Long Malyn dress (Zhytomyr region)

Straight silhouette, with voluminous puffed sleeves, the sleeves gather at the cuffs at the bottom.

The front has a slit with tassels.Dress with cut-off sides and slits in the front.

Decorated with satin stitch embroidery and acrylic threads.

These ornaments were used to decorate shirts, aprons and the oldest headcovering - ‘namitka’.

The colour scheme of Polissia is based on red with contrasting stripes or a slight interspersion of other colours.

A geometric ornament, the main elements of which are diamond and diamond with rays, typical of Polissya.

Older ornaments were made in the process of weaving or by embroidery techniques that imitate weaving - undercasting and darning.

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