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Xhubleta garment craft

Europe tradition · 2 examples · indicative market tier: Under $500 (entry level & living craft)

The xhubleta is an undulating, bell-shaped folk skirt, traditionally worn by Albanian women in northern Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro. It is a garment that survived from ancient times exclusively in Albanian inhabited territories, and it is a unique type of dress for its particular shape, structure, and decorating system. There are two types of xhubleta: one is narrow and the other is large. Wikipedia →

Types & examples

Traditional North Albanian Dress
Traditional North Albanian Dress
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Albanian women's dress
Albanian women's dress
Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Where to buy

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