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Folk Dance club with some members in national costumes]] National costume, also known as '''national dress''', '''regional costume''' or '''folk dress''', expresses an s and Formal Wear . It should be noted that many people, particularly in the United States, view the term "costume" as offensive. "National dress" or "traditional dress" are terms considered least inflammatory. Following the outbreak of Romantic Nationalism , the Peasantry of Europe came to serve as models for all that appeared genuine and desirable. Their dress crystallised into so-called "typical" forms, and enthusiasts adopted it as part of their Symbolism . Thus one might now expect a Patriotic Scot to wear a Highland Kilt and a Lowland Tam O'shanter , an Irish Nationalist to sport green Knee-breeches , all true Frenchmen should wear a Beret etc. German -speaking lands, long disunited politically, feature many regional variations of traditional dress. In this Nostalgically idealised world, all South Sea islanders wear grass Skirt s, and all Africa ns appear topless or Naked . During the French Revolution , the notion of a national costume was ideologized, and so the artist Jacques-Louis David was given the project of devising a costume for Frenchmen and Frenchwomen throughout the country so as to eliminate provincial distinctions (notably the Breton People ). It did not catch on. United States residents have choices. They can look back to European traditions, donning (for example) Puritan garb, slip into Pioneer fringed Leather with Coonskin , Cowboy or " Western " clothing, or even adopt Amerindian gear (as at the Boston Tea Party ). In England , on the other hand, early industrialisation preceded the full flowering of Nationalism . There the Middle-class uniform of the Suit predominated over the peasant's embroidered Smock , and that suit spread throughout the world as a Fashion able and Prestige mode of dress, only to become re-nationalised in forms like the Nehru Jacket and the Mao Suit . EXAMPLES OF NATIONAL COSTUMES
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