Traditional Italian Folk Costumes

This page contains the 200 colorplates from the book, Il Costume popolare in Italia, by Emma Calderini, published in 1946 by Sterling & Kupfer, Milano.

Many of the costume descriptions have been translated in issues of the IFAFA newsletter, Tradizioni. New translations are added with each issue. A list of all currently-translated costumes will be found in the Tradizioni Newsletter Index.

Abruzzo Costumes

Basilicata Costumes

Calabria Costumes

Campania Costumes

Emilia Costumes

Friuli Costumes

Lazio Costumes

Liguria Costumes

Lombardia Costumes

Marche Costumes

Molise Costumes

Piemonte Costumes

Puglia Costumes

Sardegna Costumes

Sicilia Costumes

Toscana Costumes

Umbria Costumes

Veneto Costumes

VeneziaTrid Costumes