Russian Headwear

Women liked to dress up at all times, and the Russian headgear proves this - they amaze the imagination of the form, the idea, the colors of all kinds of hats, scarves and their varieties.

Types of Russian headgear

Some modern women of fashion have these marvelous things preserved from grandmothers and great-grandmothers, but, basically, we can see this miracle in museum collections. As you know, it was possible to determine the age, the marital status of the woman, the status, and even the locality in which she lives, according to the Russian female headgear.

Some of the most famous are such headdresses:

1. Kitschy horned. This cap with small horns was made of linen, brocade, richly decorated, and symbolized the fertility of women. The girls put it on after they got married.
2. Kokoshnik . This is an old Russian headdress, in which the girls got married. It was made of hard material, covered with fabric, decorated with pearls, stones, ribbons.
3. Hoop. It was worn by unmarried girls. It was a circle made of bark or cardboard and lined with a cloth. The hoop did not hide the hair, so it was an accessory of only free girls.
4. A cap. Along with the lightweight options, Russian headdresses were also with fur. For example, wealthy people often used sable fur, peasants, as a rule, were content with foxes.

Headdresses in Russian style

Many of the beautiful hats created by the Russian people today live not only in our memory, but also in the collections of designers:

1. Scarves are relevant to this day, and are great for almost all women. They are perfectly matched with coats and coats. Shawls can be made of fluff, silk or wool, acrylic, have a pattern in batik technique or in Pavlov-Posad style.
2. The hat-earflap was once an exclusively male headdress, but today it is actively worn by girls. Warm, covering the neck and ears, it is very suitable for winter and for everyday down jackets, wigs.
3. The cap "pie" also fits into the modern fashion and pleases the fair sex with its uniqueness, simplicity and comfort.

As for the hats, the designers recommend wearing models of unpainted fur laconic styles.

Old Russian headdresses have a characteristic feature - they are not only beautiful, but also comfortable. In them you can and go shopping, and go to the cinema, and from the heart to roll on a hill, skating, skiing. Feel the winter as our ancestors felt, maybe then she will enjoy frost, snow and cheerfulness.