AP Exhibition - Farmswoman of "Vale do Cávado", or the "capotilha" costume

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This form of dress typifies situations of personal care for functions of social visibility, such as going to mass, going out on Sunday, walking and dating or chatting.... It is known and named by the piece of coat or small cape, the capotilha, whose color identifies the marital status of the wearer, red in case of being single, blue in case of being married.

The shirt with a wide collar, overlapping the hood, embroidered on the arms, the tailcoat, heavily embroidered and trimmed, fastened with a drawstring through the eyelets, the skirt with a velvet bar, rounded, pleated and decorated with ribbons and embroidery in glass beads, the apron woven on the loom, with pullings, white socks, or red and white stripes, and slippers, compose the visible parts of a way of dressing that made a long way towards a local identity and that is intended to remain an "icon" of the city of Braga. Several accessories complete this costume, such as the white head scarf, embroidered, in tulle or linen cambric, the pocket and the lover's handkerchief at the waist, the bag or bag of personal belongings in the hand, the gold on the neck spreading across the chest.