 It follows the Biedermeier style, with a loose-fitting, white cotton or silk shirt, often decorated with lace at the neck and handcuffs, over which a richly embroidered jacket or vest is worn, usually of dark blue or claret velvet.The skirt was ankle-length, unpressed-pleated silk, the color usually azure.It was completed with a soft cap or fez with a single, long, golden silk tassel, traditionally worn by married women, or with the "kalpaki" (a toque) of the unmarried woman, and sometimes with a black veil for church.