My family. Mening oilam

Traditional Uzbek female clothes consisted of traditional robe, functional dress made of satin, and lozim - wide, light trousers nanowing in lower part. The long, loose tunic had wide sleeves reaching to the wrists. Loose-cut pants were often made of the same fabric as the tunic, or out of complementary fabric. The bottom of the pants was gathered and decorated with embroidered braid. Women's coats were similar to men's chapan. For centuries cotton has been used extensively for clothing in Uzbekistan. Home-woven striped and white cotton were the most common fabrics for everyday wear. Fabrics were khanatlas, bekasama, alacha, atlas and kalami. Textile patterns often included up to six or seven different colors in the typical geometrical or stylized floral design. Fabrics were brightly colored, in shades of red, yellow, blue, green, violet, and orange. The color of the costume was an important signal of a person's age or social status. Red and pink were common for girls and young women; middle-aged women were supposed to wear shades of light blue and gray. White was the most popular color and appropriate for all ages, especially for the elderly. Black, dark blue, and violet were colors of mourning.

Women's long, black hair was braided into two or more plaits. Head was covered with rumol or tyubiteyka. Shoes were made of felt or colored leathers and had low heels.

Head is covered with tyubiteikas, felt cap. fur hats. The most popular and presently used one is tyubiteika. It is usually has a square and round shape. The textile used for tyubiteika manufacture is sateen and velvet. Men’s tyubiteikas have strict ornaments. Women’s and children’s hats are of silk, velvet and brocade. Women’s tyubiteikas have a rich, multicolored ornament and can be embroidered with beads, spangles and coins. As a rule, women of a certain age do not wear tyubiteika. Women covered a head with kerchief. Frequently, the head dress consisted of two kerchiefs; one of them covered the head and the second one was fold up diagonally and served as frontlet. Uzbekistan consists of 12 regions and Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakistan and each region is differs with its identity and inimitable ornament. Thus, there are six basic groups of tyubiteikas; Tashkent, Fergana, Samarkand, Bukhara, Kashkadarya- Surkhandarya and Khorezm - Karakalpak. They vary in shape, ornament and scale of colors. The most popular is Chusts tyubiteika. Chust is a province in Fergana valley and world famous for its applied arts. This tyubiteikas are manufactured from black sateen and have almond-shaped ornaments - symbols of life and fruitfulness. At all times, women were deal with embroidery of tybitcikas.

Chapan

Men’s caftans (chapan) can be winter and summer. Winter chapans was sewed with slight cotton back. Neck, laps and arms’ hemlines were bound with wicker inkle. Men tied the chapan with belt. They wore cotton white shirt- kuilak under the chapan.