TRADITIONAL WOMAN CLOTHES OF TAVAS, DENĠZLĠ

When it is examined, it is obvious that clothing has had different phases from old periods up to now. People have created clothings in accordance with their civilization level and any nation has formed its own clothes according to its customs, rituals beliefs and life styles. By this forms, any nation has created its own clothings. While clothing has been formed by the effect of natural environment, traditional clothing has been formed according to social features. In the formation of these clothings, natural environment has not had an direct effect; yet, they are evaluated in their geographical regions and vicinities, because there are the same sociological, psychological and historical formations. People living in Anatolia have tried to make their clothes much more ostentatious and useful. And they have displayed admirable ornamentations on their clothes. It is possible to see that on traditional clothings. Clothing which has a big importance differs from city to city and even from town to town. This study is done on the pupose of analysing, fixating and finding out the clothes whose usage disappear swiftly but exist only in weddings, chests and doweries with regards to reveal the clothing culture and the understanding of art which takes form on this culture in Tavas, Denizli. This study is done by the purpose of analysing the traditional Turkish woman clothings that are don (şalvar), göynek, üç etek, cepken, tel kırma(bürgü), krep, kuşak, peştamalin which belong to Tavas, Denizli region in terms of material, cut, sewing and ornamentation features; and providing evidence in the direction of science discipline.