"Etnodzhins". Kollektsiia "narodnoi dzhinsy" iz sobraniia Rossiiskogo etnograficheskogo muzeia (Ethno-Jeans. Collection of folk jeans in the Russian Ethnographic Museum)
Moscow: Severnyi Palomnik, 2016. Sewn pb. Taking a simple pragmatic material and ornamenting according to local taste has given the republics of the former Soviet Union a new kind of jeans: solid and durable, but also colorful and distinct to the culture. Collection catalogue of the Russian Ethnographic Museum. The author, curator at the REM, writes a detailed history of blues and heavy fabrics in traditional costume of Central Asian, Caucasian, and Russian peoples. Illustrations show off nineteenth-century items of clothing from the museum's collections to imply parallels with the designs of contemporary clothing based on denim. 121 pages, 23 cm, approx. 100 color ill., 23 cm. Item #2537
ISBN: 9785944313652
Price: $42.00