Womans bunad from Vestfold
You can see Inger, Reidars wife and their two sons Morten (to the left) and Marius. Inger has made all three bunads! You can read more on the Vestfold Mans bunad Vestfold Mans bunad |
 This
is Hanne in her Vestfold bunad 1956 model. It has red bodice and black
skirt.
Picture was taken on a beautiful day in may 2 years ago. |
 Here
is Sigrun Marie, Hannes daughter. She also has a Vestfold bunad 1956
model, but this
one with a blue skirt. |
 This
is Sigrun Marie's grandmother, Astrid, in her 1932 model Vestfold bunad.
Sigrun Marie in her Rondastakk from Oppland |
This is also Sigrun Marie, picture taken on her confirmation in May 1998.
(The color on the bunad is more correct on the picture above. |
More about the Vestfoldbunad model 1932
Ragnar Nordby’s diploma project was to develope a special woman’s bunad for Vestfold. He spent more than 10 years gathering background material by travelling around the county and talking with the older residents. In collaboration with the Husflidsforening for Larvik and its surroundings, he presented
this bunad in 1932. It was worn until 1956, when a decision to revise this costume resulted in the 1956 model which is also featured in this book. The costume reflects the vision of the bunad that prevailed at the time, principally inspired by Hulda Garborg. The bunads of the period were generally made as a simple bodice dress without an apron, and the garments were intended to be
domestically produced, using the same colour and material for both the bodice and the skirt. The 1932 model came back into use in 1992, and now both models are worn as bunads for Vestfold county. Both the skirt and the bodice are now made in black or blue woollen broadcloth.
More about the Vestfoldbunad model 1956
The county of Vestfold does not have many well-known local
costume traditions, and this has made it hard to reconstruct the
old bunads. But there has been a wish to create a regional bunad
for this county, just as for other parts of Norway, and this is partly
due to Vestfold's widespread folk dance traditions. The bunad
illustrated here dates from 1956 and is the result of redesigning the
first bunad made in 1932. This revision was essentially the work of
Den Norske Husflidsforening [the Norwegian Home Crafts
Association] together with Ragnar Nordby. The intention was to
use better materials, cuts and sewing techniques, and to produce
better copies of the few original garments that existed. The skirt is
in black or blue woollen material and the bodice is in red or green
wadmal. The woven apron is made in two different versions.
The other apron is in blue hand-woven woollen material with
coloured horizontal stripes. The original is from Stokke
The child’s bunad has a blue skirt, red waistcoat and blue woven apron
with even stripes. The cape is blue with red lining and is reversible.
A bonnet in pink or black is worn with the bunad. These are made in silk damask with white lacework at the front. The pink bonnet has a black bow and the black
bonnet has a red bow. Both have black ribbons for tying.
(From http://www.husfliden.no
)