Slopkouzen - Spats

Slopkouzen - SpatsThis brochure contains the patterns for making your own Slopkouzen Spats Gaiters. The Traditional Amsterdam Streekdracht still exists. Traditional ethnic wear and traditional ethnic garments are still worn in The Netherlands. The Amsterdam male Streekdracht includes a black jacket with upstanding collar without lapels and the distinctive Pteryges shoulder design; a round tipped white shirt; a high closing black vest (waistcoat); black trousers with

This brochure contains the patterns for making your own Slopkouzen / Spats / Gaiters.

The Traditional Amsterdam Streekdracht still exists.
Traditional ethnic wear and traditional ethnic garments are still worn in The Netherlands. The Amsterdam male Streekdracht includes a black jacket with upstanding collar without lapels and the distinctive Pteryges shoulder design; a round-tipped white shirt; a high closing black vest (waistcoat); black trousers with permanent buttons for bretels, galgen (suspenders); a pet or klak (cap) with leather klep (brim) and forehead band attached with 2 silver dome buttons.
The jacket has a single row of 7 buttons and is lined with traditional North-Holland fabric. The 5 button vest is worn with a watch chain, watch and additional compass. The tie worn is a 19th-century crop-tie (straight unshaped cloth fixed with a bow knot), a modern long tie or even the university or company tie of your choosing.
With special occasions, a hoge hoed (high hat) has been worn too. Footwear can be klompen (clogs: garden/market/stables/rural), low shoes with silver gespen (buckles) or lace-up boots. As we now often live with central heating and are not necessarily going out to sea or work outside, we often make use of modern thinner fabrics. Apart from that, not much has changed about the design, cut and look of the Dracht in its late 19th-century design.