The Valencian regional dress called Fallera, is the dress or outfit that represents the festival of the fallas. Each costume is a piece of authentic craftsmanship, making this dress an authentic jewel creating great impact for its richness and beautiful colors.
Great care is taken in every detail like the beautifully embroided colours, the precious silks and the exquisite threads employed in the tablecloths, makes this costume one of the most striking, and is today listed as the second most expensive regional costume in the world.
These costumes are usually very expensive, they can range between 1500 € and 20,000€, all depending on the quality of the fabric and if they are woven by hand or not, the starched perricoat under the skirt, gives the dress its volume, the shoes are normally lined with the same material as the dress and the stockings are made of silk or cotton with embroidery.
The tablecloths on the skirt as an apron and on the upper part of the bodice is normally made of tulle or silk and are embroided beautifully with gold or silver thread. The bodice is also made of the same fabric as the skirt and the style of the sleeves changes depending on the century of which the dress is inspired in.
The hairstyle consits of three buns, a larger back bun and two smaller buns on the ears attached to the hair, the hairstyles are usually adorned with combs that usually have a bath of pure gold or silver .Once again true fortunes are spent on all the jewelry that the falleras wear.
The males outfit is much simpler and are normally inspired in the outfits of the Valencian farmers of the 18th century. There are 2 different outfits, the “Saraguëll” and the “Torenti”, they usually wear a scarf or a hat, a white shirt, pantaloons and rope-soled sandals, the obligatory element is the sash worn as a belt.
During the 4 days the falleros wear a shirt called bluson, this shirt normally has the emblem of the falla that they form part of, and is worn by both sexes.
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