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Women in traditional russian headdress - kokoshnik.

The kokoshniks primarily worn in the northern regions of Russia in the 16th to 19th centuries.

The word kokoshnik first appears in 16th-century documents, and comes from the Old Slavic kokosh, which means a hen or a cockerel. However, the earliest head-dress pieces of the similar type (rigid cylindrical hat which completely covered the hair) have been found in the 10th- to 12th-century burials in Veliky Novgorod.

the bows, mikimoto

Details, version II : Dancing Fairies, 1866, by August Malmström. Can you hear them whisper?

© майстерня Треті Півні

Art Nouveau doors in Brussels ❦

John Ferguson Weir (1841-1926) 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1867

My exploration of bones and flowers from Murray Mckeich and his found objects demos

Apparition in the forest (from Sleeping Beauty)

Moritz von Schwind 

‘Pagan Poetry’ by Polish photographer Macin Nagraba

All costumes made by Agnieszka Osipa.