woollen underskirts, made at home, with blouses and skirts made from industrial cotton. The need for practicality was not at odds with an aesthetic sense increasingly governed by European fashion. This ensemble comprises the following items of clothing:
Headscarf: Women’s headdress made of white cotton with a blue polka-dot pattern, with two sides finished with a machine-sewn hem.
Bodice: Women’s bodice made by hand and machine from blue, white and black checked cotton. It features a high neckline with a stand-up collar, a centre-front opening with a bias-cut placket to conceal the hooks, a deeply fitted back with side slits and a central panel following the lines of the fit; long puffed sleeves fitted from the elbow.
Toquilla (Knit shawl): Women’s wrap garment, handcrafted from black wool, knitted with decorative openwork. Rectangular in shape, it combines increases and decreases to form a fan motifs, giving the short edges a scalloped finish. Worn in traditional contexts, it was an essential garment in winter.
Petticoat: Women’s underskirt, handmade from red wool and cotton. Made by joining three pieces, it features a waistband with a geometric pattern and a side opening fastened with a hook-and-eye fastener, with pleats that give it a full, flowing shape. Worn in traditional attire over the petticoats and under the skirt.
Skirt: Women’s lower garment, handmade from brown wool. Made by joining four pieces, it features small box pleats at the front and gathers at the back, giving the skirt a full, flowing shape.
Apron: Women’s protective front garment, machine-made from a pinstripe cotton fabric. It is made in one piece, with gathers that give it volume and an adjustable waist that fastens with a loop and mother-of-pearl button.
Espadrilles: Footwear made of cotton, with a sole of braided plant fibre (jute, esparto). It has cotton laces to tie at the ankle.
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