A woman's clothes included: an over shirt, arkhaluk, chepken, lebbade, kyuleche, kyurdu, ashmek and bakhari.
The shirt used one button on the collar. The sleeves were normally long, wide and straight. The front bottom part of the shirt was decorated with silver or gold coins.
Tight fitting chepken (caftan) was worn over the shirt. On the sides chepken had sleeves ending in oversleeves. It was made of velour and various glittering fabrics.
Arkhaluk is considered one of the most widespread kinds of clothes in Azerbaijan . It was also tight fitting and had a lining. Some arkhaluks had straight wide cut and slits on both sides. Arkhaluks were made in different sizes.
Lebbade (dressing gowns) were quilted and lined. The collar of lebbade was open was tied in the waist with a band. The sleeves of lebbade were short. Lebbade was sewed from velour and different glittering fabrics. The collar, sleeves and hems were trimmed with a band.
Ashmek is quilted outer clothing. The inner part, the collar, the sleeves and the hem of ashmek were trimmed with fur.
Kzurdu is a quilted sleeveless women's wear with open collar and slits on doth sides. Kyurdu wes made of velour.
Bakhari s a quilted lined women's wear. The sleeves were straight down to knees, the collar was open. Bakhari was mainly made from velvet. The collar, the hem and the sleeves were trimmed with various bands, edgings and chains.
Kyuleche is upper women's top with goffered hem. It had down to knees length; the sleeves were below elbows.
Tumans (skirts) which were worn by Azerbaijani women were long - down to the floor. Tuman was made of silk or a woolen fabric with various patterns consisting of 12 pieces. Tumans could be goffered or pleated and were decorated with pompons made from color silk or gold threads.
Gold or gilded silver belt were worn with arkhaluk or chepken. Besides them there were also leather belts with sewn on silver coins or with a silver metal plate.
Women wore boots with the embroidered surface and high boots with long legs.
The most popular female headdresses were skull-caps and silk kerchiefs. Outside home girls put on a veil.
Various jewelry supplemented clothes and enriched its national features. Jewelers made them from gold and silver, precious stones. Azerbaijani women loved jewelry and skillfully used them. The complete jewelry set was called "imaret". It included head and breast jewelry, rings, earrings, belts, bracelets.
Azeri Traditional Outfits: Culture, Identity and Ethnicity
