It is very remarkable how it is possible, that in a fisherman's village just near a large city. The Hague and direct near an international high-life bathing place population, the inhabitants wear their own costume as if the bathing place was not there.
The women of Scheveningen wear 5 petticoats over each other, all of different colour and material. Over them is worn a black apron. On Sundays it is made of silk. The upper part of the body is clad with a bodice of grey, brown or blue cotton and a square shawl, folded to a big triangle, fastened at the waist. On the head a cap with ear ornament, fixed with two upright pearl-pins.
The shawl is fastened around the neck with a gold brooch with chain and gold clasp. Roman Catholic women wear a cross instead of a brooch.
The man's dress is a blue woollen jersey, wide trousers and a cap. As remembrance of former times, on several occasions he wears a top hat.
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