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Traditional Russian fashion is hardly imaginable without famed colourful scarves that instantly evoke associations with “babushka”, rural countryside and practically everything that is historically deemed to be Russian. These vivid and characterful scarves were once a necessity for innumerous villagers and city dwellers of then Old Russia and [Continue reading...]

Happy Holidays, everybody! The Russian Fashion Blog will be back in the New Year with more fashion, style and fun! In the meantime check out this lovely selection of Russian holiday-themed postcards. Most of them are for Christmas, some are for New Year’s and a few are just cool pictures of Russian winter. Best wishes! [Continue reading...]

HISTORY OF FASHION: New Look to Now By June Marsh Vivays Publishing, 288 pages Writing about history of fashion (and pretty much any kind of history, for that matter) is like staging Romeo and Juliet. We all know that Christian Dior showed the New Look back in 1947 and it was groundbreaking. What’s more to [Continue reading...]

I positively cannot think of another piece of clothing or accessory that would feel more “Russian”. Kokoshniks were worn as early as in 10th-12th century and had quite a history since then. Together with other elements of traditional Russian costume they were banned by Peter the Great in order to modernize Russian social system, but [Continue reading...]

What can be a more stunning example of fashion and politics going hand in hand? These textiles were produced in limited quantities during the early years of Soviet Russia by the finest designers of that time. Despite being a manifestation of constructivism they look surprisingly modern and fun to me. I was delighted to see [Continue reading...]