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From the waist to heels |
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The exhibition "From the waist to the heels" presented the unique collection of the Skirts and trousers from the Russian museum of Ethnography. The great influence on such kind of clothes had the peoples' world outlook, norms of the traditional ethic and inhabitants' aesthetic style which changed in result of social and economic reforms, trade and cultural contacts with the other peoples. Skirts and trousers, which were existed in different forms all over Russian, have various cut and decoration. Also these parts of the costume were original semiotic mark and accomplished practical, aesthetic and ethno- differentiate function; in the festival set it also has a protective function.
Clothes both for female and male which are shown at the exposition, present the variety of different examples of skirts and trousers from the elementarily types of functional direction to marking status, social and age-rating characteristic of the cloth-owner. Such variability allows showing a human as a representative of the specific society, a human who keeps certain place and who has a specific skill of decoration of his or her clothes. The objects at the exhibition demonstrate the ethnic variety and craftsmanship of the master and still they are the source of inspiration for modern designers.
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| Groom`s trousers. Ulchy, Khabarovsk territory. Late XIXth cen. |
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| Wrestler`s trousers. Georgia, Tiflis. Early XXth cen. |
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| Sielik - skirt. Estonians, Tallin. 1983 |
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| Harstat - skirt. Finns, Vyborg Province, Koiyvisto Island. XIXth cen. |
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| Chakhchur - female trousers. Iranian, Persia. Late XIXth cen. |
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