Victori Chornodolia finished Lviv Academy of Arts. She presented in her qualification project a figure of ancient Rus' women in the Collection "Princesses" according to conception "Bells"
This work was recorded on the International Competition "The Gold Needle" in the Polish town Wlodz. The author dedicated the collection of national of the women dresses to 1100-age of old town Halych. The collection was fulfilled in delicate pastel tones out of lights semitransparent tussues. This are modern imitations of ancient silk and velvet which determined silhouettes of dresses and were supplemented with head-dresses in the form of various metallic relieved forms or jewellery adornments.
Small bells on long bands were an important element and tacked to dresses or to hed-dresses. These bells with their delicate melodious ringing as it recall to us through centuries about proud and beautiful princesses which lived once.

text by Olena Tsymbaliuk

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