The Xhubleta, a ancient Northern Albanian skirt, is a bell shaped skirt hanging from the shoulders to the female’s calves. The skirt is made of horizontal strips called “Iva” of different lengths, usually shorter on top, does not cover the arms, and longer near the bottom. A Xhubleta are made of approximately 10 meters of felt brought together with a wool braid. From the region of the North of Albania known as “the accursed mountains“. Additionally as Albanian girls reach ages for marriage or women status their skirts change in style.