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	Traditional Costumes of Greece
		Foustanella/Tsolias Worn by diplomats and warriors, this costume was declared the national costume for men; it is found in mountainous areas and was worn mainly in the Central and Southern parts of Greece.
		The costume derives its name from the pleated white skirt (Foustanella) made by triangular shaped pieces of cloth called "langolia" which are sewn together diagonally.
		The Foustanella skirt consists of 400 pleats symbolizing the years during which Greece was under Ottoman rule.
	www.greekprideri.com /costume.html (526 words)

	Fustanella - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fustanella were very labor-intensive and thus costly, which made them a status garment that advertised the wealth and importance of the wearer.
		Western observers of the Greek War of Independence noted the great pride which the klephts took in their foustanella, and how they competed to outdo each other in the sumptousness of their costume.
		Today, fustanella are worn mainly by ceremonial Greek military units and folk dancers.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Foustanella (521 words)

	Lyra Web Page - Foustanella Costume
		Foustanella is a characteristic costume in South and Central Greece.
		As a type of dress it can be found in most mountainous areas where often the fabric is made of wool rather than cotton.
		Foustanella is the pleated skirt of the costume which is made of approximately 350 triangles called langiolia.
	www.lyradancers.org.uk /foustanella.html (87 words)

	The Costume in 1800s
		Local costume held its own in villages situated in the plains, on the mountains, and by the sea-coast.
		The Greek warrior of the revolution against the Ottoman rule/occupation (1821) adopted the foustanella and later on it became the official dress of King Otto's court.
		Special features of this costume are the long foustanella and the silk turban worn by the wealthy around their fez.
	www.annaswebart.com /culture/costhistory/amalia (276 words)

	Information about Greek Festivals. Greek tradition of Culture and Entertainment. Greek Folk Dancing, Music, Food, and ...
		For example the attires that have their origin in the Greek islands are characterized by some type of plush pants, the "vraka" because these people were riders of the sea.
		The attires that had origin in the mainland often were characterized by a special white pleated skirt, known as the "foustanella", legs covered by tights, and the shoes with the fuzz ball on the tow tip, known as the "tsarouhia".
		The purpose of the foustanella was to leave the legs completely free to run like the wind and hike on the rocky mountain grounds.
	www.greek-fest.com /greekfest.shtml (970 words)

	Why did, or do, the Greek army wear skirts?
		For example the attires that have their origin in the Greek islands are characterized by some type of plush pants, the "vraka" because these people were riders of the sea.
		The attires that had origin in the mainland often were characterized by a special white pleated skirt, known as the "foustanella", legs covered by tights, and the shoes with the fuzz ball on the tow tip, known as the "tsarouhia".
		The purpose of the foustanella was to leave the legs completely free to run like the wind and hike on the rocky mountain grounds.
	www.funtrivia.com /askft/Question47280.html (271 words)

	Zorba
		It includes the type of foustanella used as a model for the Evzon uniform of the Greek Palace Guards.
		The foustanella is a richly pleated short skirt, each soft pleat made of a gore.
		The foustanella has always been made by special tailors, such as professional costumer Mary Jane Skopos of Fair Oaks, California, who crafted this costume specifically for Zorba.
	www.greekdancemonterey.org /zorba.htm (199 words)

	Overview
		This type of dress was also worn in the Athens area and became known as the National women’s costume of Greece.
		After the liberation of Greece in the nineteenth century, the men’s costumes of the Peloponnese took the form of the Foustanella.
		The long knitted tights were fastened at the waist with garters and a white skirt (foustanella) covered the thighs.
	www.greekfolkdancers.com /costumes.htm (3215 words)

	Movie Info for Astero on MSN Movies
		This immensely successful remake of the 1929 foustanella classic was directed by Dinos Dimopoulos and quickly established its stars (Dimitris Papamichael and the beautiful Aliki Vouyouklaki) as the Greek cinema's top box-office draws.
		Once again, it tells the tale of Mitros (Titos Vandis), a wealthy herd owner with a foster daughter named Astero (Vouyouklaki) whom he marries off to another herd owner, despite the fact that she and his son Thimios (Papamichael) are desperately in love.
		Astero made a ton of money and represented Greece at the Berlin Film Festival, where it was greeted with the same sort of head-scratching incomprehension that tends to result when any uniquely specific national subgenre makes its international debut.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=117913 (186 words)

	Hellas Dance Troupe: Costumes
		The “foustanella” is the pleated skirt that is made of approximately 400 pleates called “langolia”.
		Unlike the mainland costumes, a vraka is worn instead of a foustanella.
		The word ''vraka'' means generally the male Crete costume although this kind of trousers worn by the islands inhabitants of Greece.
	www.macedoniancc.com /costumes.html (926 words)

	greekfestival
		For example the attires that have their origin in the Greek islands are characterized by some type of plush pants, the "vraka" because these people were riders of the sea.
		The attires that had origin in the mainland often were characterized by a special white pleated skirt, known as the "foustanella", legs covered by tights, and the shoes with the fuzz ball on the tow tip, known as the "tsarouhia".
		The purpose of the foustanella was to leave the legs completely free to run like the wind and hike on the rocky mountain grounds.
	www.mastiffonline.com /debbie/greekfestival/greekfestival.htm (1240 words)

	The Chian Federation - Greeks know price, payoff of freedom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The boys will cringe, as I cringed and blushed, when it was said to me when I was a boy, wearing the foustanella years ago.
		So I hope you'll let me tell you about the men who wore the skirt, the foustanella, like my great-great grandfathers, in those bloody years of atrocity and freedom.
		But by guns and knives, the long curved knives that the guerrillas wore in wide belts around their foustanellas that look so clean and white in the public ceremonies.
	www.chianfed.org /mos/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59 (0 words)

	Astero \| MTV MOVIES (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This immensely successful remake of the 1929 foustanella classic was directed by Dinos Dimopoulos and quickly established its stars (Dimitris Papamichael and the beautiful Aliki Vouyouklaki) as the Greek cinema's top box-office draws.
		The story itself rigidly follows the conventions of its subgenre, although because Greek filmmakers were still churning out foustanellas for decades afterward, it hardly seems more dated than the original.
		Once again, it tells the tale of Mitros (Titos Vandis), a wealthy herd owner with a foster daughter named Astero (Vouyouklaki) whom he marries off to another herd owner, despite the fact that she and his son Thimios (Papamichael) are desperately in love.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/51644/moviemain.jhtml (393 words)

	Dancing Globe (:Greece:)
		Men's costumes are divided into two styles: those based on the baggy trousers and those on the white skirt or foustanella.
		With the foustanella is worn a white shirt, waistcoat, broad sash and pom pommed shoes.
		In the regions where baggy trousers are worn, they are tucked into fl boots and worn with different types of waistcoats and jackets.
	www.dance-kids.org /dancingglobe/greece.html (522 words)

	Fustanella
		The “foustanella” is the pleated skirt that is made of approximately 350 pleates called “langolia.” The Foustanela has changed in the meaning of detailed work, the length of the “fousta”, and, sometimes, the number of jackets worn.
		Fustanella were very labor-intensive and thus costly, which made them a status garment that advertised the wealth and importance of the wearer.
		Western observers of the Greek War of Independence noted the great pride which the klephts took in their foustanella, and how they competed to outdo each other in the sumptuousness of their costume.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewFashion/Fustanella.html (977 words)

	Fustanella - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(Left) - The Foustanella (Tsolias) Prevailed in the urban centers of Moreas (Peloponnese) and Roumeli (Central Greece).
		Fustanella (for spelling in various languages, see chart below) is a skirt-like garment worn by men in the Balkans until the 19th century and is frequently identified with the elite Greek ceremonial unit of Presidential Guard, the Evzones.
		Today fustanella are part of traditional Albanian and Greek dresses, worn mainly by ceremonial Greek military units and folk dancers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fustanella (0 words)

	GreekAmericanGirl.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Therefore, wearing a foustanella, the white, pleated skirt, was actually a macho thing to do for those "kleftes" in the mountains of central Greece.
		If you've forgotten, the kleftes ("thieves" in Greek) were the rough and tumble guerilla fighters in the northern and central parts of Greece that wages rebellions against the Turks during the 1821 War of Independence.
		The foustanella is made up of many triangular shaped pieces of cloth sewn together diagonally.
	greekamericangirl.com /culturecorner.asp (0 words)

	Our Costumes
		Amalia, who was a Bavarian by birth, decided to adopt the clothing of her new country by modifying the wool outfits worn by women in parts of Macedonia and Asia Minor, into velvet and lace.
		The Evzone costume worn by all the boys is the fancier version of the "foustanella" (or white kilt) worn by men in mainland Greece.
		The formal costume is worn to this day by Greek soldiers guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Constitution Square in Athens.
	www.saintdemetriosrr.org /organizations/dance/costumes.shtml (0 words)

	Athens (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The reason why there are two guards and not one is that they normally help each other to put on their uniforms properly.
		Help comes in handy with smoothing the fl tassel atop the Evzones red cap, or "fessi," straightening the collar, or tying properly the two-part "foustanella," the traditional 400-fold kilt.
		Through the hottest summer and the coldest winter, the Evzones invariably wear white woolen stockings and a leather belt with bullet holders to emphasize the waist of the "well-belted" soldier.
	www.nd.edu /~tkazakov/cruise05/athens.htm (0 words)

	Women's wedding and festive costume, Metsovo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The festive costume, made of local handmade materials, is tailored to meet the needs of the mountaineer Metsovite.
		It is composed of the fl silk shirt, the fl bifilar woollen "foustanella" (Greek kilt) and the "tsamantani", a fl woollen vest adorned with silk strings.
		In general, we could say that the common element of the men's costume, the "foustanella", is dominant in this costume as well.
	www.epcon.gr /hypertour/epirus/html_refs/rf_127.html (319 words)

	Lyra Web Page - Foustanella Costume for Boulles
		It is believed that it originates in ancient Greek celebrations for the coming of Spring.
		They are wearing the traditional foustanella with special additions for the ritual: a breast plate covered with coins, a scarf tied around the waist, a mask and a large scarf covering the head.
		Boulla represents the Spring (Persephone of the ancient myths), which explains the flowers decorating the veil.
	www.lyradancers.org.uk /boulles.html (98 words)

	Presidency of the Hellenic Republic
		The Evzone uniform, as we know it today, was worn by men-at-arms and klephts during the Turkish occupation of Greece (1453-1821), as may be seen in paintings from this period.
		The Evzone, with the "foustanella" (a kind of kilt) and the "tsarouhi" (rustic shoes with pompoms), became a symbol of the War of Independence.
		The uniform of the Evzones has a long history, which begins with the warriors (evzones) at the time of Homer and culminates in the "foustanella" and "tsarouhi" at the time of the Turkish Occupation.
	www.presidency.gr /en/proedr_froura.htm (837 words)

	Tsamikos Background (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The name of the dance comes from the name used to describe the outfits they wore, which were ca lled tsamika.
		The main feature of the kleftiko costume is the foustanella a white pleated kilt.
		These types of outfits can still be seen today in parades and special events where they are worn by the special segment of the Greek army call ed Evzones.
	www.vic.com /~asteria/tsamikos/history.html (150 words)

	The pearl Greeks stole from us Albanians - Page 27 - Albanian Forums
		Despite popular mistrust of the Albanians today in the face of a new wave of immigration, elements of Albania have penetrated into Greek culture: the foustanella or kilt that's a part of the formal attire of Greek soldiers is based on Albanian fighting gear, and is sometimes referred to as the "Albanian kilt:"[/i:99dd6f7f07]
		while I believe you agree with me that it was it worn in Epirus, why don't you admit that the foustanella was introduced to the rest of Greece by the klephts, a group of Greek freedom fighters resisting Ottoman oppression?
		UCK was not a terrorist organization and as for me i am patriotic and i love my native homeland and my beloved adopted country, as for terrorists, SCREW THEM AND YOU.
	www.albanian.com /community/vbl/showthread.php?t=4054&page=27 (664 words)

	The orgion of the Foustanella - Soccer Fans Network Forums
		No pana, the origins of the foustanella is ALBANIAN.
		The foustanella is an evolution of the skirt the Greek soldiers were always wearing, till the 20th century.
		No that's ok PAO I have actually posted proof on how the foustanella is Greek but I editted all my comments so I wouldn't start a flame war.
	forums.soccerfansnetwork.com /showthread.php?t=45927 (1375 words)

	American Philhellenes and the Greek War for Independence
		He learned the Greek language, put on a "foustanella" (Greek kilted skirt) and upon joining the "kleftes" (Greek guerilla fighters) he became known as "Kapetan Zervos".
		He too learned the Greek language, worn the foustanella and was fearless in battle.
		Miller was in Messolongi during its siege and in a letter to Edward Everett dated May 3rd, 1826, he described the heroic "exodus" and the subsequent fall of Messolongi and the massacre of its population by the Ottomans.
	www.helleniccomserve.com /greek_war_for_independence.html (1991 words)

	Nafplion : Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Greece's first king, young Otto of Bavaria, worshipped here wearing the Greek national costume, known as the foustanella (short pleated skirt for men), which he adopted to show solidarity with his new subjects.
		Ironically, while Otto wore his foustanella, the more fashion-conscious of his subjects abandoned their Greek costumes and copied the Western clothes worn by the members of Otto's court.
		As you continue to climb toward Acronafplia, you may see several carvings of the winged lion that was the symbol of St. Mark, the protector of Venice.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=1627&catID=1627010029 (992 words)

	Eureka Miniatures : News
		Most people who are familiar with Greece today will know of these colourful soldiers, wearing their Foustanella (pleated kilt) and pom-pom shoes, while fulfilling their highly disciplined ceremonial duties in Athens.
		Our Evzones are based on a number of picture sources for the late 19th Century, including a particularly useful picture from the Illustrated London News.
		We were, of course, tempted to design these figures in full traditional Evzone garb, complete with the Foustanella, but this would have been more appropriate for the earlier wars of independence, and we realised most gamers would find the field uniform more useful for this later period.
	eurekamin.com.au /news.php?newsid=EEEppZlAFVPGNjLfVd (410 words)

	Fustanella , Hellenic or Albanian? - Balkanium
		and is Turkish and for me is surprised to say that the foustanella has ancient Hellenic Roots or maybe and the chlamys was not Hellenic costume either.
		As consern the foustanella the origin is Italian.
		And the foustanella made famous from the evzones during the Balcan Wars and the Minor Asia disaster.
	www.balkanium.com /forum/showthread.php?t=585 (2054 words)

	All Empires History Forum: Shkoder = Skudra ?!
		Actually the 'dress' was very common among the subjects of the Byzantine empire.
		If you take a look at any icon depicting a saint you'll see that they wear a version of the 'foustanella'.
		I was refering to the fact that since Epidamnus was founded by Hellinic colonists, this artifact doesn't support the Albanian origin of the foustanella, but could actually connect it to Hellas.
	www.allempires.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4039&PN=4 (0 words)

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