Ukrainian headscarf

Yuliya Vintage Ukraine on Instagram: “🌺🌸 WOMAN'S MAGIC scarf ℹIn Ukraine, women often had a headscarf on their heads. Each woman had a lot of scarves, for different…”

Hello all, Today I will be talking about the costume of western, or Volynian Polissia, which includes the northern parts of Volyn, Rivne, and part of Zhytomyr oblasts, as well as southwestern Bielorus. There is a style of embroidery practiced in the western part of Polissia, and not much elsewhere. In Ukrainian it is called Zavolikannia, Perevolikannia, Peretykannnia, Pidbyruvannia, and also other terms. It is a type of darning stitch, like Nyz or Nyzynka. The distinction is that in…

Eastern Europe | Portrait of a Hutsul woman wearing traditional clothes and headscarf, Ukraine | © Youri Bilak #embroidery

The "Legacy" shawl is a special relic of today, because we collected all the elements that are depicted from all the books, stories, legends, and each of them carries its own meaning.

Girl from Volhynia, beginning of the 20th century Ukrainian beautiful ethno

Head dress , Ukraine, from Iryna

Ukrainian women have always been very creative with their clothing, jewelry, and accessories. There are dozens of arty-crafty headdresses or at least elaborate ways of draping even the simplest headpieces. But this particular headdress is truly unique – it was worn by married women only in a small area and, today, it is almost vanished. But why is this accessory interesting and special? Because women were banned to wear it to the church in the 19th century. Strange, isn’t it? Let’s find out…