Clothing

Morocco is a country rich in terms of history, traditions, people, culture, religion, climate, geography and more. Each of these aspects of the country influences fashion dress Moroccan. Among the wide variety of clothes in Morocco, we find the jilbab and kaftan, two fine clothes that evoke the luxurious style of dress of the country.

Jilbab

If you walk through the streets of any city in Morocco, you might see a few men and women wearing long, loose hooded gowns over their normal clothes. This dress is called the jilbab. It covers the entire body except the head, hands and feet.

The jilbab for women is different from men's in style and purpose. Women wear a jilbab for different reasons. First, it is a very comfortable and attractive clothing. Secondly, it is a modest to wear clothing in a Muslim country . Some women accompany wearing a scarf around their neck or their head. It is also worn during family visits during religious festivals.

Men have only a custom of wearing jilbab for special occasions, sometimes topped the famous Moroccan red headgear, called a Tarbouche and slippers or yellow leather, known as slipper or belgha. The jilbab for women is more colorful compared to men and nowadays djellabas became shorter and thinner. There are verses from the Quran that mention the jilbab as a garment that must be worn by Muslim women. A jilbab is mostly carried out of the house and there djellabas for each day as well as for special occasions.

Takchita

The Moroccan caftan is the garment that resembles the jilbab but without the hood. The origins of the caftan back to the Ottoman Empire. In fact it was one of the finest Ottoman clothes worn by the elite. Like other garments, it has evolved over time.

In Morocco, women wear for special occasions such as a wedding. The caftan is the basic garment of the bride on her wedding day. It is also worn under a takchita, which is another beautiful dress decorated on the front with traditional handmade buttons , wide sleeves and a thick belt worn around the waist. In contrast to the jilbab, a caftan is not doing out of the house.

The haïk

At the differnce of rural women , especially Berber Top and Middle Atlas and the Saharan women who do not veil the face, the Moroccan city , she could not go out in the street, al the early 50s less without being draped the " haïk ", large part of wool or cotton approximately five meter by one meter sixty, which conceals the shape of the body and facial veil .

In the country Jbala , wearable aspect is one of the hallmarks of the Jebli culture. The costume of the woman present in most of the countries Jbala with three emblematic pieces .

The large straw hat ( Chachiya ) .

Belt wool called ( Kourziya ), often red, wool and cotton wrapped around the waist.

The apron-skirt ( Mendile ) clings to the belt covering it, he once around the waist opening on the front, and it covers almost the entire leg.

Selham

Cape with hood that covers the jilbab . The bunting , it is late for summer or thick for the winter, has always characterized the male oriental elegance and women of Spain in Andalusia wrapped to go out, since the time of the Umayyads Cordoba .

The particularity of bunting lies in its making . Long cape , cut a piece decorated with plaited braids and provided with a cap lined with a silk tassel.