Female+Clothing

=Medieval Russia -- Dress -- Women= > //These are taken from a Victorian costume book (which means that it is of questionable accuracy), most of these pictures are out-of-period but they are fun to look at. We have only linked to the costumes we consider useful to SCA research but there are many other pictures. Be aware that the images are LARGE// > [|Boiarina and Boiars] > [|Princely Dress, Women's Summer Dress] > [|Women's Winter Dress] > [|Crimean Tatars] > [|Mordvin, Chereniss, and Estonians] > [|Iaroslavl, Tver, and Kaluga] > [|Riazan, Finland]
 * Internal Pages**
 * Russian Dress Photos
 * Russian Sarafan Pattern from Mordak's Garb Packet
 * Women's Russian Shirt Pattern (Rubakha) from Mordak's Garb Packet
 * Rus' Women's Costume, a section of Nicolaa's article "The Dress of the Rus"
 * Byzantine Women's Costume, a section of Nicolaa's article "The Dress of the Rus"
 * Predslava's article on Medieval Russian Fashion
 * Predslava's article on Jewelry
 * Paul's article "Are Sarafans Period?"
 * External Pages**
 * [|Temple rings, and female headdress of the Eastern Slavs in Rus] by Peter Beatson. A wonderful article on this part of early Russian female dress.
 * [|Liudmila's Kokoshnik pages]: Learn how to make a [|Crescent-shaped maiden's headdress] and a [|Vladimir kokoshnik]. You can also download her notes on Russian Women?s Headwear and Accessories from IXth through XVIIth Centuries.
 * [|Regional Russian Headdresses] by Sofya la Rus. These are based on 19th and early 20th century examples, but they provide a lot of good inspiration.
 * [|Miscellaneous Headdress Notes] from the SIG List. A collection of soundbites from our own [|SIG-List]
 * [|"Especially clothing they created..."]: A translation of chapter IV of Pushkareva's "Zhenshiny Drevnej Rusy", about the Clothing and ornaments of ancient Russian women.
 * [|Rubakha Pattern] by Sofya la Rus. A good basic pattern for a Russian shirt.
 * [|Women's Clothing in Kievan Rus]: A good basic article for those interested in Women's clothing from the 10th to the 15th century in the area once known as Rus'. Includes some drawings of the clothes.
 * [|Patterns and Instructions for Medieval Russian Costumes]: The name says it all. The site includes a pattern for a shirt or undertunic and a pattern for a Kievan tunic or coat.
 * [|Female Rus' Clothing]: A lovely photo of a woman modeling a female Rus' outfit. She is wearing a rubakha (shirt) with a blue plaid panova (also called a paneva). Hopefully they will include some patterns for [|the clothing] pieces soon.
 * [|1903 Winter Ball]: a collection of photos from a book about the 1903 Winter Ball in St. Petersburg Russia. Some of the costumes are not in our period, but a few are. The quality of the pictures could be better, but hey, at least we can take a look at them!
 * **The History of Costume Pages**
 * Plate 66 -- Russia (17th-18th Centuries)
 * Plate 125 -- Russian Folk Dress (Late-19th Century)