Dress code

Bulgarian folk costume

Abstract

A rapidly growing interest towards feasts and festivals requiring Bulgarian national costumes as a dress code is registered in recent years. Audience at such event is obliged to wear some element of the traditional costume, in order to participate in. The trend is seen even at personal or family celebrations. The article focus is upon this ‘fashionable’ phenomenon, its roots, and reasons becoming so popular. The National Bulgarian costume is presented through its new role of symbolic bridge between past and present, tradition and modernity, sustainability and dynamic changes.

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