North America Region

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Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua And Barbuda National Dress | Plaid in red, navy blue, white, black and yellow with white apron

Bahamas

Barbados

Barbadians wear modern Western-style clothing. Colorful, inventive costumes can be seen at festivals, especially the Crop Over celebration. Members of the Apostolic Spiritual Baptist Church are known for their turbans and their colorful gowns.

Belize

Natives make a square piece of cloth into a blouse, which is called a huipil. Men wear a less decorated huipil with a blue or red sash, but women often embroider them elaborately.

Canada

Here people wear parkas, long john's (an undergarment, basically long underwear), ear muffs, scarves, gloves, mittens, tuques (woolen caps), various jackets made of linen and leather, leggings, ojibwa shirts, trousers, and moccasins. These are unisex clothes, good for both men and women.

Costa Rica           
            

Like most countries, Costa Rica has their own traditional clothing. These traditional garments are worn on holidays and special occasions. During other times, Ticos wear normal western clothing like shorts and t-shirts.

Cuba

Men's traditional Cuban dress style is casual. The most well-known piece of clothing is the Guayabera, or Guayavera, shirt. The authentic Guayabera is commonly recognized as the Mexican Wedding Shirt. Nonetheless, Cuba has made theGuayabera their honorary, traditional piece of clothing.

Dominica

The National wear of Dominica. The Wob Dwiyet dress (creole, from the French 'robe douiette') is part of Dominica's national costume,and is a national symbol of Dominica. It gives rise to the annual Miss Wob Dwiyet competition which is part of our Independence celebrations 

Dominican republic

When Christopher Columbus came over to the Dominican Republic he brought some Spanish influence to the traditional clothing worn today such as bright colors like yellow, red, orange. Most of the time they wear summer time clothing like t-shirts, sandals, tennis shoes, flip flops, sweaters, light jackets and blouses.

Australia and Oceania

                                    

New South Wales

                     

Queensland clothing

The culture of Australia is a Western culture, derived primarily from Britain but also 

Islander and other Oceanian people. The British colonization of Australia began in 1788, and 

waves of multi-ethnic migration followed. Evidence of a significant Anglo-Celtic heritage 

includes the predominance of the English language, the existence of a democratic system of 

government drawing upon the British traditions of Westminster Government, 

Parliamentarianism and constitutional monarchy, 

American constitutionalist and federalist traditions, Christianity as the dominant religion, and 

the popularity of sports originating in (or influenced by) the British Isles. Australian culture 

has diverged significantly since British settlement.

The traditional Welsh costume is a costume once worn by rural women in Wales. It was identified as being different from that worn by the rural women of England by many of the English visitors who toured Wales during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is very likely that what they wore was a survival of a pan-European costume worn by working rural women. This included a version of the bedgown, originally worn by the gentry in the 17th and 18th centuries, an item of clothing that survived in Wales for longer than elsewhere in Britain. The unique Welsh hat, which first made its appearance in the 1830s, was used as an icon of Wales from the 1840s.

QueenslandHo

Clothing worn in Queensland has been, and remains rich with inconsistencies. Since European settlement, it has ranged from colonial men in tropical whites and pith helmets, bourgeois women in uncomfortable bustles, to the tough work gear of outback station dwellers or Chinese laborers distinctive in straw hats with loose tunics and trousers. More recently one can point to those notorious property developers ‘the white shoe brigade’; the gaudy leisurewear and glittery accessories of the well-heeled at Surfers Paradise; stockowners with broad felt hats at the Ekka; Steve Irwin’s signature khaki - or even the city suits treated with suspicion west of Toowoomba. Attire has been as much Cloudland ball gowns and schoolgirls in hats and gloves, as flashy 1960s Gold Coast meter maids in gold lamé bikinis. What we can say though, is that until globalisation, Brisbane dress has been more conservative than Melbourne or Sydney. Everywhere, climate, occupation, demography and life habits have all inflected clothing, while class, gender, age as well as race add to its complexities. But even in the twenty-first century, the weather of the Sunshine State continues to affect choice.

Victoria

Victorian clothing is featured in photographs, prints, and articles - everything to help dress the part of the elegant Victorian lady, gentleman, or child. Colorful antique fashion prints show 19th century clothing from the Victorian period. Step by step description of clothing worn by the 19th century lady, starting with her undergarments to her dress. Find Victorian hats trimmed with feathers, flowers and ribbons - a must-have fashion accessory. Evening gowns, dresses, hats and bonnets from the years of Pride and Prejudice.

Western Australia

influenced by the unique geography of Australia, the diverse input of Aboriginal, Torres Strait

Tasmania

The culture of Australia is a Western culture, derived primarily from Britain but also influenced by the unique geography of Australia, the diverse input of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other Oceanian people. The British colonization of Australia began in 1788, and waves of multi-ethnic migration followed. Evidence of a significant Anglo-Celtic heritage includes the predominance of the English language, the existence of a democratic system of government drawing upon the British traditions of Westminster Government, Parliamentarianism and constitutional monarchy, American constitutionalist and federalist traditions, Christianity as the dominant religion, and the popularity of sports originating in (or influenced by) the British Isles. Australian culture has diverged significantly since British settlement.

Fiji

The clothing the Fijian people wear is lighter and more casual rather than formal and elaborate, also because of the islands' warm and tropical climate. The sulu, which is similar to thesarong or pareau, is the traditional clothing in Fiji.

Kiribati 

Primitively and long ago the Kiribati people cover their bodies with dry woven coconut leaves both for men and women

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