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Men’s Costume :
Trousers : fabric : light flannel; « bavaloise » pants or « culotte à pont », with a panel buttoned up in front like sailor pants’.
Shirt : fabric : single-ply flannel or linen; ample cut with pleated sleeves ending in a narrow cuff.
Waistcoat : sleeveless with single buttoning, tailored collar, fake pockets and laced-up back.

(picture taken in front of the Tresler house)
Information about costume on the island can be found in the Archives de folklore and in Mrs. Doyon-Ferland’s letter.
Women’s Costume :
Cap : a small crocheted woolen cap.
Dress : fabric : light flannel; color : lilac ; a buttoned-up ample cut shirt…
Apron : cut in the same fabric as the dress.
Petticoat : of black woolen cloth, yellow stitched and lined with yellow lawn.

« Winter like summer, only woolen clothes were worn on the Island : lighter in summer, heavier in winter. Women never bought any fabric or printed calico to make clothes with. Those fabrics were used for other purposes. »
(Doyon-Ferland Madeleine, letter from November 29…)