Yes, especially during official ceremonies and parades, like in the Ofrenda de Flores.

Even though the dresses (both women’s and men’s) are based on the regional clothes of the 18th and 19th centuries, historical accuracy is not always respected. Especially considering that a lot of people, called huertanos, were working in the fields and orchards, and would thus not be wearing elaborate and embroidered dresses.

The Fallera Mayor wears a typical Valenciana hairdo and dress like all other falleras. What distinguishes her are only a couple of elements. One is the design of her silk gown, which only the Fallera Mayor can wear. The other is the Valencian flag sash, but that is not mandatory.

If you want to know more about the Fallera Mayor’s dress, you can check the relevant section of this article.

The falleras wearing a Valenciana dress usually wear a guardapiés, a delantal, a justillo or a jubón, a pañuelo, plus the jewellery, heeled shoes, and 18th-century style undergarments.

If you want to know more about the Valenciana dress and its garments, you can read the relevant section of this article.

The falleros wearing traditional regional clothing usually wear a saragüell or calçò, a jopetí, a jupa, a faixa, a pañuelo, stockings, and possibly a hat and manta. The look is completed by alpargatas shoes and 18th-century style undergarments.

If you’de like to know more about these clothes, check out the relevant section of this article.

Yes, they wear elaborate hairdos when wearing the Valenciana costume. They can wear a unique braided bun in the back, or add side buns. The hair is also decorated and kept in place with gold pieces.

You can read all about them in the relevant section of this article