Ukrainian national clothing

[4] Folklore characters who wore no belt were considered dangerous, such as witches and chthonic monsters like berehynias, mermaids and mavkas.

[5] Flower crowns were worn by unmarried women and brides during the wedding, but the symbolic meaning of the wreath is wider: vinok is an ancient pagan talisman, it is used in the winter holiday season divination [uk] and other rituals.

[6] Regional vinok variants include the feathered karabulya (Ukrainian: карабуля) from Carpathian Bukovina, silk ribbon wreaths of Kyiv and Poltava oblasts and others.

[7] The groom gifted choboty to the bride and her mother; this custom is centered at the Christmas Eve story by Nikolai Gogol.

[8] The cherevyky (Ukrainian: черевики) dress boots made from leather and colourful Saffian became popular among villagers in the 19 century.

[7] The colour of the materials would inform the name of the whole garment: green (zelenі) cherevyky were called zelenytsi (Ukrainian: зелениці) while the Poltava yellow-and-black ones were known as chornobryvtsi (marigolds).

[11] The typical motifs for clothing are geometric (lines, squares and diamonds; it is the most ancient type) and floral (mostly employed in the Western parts of Ukraine).

[13] The typical Lisostep clothing ensemble includes a variety of sleeveless garments worn with wide or fitted skirts for women and trousers for men.

[13] It includes many influences from Moldovan, Bulgarian, Greek, Crimean Tatar and Russian traditional clothing, but the information about the dress of the early steppe Ukrainians is very limited.