Modern fashion in different countries often returns to its origins. More and more designers are looking for inspiration in national traditions, using individual elements of folk costumes. From ancient times, the Slavs loved bright clothes, where red, blue, and green colors were present. They even tried to decorate plain white linen shirts with embroidery inherent in this region. Do not forget about elements such as belts, hats, mittens and, of course, scarves.
Now in the world of fashion there is the concept of "Russian style." It is used not only by Russian lovers of fashion trends. This style can be found in the collection of Milanese and French famous designers. They are attracted by the brightness, originality and luxury of embroideries.
What is the Russian style?
- A dress in the Russian style should be simple in style, without deep cuts, not very short, chaste and very feminine. In Russia it was not customary for girls to expose themselves for all to see, praised modesty and femininity.
- The fabrics used to sew dresses in the Russian style are usually natural. This is cotton, staple, linen. Sometimes a small percentage of synthetics is allowed, to facilitate the care of things.
- Outwardly, all types of Slavic dresses are very recognizable. These are dresses of bright floral patterns and natural flowers.
- Often in a dress in the Russian style you can find elements of world-famous folk paintings. These are Khokhloma, Gzhel, drawings of Pavlovo Posad shawls.
- Modern fashion in this style does not look like a folk costume. These are beautiful bright dresses that appeal to residents of all corners of the planet. Fashionable dresses in the Russian style can be found on the shelves of New York and Florence, Milan and Paris.
- For such dresses, handmade embroidery is often used. Thanks to the unique work of the craftswomen, dresses with embroidery elements have a high price. But, despite this, many modern girls want to see him in their wardrobe. And this is not only a tribute to the coming fashion, but also an understanding of the value of such products.
Russian style
From ancient times, a sundress was the main subject of women's clothing in Russia. It has a free cut, under its folds you can hide any imperfections in the figure. Only the arms and part of the shoulders remain bare. A modern sundress can be different. These are long, airy, light summer dresses of a free cut. Sundresses can be warm and fitted, which can be worn on a prestigious office job.
High-waisted dress looks good on slender girls. The cutout on such models can be either round or square. Sleeves are represented by different options: narrow, expanding to the bottom, flashlights, etc.
The tunic or caftan dress has the shape of a trapeze. A semicircular or square neckline ends with a fastener on 3-4 buttons. Next is the wide part of the dress, freely falling to the knees.
Long dresses of A-silhouette in their upper part are tight-fitting, the skirt gradually expands to the bottom. Such models can be used for evening and wedding attire.
Fashion elements
Dresses in the Russian style can be fully stylized according to folk traditions, and can only use individual elements. It can be a simple plain dress with a corset made of Pavlovo Posad shawls.
On a sundress, embroidery on the bodice and on the frill at the bottom of the hem can be done. This gives the monophonic material brightness and originality. Also, an decorative border sewn around the edges will be an interesting element.
If you decorate a classic white wedding dress with embroidered flowers, then such an element will add uniqueness and originality along. Even using a wide embroidered belt, the dress will look pretty stylish.
Dress with embroidery
It is advantageous to distinguish any girl from the crowd on the street an original composition embroidered on a dress. Colors are diverse. This is a plain geometric embroidery, and multi-colored bright floral motifs.
A dress with embroidery can be either an evening outfit or casual clothing, a fitted and tight-fitting dress, or a wide tunic, with and without a belt. In any case, the eyes of passers-by will be riveted to the fashionista.
Dress accessories
A traditional accessory for Russian women is a painted scarf. Nowadays, fashion is coming back for scarves that emphasize a stylish woman. Beads made of natural stones or wooden are suitable for a dress in the Russian style. Choose a color scheme as desired.
Many craftsmen produce bags in ethnic style (with embroidery or bright applique). Traditional folk paintings are used: Gzhel, Khokhloma.
On the head they wear a kokoshnik, stylized as the color of the dress. This may be a low modern accessory in the form of a hair hoop. A wonderful element to the side will be a braided braid, an eternal sign of girlish modesty and beauty.
And, of course, we must not forget about various belts. It can be leather woven wide products or a narrow embroidered fabric belt. Each fashionista must listen to her heart in the selection of elements that are missing from her image.