Abstract
Samples of the folk costume of the Armenians of Shushi of the 19th - early 20th centuries have a special place in the collection of ethnographic objects of the History Museum of Armenia. The national clothes of the Armenians of Shushi belong to the Eastern Armenian complex of the folk traditional costume – they were made from woolen, silk and cotton fabrics of handicraft production. Expensive cotton and silk fabrics were imported. Clothes were made by the women. Since the late 19th century, in Artsakh - Karabakh clothes (primarily men's) were ordered from tailors who lived in Shushi, as well as in the villages of Chartar, Mets Tagher (Mets Taghlar). Women's traditional costume of Shushi consisted of a red shirt "halav", cotton and silk pantaloons, outerwear "arkhalugh" and "kulk", a belt, a headdress (forehead adornment "kopi", temple adornments, kerchief, footwear "chmoshk", "mashik", shoes. Men's traditional clothes consisted of a shirt, underpants and trousers, outerwear "arkhalugh" and "chukha", a belt, a headwear (fur hat), shoes.
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