The most famous traditional costumes are from Transylvania and Oash (vividly colored skirts), Motzi Land ("ciupag" embroidery), Prahova and Muscel (costumes sewn with golden thread), Olt Land (a combination of the white and black embroideries), Hatzeg Land (predominant red embroideries), Vrancea Land (shirts with long and twisted sleeves).

The folk costume is still worn in the Rumanian villages. In some regions of the country it is strictly kept the colors combinations imposed by the tradition. In Transylvania, some villages near Sibiu are famous for the folk costume full of charm and color. In Harghita, the folk costume is kept even today in its original form, and it is distinguished among the different minorities that live in the villages from this region: Rumanian, Szekely, and Hungarian. Remarkable for their traditional folk costumes beautifully decorated are the villages from Gorj County. The folk costume from Moldavia were characterized by simplicity and sobriety, the main colors being reduced most of the times to red, black and white, meanwhile other colors have been added (combination of orange and blue, in the North of Moldavia).

The variety of the national costume is also manifested from the point of view of the structure that differs from a region to another.

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