National costume

This summer I visited festival in the village of Staraya Kuta, Kuta, Kosovo district, Ivano-Frankivshina region. The purpose of my trip was to see as many folk embroidered shirts as possible. Staraya Kuta embroidered shirts are special, unique and have their own characteristic patterns. The ...

I'm used to the old name: the State Museum of Oriental Art, but in recent years the museum's name has changed, now it's just the Museum of the East. Once the museum was located on the Obuh street, and now on Nikitsky Boulevard. Once I couldn't take my eyes from the incredible ...

I admire folk stunning images from Africa. Beaded jewelry advantageously look on dark skin of African beauties. But the indigenous people of the North combine beads and embroidery with patterned fabrics and furs. It also looks colorful and bright! My dad grew up and lived all his life in a small ...

Joana Choumali is a professional photographer from Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Here's the absolutely charming woman — the author of unusual and beautiful projects: One of such projects is Resilients. Women wear usual clothes of Western cut and still remember their roots — and use traditional ...