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The national clothing style is determined by such factors as history, traditions, life, climatic conditions.
Thus, the Uzbek people’s clothing has its unique and original character. A big number of ethnic groups, which occupied the territory of Uzbekistan during long centuries, led to appearance of several elements in Uzbeks dresses.
Men’s traditional dress consisted of headwear, shirt, belt- “bel’bok”, trousers, caftan and high boots. Women wear several headwear, dresses, robe, waistcoat, bloomers and boots. Clothing is mainly made of cotton, silk, semi silk and velvet. Uzbek typical fabrics were decorated with striped and figured ornaments in the form of fuzzy outlines.
 Tyubiteika
Men’s head wear represents tyubiteikas, felt cap, fur hats. The most popular and presently used one is tyubiteika. It is usually has a square and round shape. The textile used for tyubiteika manufacture is sateen and velvet. Men’s tyubiteikas have strict ornaments. Women’s and children’s hats are of silk, velvet and brocade. Women’s tyubiteikas have a rich, multicolored ornament and can be embroidered with beads, spangles and coins. As a rule, women of a certain age do not wear tyubiteika. Women covered a head with kerchief. Frequently, the head dress consisted of two kerchiefs; one of them covered the head and the second one was fold up diagonally and served as frontlet.
Uzbekistan consists of 12 regions and Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakistan and each region is differs with its identity and inimitable ornament. Thus, there are six basic groups of tyubiteikas; Tashkent, Fergana, Samarkand, Bukhara, Kashkadarya- Surkhandarya and Khorezm – Karakalpak. They vary in shape, ornament and scale of colors. The most popular is Chusts tyubiteika. Chust is a province in Fergana valley and world famous for its applied arts. This tyubiteikas are manufactured from black sateen and have almond-shaped ornaments – symbols of life and fruitfulness. At all times, women were deal with embroidery of tybiteikas.
 Chapan
Men’s caftans (chapan) can be winter and summer. Winter chapans was sewed with slight cotton back. Neck, laps and arms’ hemlines were bound with wicker inkle. Men tied the chapan with belt. They wore cotton white shirt- kuilak under the chapan.
Female robe was slightly fitted and had loose arms. In the second half of XIX century, women’s clothes were completed by jacket and sleeveless jacket – nimcha. Women put on quite spacious dress made of cotton, silk or semi silk textile under the robe. Women wore bloomers (sharovars) narrowing in lower part. The bottom of bloomers was bound by inkle – djiyak.
Since middle of XIX century, purdah became traditional women’s dress. It consisted of robe which covered a head and chachvan. Chachvan is a square reticulate canvas which disguised face. All women was obligated to wear puradah when they outside. In 20th of XX century soviet administration prohibited puradah.
Shoes
Men, women and children wore leather shoes with soft sole, which were put on leather gumshoes. Shoes of rich people were decorated by multicolored patterns.
Modern Uzbek dresses were subject to considerable changes. Aged people have kept elements of traditional dresses in their clothing. The youth dresses can have elements of European style.
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