By Rebecca G.
In this year’s Heritage Fair, fashion is a major category of artifacts. The clothing and accessories that people wear reflect a family’s culture and their social class. The artifacts in this category include clothing, accessories, and jewelry.
Some of the jewelry artifacts this year are necklaces, bracelets, rings and bangles. Suppose you saw one person wearing a necklace, two bracelets and a diamond wedding ring. When you see another person only wearing one
bracelet with fewer jewels, you may be able to guess who came from a family of greater wealth. Precious jewelry usually gets been passed down through many generations. Girls wearing bangles is a Syrian custom. So if you see a family where all the girls are wearing golden bangles, you
can probably guess that this is a Syrian family.
There are two kinds of Kaftans in this years heritage fair. Both are from Morocco. One kind is called a Djellaba which is a long white kaftan worn everyday by men in Morocco. The other kaftan is a fancier dress sometimes worn on special occasions. The one for special occasions is also white, but with a gold design.
Now you see how the styles in clothing and accessories from years ago are different from today's popular styles.