Russian Mosaic

[Jhon Dolton]

All items in our store rusmosaic.com are handmade! They're made out of great love and will delight you for a long time! We have ready-made products, but if you want something special, you may make a custom order. Manufactured in Russia, shipped worldwide.

 

Touch the wonder of the Russian soul, embodied in the works of folk art. All products are manufactured from natural and eco-friendly materials.

 

Russian dresses, Ukrainian shirts, kokoshnik, kosovorotka, valenki, ushanka, soviet uniform, gzhel, khokhloma  and much much more! And not to forget famous Russian wool shawl.

 

RUSSIAN SHAWLS - SYMBOL OF RUSSIA

 

At first of the 19th century, it became fashionable to wear woolen shawls in Russia. The initial shawls were stated in the small town Pavlovsky Posad in the Moscow Oblast in the midst of the 19th century gzhel. The fundamental tone of the woolen shawls is generally black while the composition of the motives is a combination of large and small floral ornaments. Mostly roses would be the motives on the scarfs. The shawls were often worn with traditional Russian folk costumes.

 

The predominant color on the shawls is definitely red, as this color means beautiful in Russian culture. Furthermore, Oriental and Turkish ornaments on the scarves had also been popular. The scarves remain enjoying a great popularity in Russia and its surrounding countries.

 

How did kokoshnik arrive at russia?

 

In ancient times, the tiaras were low, with a moderate finish, and wore them, weaving in to the hairstyle. Byzantium VI – VII centuries A.D. they certainly were made from gold and decorated with precious stones, the garments themselves were massive and contained several parts. Byzantine tiaras came to Russia, presumably in the X century, married women wore them as well as other dresses. The term "kokoshnik" was initially mentioned in a document of the 17th century and extends back to the old Russian word "kokosh" - "chicken". 
The hat got its Russian name for its resemblance to chicken scallop. Following the decree of Peter I, the nobles wearing European dress, kokoshnik remained in the wardrobe of merchants. This is a story. It had been interesting?

 

RUSSIAN HATS FOR EVERYONE

 

Russians hats are really popular all around the world.

 

The key symbol of the Russian hat is, of course, "ushanka" (a bomber hat). It had been a hot functional headgear in the Soviet Army which soon became a social icon of the Soviet Union. For animal lovers industry offers faux fur or fleece. The pecularity of the ushanka hat is that it covers competely your face, forehead and ears, no cold, no wind let in. The ushanka secret is in the ear flaps, which can be tied up on top, or underneath the chin to protect the ears.

 

The amazing story of the Russian dress

 

Russia was home to significantly more than 150 million people - that no more than half were ethnic Russians.

 

All of the colors for traditional costume displays love for beauty and ethnic diversity. These costumes aren't only beautiful, additionally, there are convenient in wearing because they certainly were created for work as well. Festive clothes and everyday clothes, married woman's and young girl's clothes differed limited to details, decoration, color gamut. Red fabric cloth was regarded as the nattiest one, and, by the way, the Russian word "beautiful" comes from the phrase "krasny", the Russian for "red" ;.

 

Homemade canvas and wool clothes decorated with embroidery or woven pattern have now been used frequently for traditional peasant costumes. Embroidery came in numerous ornaments (rhombuses, crosses, herring-bones, stylized patterns of individuals and animals) performed in naturally painted threads. Red, blue, green, white, yellow - along with gamut was rich and various.

 

Inspite of the social and territorial differences Russian traditional clothes had something in accordance, they had to be put as a cape, from the head. Soft silhouette without the cuts emphasized Russian lady's light steps. Dress and sleeves were getting wider to the lap; the fabric was decorated with symmetric pattern, or with other golden or silvery-like fabrics, furs.