The Cretan costume is one of the most important elements of the folklore of Crete. The men wear breeches with salvaria, investor, waistcoat, Meidani, belt, and once kartsonia also silver knife in the middle, and keep vourgidi katsouna. Sometimes instead of breeches worn panties in military type who walks into boots (black boots complete the costume), vest with wide belt and scarf krousato. Women wear skirts with sackcloth, Katinaki (dress with bodice stitched to skirt wide) tzemperi head, brostopodia, salvari (long breeches) shirt and black shoes, and many jewelry mainly pounds. The handmade panties is a traditional Cretan costume which replaced breeches after the First World War. The clothing that was worn during the National Resistance on Cretan State. The panties worn with black shirt, vest, wide woven belt, black head scarf and boots. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia