Skautbúningur The Skautbúningur was designed by Sigurður Guðmundsson in the 19th century around 1858-1860’s. It was conceived as a modernized variation of the faldbúningur, which had fallen out of use by the middle of the 19th century. It incorporates a complicated hat inspired by the ones traditionally used with the faldbúningur. | Sources: [x] [x] [x]
The Upphlutur is a woman’s costume, consisting of bodice that can be coloured in bright colours such as red or blue, but often black. Its headpiece is a tail cap. The costume is basically the undergarment of the faldbúningur which evolved into a costume of its own right.
One of the main points of this costume is that it made for ease of movement, it was easy to work in. | Sources: [x] [x] [x]
Faldbúningur 19th Century In the 19th century costumes were more restricted than had been. Unlike in the 18th Century were woman wore a krókfaldur (a type of hat.) which you can see here . In the 19th century the headdress had become flat. This variant was called the spaðafaldur. | Sources: [x] [x] [x]