63- Ribbons and pearls, a photo from Bretagne, West

Photographer's Note

WEDDING COSTUME OF THE 1940's-50's. I had already posted this photo, and have decided to repost it, in order to add it to my theme group: "Breton traditional costumes". Most celtic groups have gone into depths to recreate the local costumes of different epochs, and they wear all of them at festivals.
The one shown on this photo, is actually an original one worn in PLOUGASTEL in the 1940's and 1950's. I thought that showing the back of the skirt and head dress was interesting, because a lot of skills goes into embroidering the pearls, and in setting the head dress.
On Valeria's advice, I did a tighter crop especially of the lady's legs, in order to enhance the costume itself, which is the main subject of the photo.

gildasjan, papagolf21, jlbrthnn, Mondaychild, noborders, Silke, josepmarin, Charo, vinicio, ikeharel, COSTANTINO, aliabazari has marked this note useful

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gildasjan (43826) 2007-08-02 0:47

Bonjour Marie Louise
Tr鋊 bonne r嶧lisation de dos,les costumes sont superbes.Encore un tr廥or � conserver et j'imagine le travail des personnes qui ont r嶧lis� ces oeuvres.
Belle pr廥entation.
Bonne journ嶪.
Amicalement
Gildas

papagolf21 (152605) 2007-08-02 1:22

Bonjour, mon amie Marie-Louise,
Ce plan serr� est excellent puisqu'il nous permet d'appr嶰ier toutes les subtilit廥 de l'habilet� des couturi鋨es pour r嶧liser ces magnifiques costumes.
Evidemment, aujourd'hui, qui voudrait r嶧liser un tel travail pour s'habiller, les magasins et les grandes surfaces ont supprim� toutes ces traditions. Heureusement que le souvenir demeure.
Merci, Marie-Louise, pour cette tr鋊 belle photographie.
Amiti廥.
Philippe

jlbrthnn (76043) 2007-08-02 2:46

Bonjour Marie-Louise,
Ils ont des chapeaux ronds, mais aussi des dentelles. Ce sont de magnifiques tenues traditionnelles de f皻e, bien mises en valeur par ton cadrage. La r嶧lisation est parfaite. Bravo.
Bonne journ嶪
Amicalement
Jo螔

Mondaychild (378) 2007-08-02 3:08

Hi ML,

I didn愒 see the previous posting of this photo - but I have to say that this version works very well. The crop was very successful, the costumes attract all attention. Furthermore, the whole composition is interesting as most other photos (not only yours) show only the "front side" of traditional costumes - this one also shows the backside.
However, it愀 a pity you couldn愒 crop out the purple dressed boy in the left (he doesn愒 "fit" colorwise).

noborders (1010) 2007-08-02 6:25

Quels beaux costumes ! encore une photo sympa pour ton theme interessant, meme si on voit les gens de dos ca vaut la peine avec de si belles broderies et dentelles pour ces dames...
Bravo,
Cath.

Silke (3027) 2007-08-02 6:40

An excellent addition to the series with superb details (the whites are SO hard to handle)
TFS
silke

mlmurray (233) 2007-08-02 19:46

Marie Louise I think you've done a really good job of cropping. You show completely the costumes. I want to see as much of the man's costume and the blue color is beautiful in his coat. You're right about seeing these pictures from the front most of the time but the back of the man's hat is very interesting to see as is the woman's dress. I wonder have you tried to crop only the fabric to really show the beading? Yes the white it a little bright but as you wanted to show the pearls and the stitching I think you have succeeded. It must be really fun to see all these people in their costumes. Thanks for your very interesting information.
Sincerely,
Mary

UnTrained (0) 2007-08-03 3:13

Salut Marie Louise,
unexpected "back shot" but well done for this details of the costumes. That in most cultures the women are wearing all those details and the men have less or nothing..
The white is a bit burned out and asks for a reduced exposure I think.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

vbbreizh (2622) 2007-08-07 2:40

Bonjour Marie-Louise
Bon cadrage, qui valorise bien ces superbes costumes.
Bien vu !..
Amiti廥, Gilles

Clementi (52514) 2007-08-09 15:49

Ciao marie louise,
interessante foto , molto belli questi costumi tradizionali , ottimo lavoro
Giorgio

josepmarin (59385) 2007-08-11 3:03

Bonjour Marie Louise,
廥ta es otra buena aportaci鏮 a tu serie sobre los trajes tradicionales bretones, cada una de tus anteriores fotos nos da detalles distintos y muy interesantes, que si no fuera por tu trabajo, no podriamos conocer sin visitar la Breta鎙.
Aqu� vemos los vestidos por detr嫳, que supongo es donde est� el mayor inter廥, con los sombreros, las cintas y los bordados con perlas.
Realmente bonito.
Gracias por este trabajo divulgativo, muy en el esp甏itu de TE.
Un abrazo,
Josep

Charo (51290) 2007-08-11 18:31

Hola Marie Louise,
Estupenda toma en la que has captado muy bien los detalles de los trajes.
Excelentes colores.
Cordialmente
Charo

vinicio (23423) 2007-09-06 5:03

Beautiful traditional costume, rich of beautiful decorations, your theme about these costumes is a good idea and also interesting, well done Marie Louise, compliments.
Ciao
Vinicio

ikeharel (112419) 2013-03-26 1:26

Hi again MarieLouise,
I find this is a marvelous picture, showing ceramonial costumes. Unique to region well tailored and elegant couple dressed.
Lovely series about, well collected.
bonjourne'e.
Ike

COSTANTINO (115515) 2019-03-27 22:25

Hello dear friend and have a nice time
and a happy new day
I love the tradition and here we can
see this wedding costume of old times
it is necessary for all of us to
know details abaout the past
welldone
regards
Costantino

aliabazari (21245) 2020-02-07 20:45

Hi MarieLouise
Beautiful view of these traditional dresses. You have captured this photo from a very good perspective. The resolution and exposure are well done.
Thank you for your good reviews of my gallery photos.