Clothing of Sami People

Gakti, the universal Sami clothing in a sense, is Virtually used for everything even herding reindeer. Traditionally it was made from reindeer, but as the years went on they discovered that wool cotton or silk was stronger, more comfortable, and better material all together so they stuck with that. Its basically a big dress, men and women wear it alike and they wear boots made out of reindeer.  The patterns and colors that go on the dress indicate where the person came from, if they aremarried,  or sometimes what family they come from. The edges such as the sleeves and collars and such have appliqués in the form of geometric shapes.