Austevollbunad lady

The bunad silver you need is:

  • Neck button
  • Gilded glibb brooch with dishes
  • Eyelets
  • Tightening band / eyelet band
  • Belt buckle
  • Married women can also wear belt plaques in gold-plated silver mounted on a leather strip
  • Cufflinks and a pair of pretty buckles on the black shoes. Women's knife, women's watch, earrings and costume ring lady of the house key make it all complete

Would you like help or a quote for a belt? Contact us and send us the waist width and which bunad the belt is for.

This ladies' bunad from Austevoll was made in 1984 after fifteen years of work. The bodice is in green velvet for married women and red cloth for unmarried women. The bunad is made of a dark blue woolen fabric. The chest cloth may be embroidered in wool and beaded or unbeaded. The belt often has the same pattern as the chest cloth. The married can also wear a gilded plaque belt. Head garments and stockings are also different for married and unmarried people.