Does the vyshyvanka have secret symbols? Why have geometric ornaments replaced floral ones? What’s the difference between an embroidered shirt and a stylized mass-market blouse? And why do some people ...

May 15, Ukraine celebrates Vyshyvanka Day. On this day, thousands and millions of Ukrainians, adults and young, wear Vyshyvankas [embroidered shirts] ...

In November an expedition to collect Ukrainian state symbols, including the tryzub and blue and yellow thread-based textiles embroidered in secret during the Soviet occupation, saw the ...

The embroidered symbols and icons tell the story of waning cultures and tradition. “We can all speculate on what the weaver intended to say though only the artisan would have known what she ...

It is one of the few local symbols that the cooperative, which makes embroidered household items but not thobes, still preserves in its designs, which now tend toward the Christmas candles ...