The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States.The clothing artifacts documented here have been or are now regularly worn by Americans as everyday clothing, fashion, ethnic or religious identifiers, or style statements. They embody the cultural history of the United States and its peoples, from Native Americans, white Anglo colonists, and forcibly relocated black slaves to the influx of immigrants from around the world. Entries consider how dress items may serve as symbolic linkages to home country and family or worn as visible forms of opposition to dominant cultural norms. Taken together, they offer insight into the ethnic-based core ideologies, myths, and cultural codes that have played a role in the formation and continued story of the United States.

Beautiful kokoshnik wonderful green - the color of young leaves, grass and green apples. Elegant green kokoshnik can be put on any holiday or seasonal carnival - both in summer and autumn, winter and spring! Put kokoshnik with a beautiful dress, and the image of mysterious Russian beauties is ready. In Russian headdress girlish face looks especially young, romantic and a little flirty.

A stunning volume showcasing the magnificent court dress of the Russian Empire, culled from the authoritative collection at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, photographed with the Winter Palace as a backdrop. Prerevolutionary Russia was renowned for the glamorous and luxurious lifestyles of the nobility, with their opulent palaces and glittering social life. Now, this lavish volume reveals the incredible clothing they wore, from everyday dress and ceremonial attire (traditional holidays outfits and military uniforms) to dress for special occasions, including elaborate evening wear for theater and musical events and fancy masquerade balls. Celebrated for luxurious materials and impeccable craftsmanship, the dress of the Russian nobility was haute couture at its finest. With beautiful photography and details highlighting the hand-spun silks and lace and jeweled embroideries, Russian Splendor highlights the glamour of this gilded age and offers a fascinating window into a vanished world. Essays by Hermitage Museum curators, alongside historic Russian paintings and photographs, place the clothing in a historical context, revealing the rich cultural layers and artistic influ... [Read More]

Perfect as a gift for fashion designers, fashion illustrators, fashion design students, stylish friends, costume history lovers, girly girls, trendy fashionistas, vintage lovers and all fashion enthusiasts. Whether buying for yourself or others, Vintage Fashion Journals make the great gift. Free your imagination and express your creativity with this softcover journal book. Blank with lined pages. Perfect for your thoughts and feelings. Ideal for note-taking, to-do lists, personal reflections, daily journaling, sketching and doodling, brainstorming, dreams, memories, observations and creative writing projects. Lightly-lined writing pages provide plenty of space for writing.This is a medium sized vintage style journal so fits in most purses, backpacks, and totes. Not too thick & not too thin, so it's a great size to throw in your purse or bag!

Use this stylish notebook for your daily journaling, keeping notes about your collection or anything you like.

Kokoshnik - is part of the Russian national costume. In Russia, because of the unusual beauty and for patriotic reasons kokoshniks wore queens, and boyars and boyaryshnis. Even though, nowadays kokoshnik is an outfit for the Snow Maiden, but with such an unusual and spectacular decoration first place for original costume is guaranteed on any holiday!

Beautiful Multicultural Girls to ColorEnjoy unique coloring pages of women from around the world. Look INSIDE & BACK COVER. One image per page so you can color with pencils, pens, markers as you wish. This beautiful women figures coloring bookwill keep you relaxed and calm, create artistic pictures you can tear out and hang around the house. Get your loved ones to see your artwork.This book can be a practice book, for painters, artists, water colorists, teenagers and adults who love to color beautiful faces. Coloring books for grown-ups, who enjoy coloring people and look for new types of art to color.

“Ancient Russian Ecclesiastical Embroideries” is a fascinating treatise looking at the history and development of embroidery in Russia, with a special focus on that which is related to the church. Dating back as far as the twelfth century, ecclesiastical needlework has had a rich history and significant influence on Russian culture. This volume looks at this in detail, making it highly recommended for those with an interest in the history and development of embroidery in Russia. Contents include: “Ancient Russian Ecclesiastical Embroideries”, “The Staritzky Workshops”, “The Godunov Workshops”, “The Stroganov Workshops”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on embroidery.

Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Turkish Art, 1983, organized by the Institute of Oriental Studies of Warsaw University, Poland. Multilingual: 30 essays in English, 6 in German, 4 in French, 1 in Russian; introductory matters in English.

In the 17th century Russia every woman had the special headdress in her wardrobe called Kokoshnik. Kokoshnik was the main and the most intricate accessory. Most women had a couple of variants of kokoshnik: the one for special occasions and for every day wear. This blue Kokoshnik with golden details is a festive version of Russian national female headdress. Made of high quality materials and decorated with lace, beads and rhinestones, the kokoshnik makes an excellent addition to the costume of a Russian beauty.

Photographic PrintThis photographic print is digitally printed on archival photographic paper resulting in vivid, pure color and exceptional detail that is suitable for museum or gallery

Photographic PrintThis photographic print is digitally printed on archival photographic paper resulting in vivid, pure color and exceptional detail that is suitable for museum or gallery display. Using the finest materials, our framing craftsmen will create your piece from scratch once you've placed your order. Arrives ready to hang with all necessary hardware. Handcrafted in the

Russia. a List of Books, Prints and Maps Relating to Russian History, Archaeology, Geography, Languages, Fine Arts, Costumes and