Womans costume from Vestlandet (Vestlandsdrakt)
This is Camilla on her cousins confirmation day May 6. 2001 in Oslo.
Camilla lives in Bergen.
(click on picture to get a larger image) Photo: Frank Oen (Camillas uncle)
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about the Vestlandsdrakt
Even if there were a large amount of bunads and festive costumes around in the western part of Norway, there was a need of a new variant in the middle of 1990s especially in the Bergen area.
Bergen has always been a colourful city, and with extensive contacts with the rest of Europe. From far-away came the ships, loaded with excotic and exclusive fabrics. From that has the designer of the Vestlands drakt (costume) made a costume with long traditions in this area.
The story of Vestlandsdrakten started with Marit Ingvaldsen and Kristin Johannessen. They wanted a costume for the Olympics in 1994, arranged on Lillehammer in Norway. They decided to make their own costume. People thought it was beautiful, so Marit and Kristin decided they would keep on working on it.
Extract
from the book
"Norske Drakter, Stakker og Bunader" by Ellen Wigaard Scheel
http://www.vestlandsdrakten.no/