What are the characteristics of the national costume of the Russians?

Russian national dress is brightly colored and wide, which is related to the production and life of the Russian nation, and also reflects the bold character of the Russians.

Russian men's national dress code is this: upper body oblique collar of coarse linen shirt, shirt collar and hem with embroidery, covered tweed coat, or cover a long coat and belt; lower wearing thin pants, leather boots or shoes, head tweed cap or fur hat; in winter, covered with sheepskin short jacket or sheepskin coat. Russian women's national dress code is this: the upper body is also coarse linen shirt, shirt collar does not open, the collar has a pleat, shirt with embroidery, set shoulders, fat sleeves; Russian women in the south of the woolen skirt, the northern women wear Sarafan, do not wear pants; feet wear leather shoes or leather boots; in summer, the head of the flower headscarf, fall and winter head tweed cap or fur cap, in winter time, also wear a sheepskin coat.

In the national costume, Russian women's decorations are mainly shawls and belts. There are two styles of shawls: triangular and square, which are printed with brightly colored patterns of large flowers. In addition to draped over the shoulders, Russian women often wrap the shawl on the head, as a headscarf to use. Russians believe that the belt not only keeps you warm, but also blesses peace, because the belt symbolizes the circular shape of the sun's rays. In folklore, the first gift a future daughter-in-law gives to her in-laws is a girdle, so Russian women learn to embroider and sew girdles from girlhood.

Today, it is rare to see Russians wearing national costumes in the cities. Only in the countryside, or on major holidays, do people change into traditional national costumes.

The modern Russian costume is characterized by neatness, modesty, generosity and harmony. According to traditional Russian custom, women must wear skirts, especially in public and on formal occasions. And today, Russian women still maintain this tradition.