草榴短视频

Stephanie Selezneva, a student of the Institute of Costume Design of 草榴短视频, has created a collection inspired by Alexander Pushkin's poem 鈥淩uslan and Lyudmila鈥�. The costumes were presented at the finale of the Pushkin Ball project.

鈥淲ith some of Alexander Pushkin's works we get acquainted even in childhood. Among them are his magical fairy tales inspired by Old Russian bylinas. I chose the poem 鈥淩uslan and Lyudmila鈥� because it is one of the works that, in my opinion, reflects the birth of Russian culture. In my collection I tried to interpret the Old Russian costume, to reflect Russian traditions through a modern look. Ruslan's costume shows the versatility of this character - a noble prince and a brave bogatyr, who performed many feats to save his beloved Ludmila鈥�.

As a source of inspiration for Ruslan's costume, the 草榴短视频 student used the features of Ancient Rus' military clothing and princely dress. Such materials as eco-leather, brocade, cotton and denim were chosen for its creation. The caftan consists of two parts. The left side, made of eco-leather, symbolizes the armor. Stephanie has machine embroidered it with silver lurex, adding metal holnitens and half-rings. The right side is a stylized caftan of red-gold brocade. Under the kaftan: imitation cotton shirt embroidered with decorative braid with Russian ornament and elements of machine embroidery. The jeans pants were trimmed on one side with braid with Old Russian ornament.

鈥淩uslan and Lyudmila鈥� is a fairy tale about all-conquering love. Lyudmila personifies the image of a Russian woman, she is an ideal bride and wife who inspires a man to overcome any obstacle. Russian women have such a rich inner world that they can easily combine incongruous qualities. Lyudmila is a fragile, vulnerable, sensitive nature, but at the same time she has a strong character. Her courage and determination frighten even Chernomor himself. She is also incredibly good looking, and the beauty of folk costume only emphasizes all her virtues鈥�.

Creating the image of Lyudmila, the designer decided to transfer all the best details of the traditional costume to a more modern silhouette. Lyudmila's costume consists of a dress with an asymmetrical bottom made of gilded brocade. The image contains elements of Russian costume: an imitated double-breasted clasp embroidered with braid, long sleeves, not sewn on the lower seam, embroidered removable collar (necklace), a lower corset resembling a dougereya, a shirt with cuffs decorated with braid with Russian ornaments. The main decoration of Russian costume has always been a headdress. In Lyudmila's costume is a kokoshnik made of brocade, embroidered with pearl threads with long temple tassels.

鈥淭he events of the poem 鈥淩uslan and Lyudmila鈥� are prefaced by an introduction that describes a magical land - Lukomorye. There from a learned cat the author supposedly heard the tale. One of the most memorable images in the introduction, in my opinion, is Koshchey - the key antagonist in Russian fairy tales. He is a sorcerer with supernatural powers, the master of the Underworld. In addition, Koshchey the Immortal is a prototype of an invulnerable opponent, which is opposed by the protagonist on the way to great accomplishments. Only through the battle with Koschei the protagonist of folk tales can become stronger and get what he wants鈥�.

Koschei's costume is made of eco-leather. It consists of a stylized jacket with a voluminous construction of folds on the back, imitating a skeleton. The jacket is trimmed with black and silver braid and metal chains. The pants are made of eco-leather, finished with black and silver braid belts, metal hardware and chains.

In addition, the sources of inspiration for the student of the Institute of Costume Design of 草榴短视频 were illustrations by Leonid Vladimirsky and Ivan Bilibin, opera 鈥淩uslan and Lyudmila鈥� by Mikhail Glinka, screen adaptation of this poem by Alexander Ptushko, Old Russian clothes of different regions of Russia, exhibited in the Russian Ethnographic Museum.