Arrabona - Múzeumi közlemények 31-33. (Győr, 1994)

Balogh Jánosné Horváth Terézia: Adalékok a csepregi férfi viselethez

Data on the Men's Clothing of Csepreg Csepreg is a market-town near the Austrian border .The author collected data on the local clothes in 1969, with retroactive effect as from the 19th century. The author briefly describes the main articles of clothing. After describing the arhaic garment of wide white linen trousers (see photos 1 and 2), the author passes over to the broad-cloth tight trouser wear as being more typical of a local nature (see photos 3 to 8). The dark-blue broad-cloth articles of clothing were decorated not only with braidings made from simple black wool, but also with ones of interwoven silver threads, and with crochet-work, as well. The short coats had silver buttons (photo 7) and cross-over loops. The cross-over loops so typical of short coats were also applied to the dolmans and waistcoats at Csepreg (see photos 5 and 6). The paper describes, in the fullest details ever known in the specific literature, the marking pieces of the recruit's apparel, their application and the customs connected with them. Of the first period revealed (1904 to 1935), the red hussar shako decorated with pheasant tail-feather an wide ribbons hanging down were typical (see photos 9 to 12). At that time men wore peasant-like, tight trousers and boots. In the second period (1935 to 1954 when this custom vanished) the recruits applied their ribbons fastened to the breast (see photos 13 and 14). Headwear was no longer an essential part of the clothing. Men wore pantaloons and shoes, but they still deemed it important to show to the public that they proved fit for military service. Terézia Balogh - Horváth 306