From the universal use of the national dress of the Dutch was released recently. In our days only the residents of the fishing villages of Scheveningen, and Volendam and the island Marken wearing the folk costume in its entirety. This commitment to the past can partly be explained by the fact that there is artificial by is preservation of the old devil life, because these villages are ethnographic reserves, which are annually visited by numerous tourists from all over the world. In these villages men's suits have a lot in common.

The national dress consists of black baggy wide pants knee length and the color (bright) or plain black shirt with a slit at the throat that fastens with two large metal buttons and a small collar. On top of a shirt made to wear a short black jacket with buttons sewn in two rows. Traditionally, a jacket fill in trousers. At the head of a man wearing a small flat cap with patent leather visor.In contrast to the male female national Dutch costume significantly differ in the villages.

The oldest is considered to be the dress of women from the island of Marken. Its distinguishing feature is diversity and brightness. On a white plain shirt with long sleeves, decorated with embroidery or lace trimmed, marcheskie girls and women wear striped sweaters, made of cotton fabric. The sleeves of these jackets are short and narrow, from under which could be seen below the elbow sleeves of the shirt. On top of sweaters to put on a dark brown sleeveless corset that tightly closes the entire female breast and zalneraviciute the front or the back braid.National corset is decorated with embroidery in predominantly pink and red tones. Quite often corsets passed as an heirloom from generation to generation. For this reason, women in ordinary days to your corset wearing a calico motley case. In winter, it is customary to wear a dark woolen jacket. National dark skirt gathers at the waist in a thick Assembly, and the top was tied a bright striped or plaid apron.

Traditional women's headdress in the Netherlands is a very peculiar and complex, adorned with embroidery and lace patterns. The national Dutch women's attire complement the cotton or woolen stockings and wooden shoes white.