Vyshyvanka Day 2007
A day that began as a student idea in Chernivtsi: wear the embroidered shirt to class and see who else does.
A good Vyshyvanka Day.
This one is young. It began at the university in Chernivtsi in the middle of the 2000s as a simple student proposal: wear the embroidered shirt to class on an agreed day and see how many others do the same. It spread the way good ideas spread, without a ministry and without a budget.
What I find appealing is that it is not a costume day. The vyshyvanka is worn with jeans, with a suit, to an office, on the metro. It is a garment that carries a great deal of meaning and is treated as clothing rather than as a display.
I have one, given to me by a colleague, and I wear it. I write elsewhere on this site about what the patterns mean and how they differ by region. Today is simpler than that: put it on and go to work.
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