The embroidered embroideries that surround the edges of blouses and robes that are worn under the upper parts of men's and women's Bulgarian folk costumes attract the eyes of everyone who looks at them, but few know that they hide deep in itself a hidden meaning.

Each folklore area has its distinctive symbols, which include different colors and a combination of geometric shapes. They were not chosen by chance and symbolize specific characteristics of the area, such as nature and everyday life.

In the times when costumes were the main clothing for weekdays and holidays of a Bulgarian woman, it was possible to understand whether a person was married, engaged or single, there were special embroidery for harvesting, sowing. Wealthier families had their own distinctive embroidery that was embroidered only on their clothing. There were also protective embroideries that were embroidered under a special scheme. Geometric compositions, which, in fact, represent embroidery, interweave different geometric shapes - triangles, rectangles, squares and rhombuses.

Pen Silhouette offers men's, women's, children's and baby embroidered blouses and robes from Rhodope , the Macedonian, Northern, Thracian and Shop region.

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