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An Exemplary Wedding Costume

Nīca folk costume. Made by Erna Puriņa-Jansone (1920–2017), USA, 1960s.

The folk costume is a replica of an 18th-century Nīca bridal costume. It was made by the skilled craftswoman Erna Puriņa-Jansone, who had graduated from the Liepāja School of Applied Arts in Latvia. In 2015 Erna Puriņa-Jansone prepared and published the book “Sienas segu un spilvenu meti latviskā stilā / Latvian Style Wall Hangings and Pillow Designs”. The beautiful and unusual bridal costume from Nīca has taken part in several folk costume shows at Latvian Song Festivals in Milwaukee and Chicago, where in 2002 it was featured as the show’s closer.
Donated by Māra Blats. From the collection of the Latvians Abroad Museum and Research Centre (LP2023.109).
A model wearing the folk costume made by Erna Puriņa-Jansone, the Latvian Song Festival in Chicago, 2002. A still from the video of the show, filmed by LATTV, a Latvian video studio in Canada.