My former boss borrows his wife's tights to wear under his bunad because of the itch :)
On my Gausdalsbunad, the shirt is actually really midriff-itchingly short. Apparently to make it easyer to breastfeed. According to the wonderful book by
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My former boss borrows his wife's tights to wear under his bunad because of the itch :)
On my Gausdalsbunad, the shirt is actually really midriff-itchingly short. Apparently to make it easyer to breastfeed. According to the wonderful book by <a href0"http://www.bunad-magasinet.no/folkedrakt-og-bymote-i-gudbrandsdalen-1650-1940.201515-29761.html">Ragnhild Bleken Rusten: Folkedrakt og bymote i Gudbrandsdalen 1650-1940</a>, there are long shirts for women recorded as well in Gudbrandsdalen, but they are not included in todays costume.
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Date: 2007-11-26 01:47 pm (UTC)On my Gausdalsbunad, the shirt is actually really midriff-itchingly short. Apparently to make it easyer to breastfeed. According to the wonderful book by
On my Gausdalsbunad, the shirt is actually really midriff-itchingly short. Apparently to make it easyer to breastfeed. According to the wonderful book by <a href0"http://www.bunad-magasinet.no/folkedrakt-og-bymote-i-gudbrandsdalen-1650-1940.201515-29761.html">Ragnhild Bleken Rusten: Folkedrakt og bymote i Gudbrandsdalen 1650-1940</a>, there are long shirts for women recorded as well in Gudbrandsdalen, but they are not included in todays costume.