Møn Island
Møn Costume
from "Danske Folke Dragter" by Nanna Gandil, 1972
The Møn costume consists of the following elements:
a. a green dress made of rough, home-woven cotton or wool fabric in a checkered pattern.
b. a cotton check-pattern apron in beige or brown.
c. a silk shoulder scarf held together with a brooch.
d. silk ribbons of dark green for married women; other colors for unmarried women.
e. wide lace headgear ("korsklæde") made of lace placed over the bonnet.
In many aspects, the Møn costume appears similar to that of Høng.
Wow! What an amazingly faithful and accurate recreation of the Møn costume, right down to the apron pattern. It is as if the wearer stepped right out of the original 1972 Nanna Gandil photo (above). Close examination reveals they are not the same costume, which makes their similarity all the more impressive for the amount of painstaking effort that must have gone into creating it. A true passion project, no doubt, and a joy to observe.
Image Credit: Faaborg Folk Dancers
Another remarkable recreation of the original 1972 Nanna Gandil photo (above)! A fantastic effort at historical accuracy.
Image Credit: Faaborg Folk Dancers
Møn woman, circa 1810
Image credit: Licensed from Folkedragt.dk
This costume is derived from a bodice in the Møn Museum in Stege, Møn. This bodice has sweater sleeves (with typical star-pattern) attached to it. However, a full sweater could instead be worn underneath the bodice. Although the museum's bodice did not come with a skirt or apron, Folkedragt.dk decided to match the skirt fabric to the bodice. A white linen scarf is worn along with the customary Møn headgear.
Text credit: Karen B. Hansen
