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This is the last one of a series of articles dedicated to the movie costumes of “Anne with an E” TV drama. Let’s analyze the outfits of the major character Anne Shirley-Cuthbert and her fellow schoolgirls. What garments were popular among the young girls in the late 19th – early 20th century in Europe, America, and Canada? When did young women start to wear corsets? What outerwear, headdresses, accessories were worn by schoolchildren during this period? It’s really interesting how much modern schoolgirls’ fashion trends differ from the ones generally accepted by our society 100 years ago.
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Only one small district in Central Ukraine has authentic shirts adorned with indigo blue embroidery. They were made with threads dyed with a rather expensive natural dye – indigo, obviously. What’s so interesting about these garments? Except for the blue color of needlework, which was not typical for Ukraine, indigo is a very resistant dye and the threads don’t lose their bright color after many washings and sunlight influence. This allows for indigo blue embroidered shirts to be used for years and years, as these were festive garments worn only for special occasions.
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This is another material dedicated to the stage costumes used in a new Canadian TV series called “Anne with an E”. Here, we will talk about the typical fashionable outfits from the period – the turn of the 20th century. Which underpinnings did women wear? What did their dresses, hairstyles, hats, and other accessories look like? And how did the costume designers incorporate that era’s fashion trends in the movie costumes of this series? You’ll see beautiful authentic garments from museum collections that gave inspiration to the wardrobe team.
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Cholita traditional outfit in Bolivia has come a long way from a dress worn by the poorest indigenous women to a respectable and costly status attire. The modern young girls turn to cholita costume more and more often and spend hundreds of dollars on authentic garments produced by the local artisans from local materials. And that’s a great example of the folk dress becoming fashionable and trendy clothing. Well done, Bolivia!
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This TV series might not be extremely popular worldwide but it’s fresh, melodramatic, and displays rather period-accurate costumes. If you haven’t seen it yet, give it a try. There are 3 seasons displaying the changes in fashion at the turn of the 20th century. Anyway, in this article, we’ll analyze a lot of the movie costumes you can see in this show, including the outfits of some major and minor characters, folk costumes of Mi’kmaq ethnic group (indigenous Canadian people), and various hairstyles demonstrated in the series.
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The medieval period was a time of artfully made clothes, bright and colorful garments, fancy styles of attire, and gorgeous adornments. That’s when a lot of rules that regulated fashion were created. For instance, the concept that every social class had its own peculiarities in attire and a person couldn’t just ignore these rules. If you wore garments that were too fancy or too expensive for your class, for your status, you were punished. But there was a bright side to medieval fashion – the period outfits were really elegant and beautifully embellished, even garments of the poor looked good due to their nice cut and design.
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In Buryat traditional culture, jewelry pieces play a very important role. A women’s folk costume can’t go without at least several silver&coral jewels; in some cases, there are up to 10-12 items. Add to that the fact that Buryat jewelry is massive, heavy, and artfully made and you’ll get the full picture. The folk jewels often determine the whole look of a woman in Buryat traditional apparel. These people even turned personal hygiene tools (tongs, manicure set, or ear pick) and household tools (needle, knife, or fire striker) into elaborate jewelry items. And they look fascinating!
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We’ve written about Ukrainian whitework embroidery recently, but, obviously, some fine examples of these patterns are always in situ. So, here you are a number of photos, including many close-ups, of this unusual needlework technique. The shirts adorned with whitework look sophisticated and pristine, don’t they? These garments are vintage embroidered shirts from Central Ukraine, the late 19th – first half of the 20th century.
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When did women start to wear corsets? How did the first corsets look like? How did they bone them? Was the shape of Renaissance corsets any different from modern pieces? Let’s find answers for these and some other questions about the 16th-century corsetry. This garment was popular among European women for centuries and had several names, including “corset”, “stays”, “pair of bodies”, you name it. And the history of this item is fascinating.
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The batik cloth is a big part of Indonesian traditional culture. But what’s so special about it? How does it differ from any other fabrics around the world? Let’s find out a bit more about the batik and its role in the life of Indonesians. Why is this cloth still used in everyday life when a lot of handmade fabrics and folk clothing made from them are so rare and ousted by modern industrially-produced garments? Batik fabric is extremely popular in Asia and the Pacific region even in the 21st century. More than that, it’s widely used in some African countries as well.
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This is the last part of a series of charming videos dedicated to Ukrainian folk dress. This time, you’ll see how married women in Ukraine got dressed 100-150 years ago step by step. These are 7 videos presenting the traditional festive costumes of married females from different regions of the country. All the clothing articles are original, from the late 19th – early 20th century. Note that married women always hid their hair under a headdress, thus there were many cute hairstyles that helped braid and pin the hair around the head.
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There is a huge variety of armor used in different parts of the world throughout the history of humanity. This time, we’ll look at medieval armor (more accurately, helmets) that were widely in use in Kyivan Rus’ and Scandinavia in the 10th-13th century. They are rather comfy helmets with a chain mail curtain that protects the face and neck. This kind of armor is so effective and convenient that historical reenactors still make and use it today.
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The history of underwear bottoms is very different from that of a chemise or shift. The male braies (a type of briefs used centuries ago) were in use for a long time but female pantaloons are a fairly modern invention – they appeared only in the mid-1500s. And even after that, women’s underwear bottoms changed, disappeared, came into fashion again, developed, and so on. It’s really interesting to learn the history of braies and pantaloons and compare them with our modern lingerie bottoms.
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A lot of African traditional articles of clothing are colorful wrap-around garments. And shuka, Kenyan folk garment, is no exception. It is a beautiful multicolored piece worn wrapped around the torso. The shuka is so charming and cheerful that it inspires fashion designers all over the world to create contemporary clothes in the same color palette. Also, some Kenyan tribes still wear original shuka blankets as folk dress today.
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