Kroje (singular: kroj) are folk costumes worn by Czechs and Slovaks. Gothic

Goths

The Goths were an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin whose two branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe....

 influence is seen in tying shawls and kerchiefs on the head. Fine pleats and gathered lace collars typify the Renaissance

Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

 era. From Baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 bell-shaped skirts to delicate oriental patterns borrowed from Turkish invaders, these folk costumes show the complex growth of the Czech and the Slovak traditions.

Source

• a promotional brochure from the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
  National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
  The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is a museum and library of Czech and Slovak history and culture located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the United States. Established in 1974, the museum and library moved to its present site in 1983. The museum was severely affected by the Iowa flood of 2008...
  
  http://www.ncsml.org/

See also

• Kroj in Czech wikipedia
• Kroj in Slovak wikipedia