Fashion trends are unpredictable, but there are traditions that have existed for centuries and remain on the crest of popularity in various epochs. So, always appreciated samples of handmade, whether it's woven lace, hand-knit this or that thing or done on something embroidery.
Beads and clothes
Embroidery with beads on clothes came to us from time immemorial and enjoys constant success with fashionistas to this day. Unique in beauty items from the collections of leading couturiers can be seen in fashion shows - corsets, whole dresses, tops, decorative boots, various accessories. The skill of those who so cleverly manipulates a needle, threads and small beads from glass amazes creation of these masterpieces. It's not for nothing that embroidery with beads on clothes is recognized not by traditional craft, but by art, which requires special talent for its expression. Of course, it is not easy to master this skill. In addition to artistic taste and talent, patience, care, diligence, diligence are required here. After all, sometimes even the most seemingly simple pattern has to spend not only hours, but also days.
In order for the embroidery to get dressed well on the clothes, the patterns are selected in advance, in the form of stencils are transferred to the fabric, indicating the color of the glass beads, everything is matched to the texture of the fabric, the proportions are equalized. The technology of work is very difficult and time consuming, not to mention the direct process of embroidery. And you can not make a mistake in any case, the marriage will be immediately visible. Even the number of beads must coincide in the same elements. Therefore, the pattern of embroidery with beads on clothes can be compared with patterns of openwork crochet or knitting. In all cases, a violation of the established proportions leads to damage to the product. But the result obtained by the hundredfold rewards all efforts. The embroidered thing becomes not just more beautiful, elegant - it's already an author's work, an exclusive one, and the second one will not be exactly like that!
The history of beads begins in Rus around the middle of the 17th century. It was then that glass beads were decorated with everyday objects, embroidered icons, tapestries, paintings. Unlike river pearls, which were used in needlework before, small multicolored beads were affordable and became an excellent material for fine artwork. Embroidery with beads on clothes made it possible to turn the most unsightly dress into an elegant festive attire.
For each type of clothing there was a type of embroidery. For example, for kokoshniki masters (this case in Russia women were engaged in) a special way fastened bugles, and this kind of stitching was called sewing "in the attachment." Such embroidery with beads on clothes is typical for church robe. And there is also the so-called "monastic" seam, it is designed not only to decorate clothes, but also to create paintings and icons, salaries.
Like any embroidery, the beaded pattern is divided into three types:
- Geometric patterns (rhombuses, lines, circles, squares);
- Patterns of vegetative character;
- Patterns with the image of birds and animals.
Living antiquity
Clothing, embroidered with beads, was widely distributed throughout Russia, from its European part to the deaf North. Being the prerogative of the women's attire, embroidery varied in regions, divided into festive and everyday, maidenly and feminine. Even the marital status of a woman was taken into account when decorating her clothes with a beaded ornament. The same applies to such details of the costume as a hat, collar, belt, etc. And to this day many indigenous residents of Kamchatka, Chukotka, Siberia, and also Tatarstan decorate their clothes with handmade embroidery according to the patterns and patterns that they inherited from their ancestors.
And modern fashionistas gladly dress with beads tops, dresses and blouses, make embroidery on jeans trousers, skirts and jackets, emphasizing their attractiveness and charm.