What Is The National Dress Of France?

France has many regions, each with their own traditional dress. There is no one national dress. Regional costumes are based on late 19th century rural clothing for that region, as the 20th century brought on a lot of change, and very quickly the traditional dress fell out of use, only to be worn for special occasions (this is practically not done anymore, aside from a handful of exceptions, the costumes are now only worn for performances, be it historical recreations or traditional music/dance shows).

They can be very different from one region to another, especially in the women's hats, which go from small straw hats to huge starched lace contraptions. The only thing they all have in common is that men wear pants, women wear skirts, and both wear some kind of headdress.

Here are some examples:

It is a lady in red, white and blue, waving a large white flag of surrender. Has to be a lady, because all the men ran away.