85 OI magazine e unmarried sisters wear a green hat and a silk apron. To make the black wool skirt worn by girls and Gardenese women, up to 6 meters of wool fabric is used, which is hand-pleated and then wetted so that the pleats remain impressed in the fabric. Young bachelors wear a green hat and a short blue jacket over the silk or velvet waistcoat. Young people in the green hat e precious leather belt, which is part of all Gardenese men’s costumes, is also widespread throughout Tyrol and is embroidered with peacock feathers in countless hours of work. e belt is o en embroidered with the initials of the owner, the family crest or the place of origin, expressing the owner’s a liation and economic possibilities. e costume worn by married women and the bride is called the bagana and takes its name from the black coat they wear. Another feature of this costume is the black hat and the hats gathered into a small tu covered with a net. Married women, the unmarried sister and the bride wear a pleated collar, a necklace of 9, 11 or 13 strands of garnets, a brooch at the neck and a pair of hanging earrings. Girls and women in Gardenese costume wear a wide black velvet ribbon on their forehead or head. A similar ribbon that was already widespread in Germany among noble women in 1500. e bride wears the bagana costume with the black coat and the black hat. As a special feature she wears red stockings, a black silk iridescent apron and a garland of golden owers knotted on her right arm. e bride In Val Gardena, married men and the groom wear the costume called bagana, which takes its name from the coat they wear. is coat can be blue, brown or green. Until 1830 all Gardenese men wore short jackets and hats with a wide brim. Around 1830 Gardenese merchants, who travelled throughout Europe to sell sculptures, toys, and wooden altars made in Val Gardena, began to dress elegantly with a cylinder and a coat typical of the Biedermeier period. Over time, this way of dressing became the
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