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case_images: Singer sewing machine of Interviewee 2, b. 1927 in Vakarel (photo taken Petko Hristov, 2020).
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case_images: In those first decades of the last century, the sewing machine, and especially the Singer machines, became a symbol of social status and skills ( Figure 3).
case_images: Postcard with a girl in Vakarel traditional costume.. This image is reproduced from the official website of the Vakarel Municipality, which is freely accessible (
  http://vakarel.eu/main_bg/11692_kartichki.html) (last accessed 30.08.2023).
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case_images: It was in the city that young girls had the opportunity to change the way they dressed and began to express themselves through it ( Figure 4).