Vyshyvanka
Embroidery is thus an important craft within Ukraine and different techniques exist to suit local styles with their own particular patterns and colours.
[10]: 16 It is important for the embroiderer today to use folk art as a source without altering stitches or colours because every change devalues a piece of embroidery and distorts it.
[10]: 278 The costume of Ukrainian settlers since the 17th century had most certainly influenced southern Russian dress, with the sleeves of the chemises of girls and young women decorated with geometric embroidery in black or red.
[15] She kept the traditional form, but changed the embroidery borrowing some elements from Ukrainian rushnyk and home textile.
[15] In its US May issue Vogue wrote that the vyshyvanka has "made waves far past the Eastern European country".
[10]: 278 There is a saying in Ukrainian "Народився у вишиванці" which is translated as somebody was born wearing vyshyvanka, so that is guarded, shielded, and defended by whoever made it.
Vyshyvanka is not present in the traditional Russian women's costume with the sarafan consisting of a long full skirt hanging just below the arms with straps or an extremely abbreviated bodice that secures it over the shoulders.
[23] On this day, many Ukrainians wear vyshyvanky to demonstrate commitment to the idea of national identity and unity and to show their patriotism.
"[26] Unlike in Ukraine, where the embroidery's features are primarily determined by region, the Belarusian vyshyvanka is embroidered according to national and personal history, and is also often used to record information.
