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Ukrainian man and woman wearing traditional clothing Ukrainian national clothing is the clothing worn by people living in Ukraine, mainly ethnic Ukrainians. The most famous Ukrainian clothing items are the embroidered shirt ( vyshyvanka ), a cloth sash and a vinok flower crown .
The designer transformed vyshyvanka shirt into a more modern version. [15] She kept the traditional form, but changed the embroidery borrowing some elements from Ukrainian rushnyk and home textile. [15] In its US May issue Vogue wrote that the vyshyvanka has "made waves far past the Eastern European country". [16]
Ukrainian embroidery (Ukrainian: вишивка, romanized: vyshyvka) occupies an important place among the various branches of Ukrainian decorative arts. [1] Embroidery has a rich history in Ukraine, and has long appeared in Ukrainian folk dress as well as played a part in traditional Ukrainian weddings and other celebrations. [ 2 ]
Vyshyvanka Day is an international holiday that aims to preserve the Ukrainian folk traditions of creating and wearing ethnic embroidered clothes called vyshyvankas. It is celebrated the third Thursday of May. [1] Vyshyvankas are, along with pysankas (traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs), one of the best known symbols of Ukrainian culture. [1]
The iconic embroidered shirt or blouse, the vyshyvanka, [29] is the most recognizable part of Ukrainian national costume, and even has its own public celebration in May. [30] For men, traditional dress also includes kozhukh, kontusz, żupan and sharovary.
Young Volhynians. Volhynian folk costume (Ukrainian: Волинський стрій) is a type of Ukrainian national clothing worn in Volhynia.The costume includes Polesia influences such as colourful ochipoks, fitted corset-like waistcoats and striped skirts, as well as Dnieper Ukraine: namitka headscarfs, kersetka [] vests and dark skirts.
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This category describes traditional and historic Ukrainian clothing. Modern Ukrainian clothing should be categorized under Clothing companies of Ukraine . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clothing of Ukraine .