@@VBirchwood you are so welcome! I am very well, thank you. I am conquering a fussy repurposing project (it presents as a hooded swing coat to me, but, I believe there are other terms for it.) I am making it out of a retired factory made comforter/polyfill blanket. I hope you and your loved ones are well too!😀
I took a thrift store Fur coat removed the silk lining and I am using the fur for the inside. I was thinking of using upholstery fabric, then after watching this ahhhh I have a tote full of woolen fabric that will make a great bille tun but I like the shape of your 1940s coat. hmmmm brewing up ideas much love Wyld Child Designs
This just makes such perfect sense, doesn't it? Coal and firewood were expensive, rapidly consumed, and not that great at heating larger spaces anyway. Textiles were super expensive too, but you could wer them for years and years.
Absolutely! And at least textiles can be remade into other garments, and the worn fabric pieces made into other things for the house, smaller clothes, etc. Versus coal or firewood which is gone as soon as it burns up.
People would use coal to heat a room not the entire house. Also they used quilts. Wood is fine if you have a decent setup. My grandparents all used wood. We have millions of acres of dead pine forests waiting for a fire here in Utah. It’s going to burn. But yes I totally agree good textiles are worth buying. I buy carhart simply cause they last an extra year longer. Cowboy boots if you spend $250 or up for actual solid leather or leather with replaceable plastic bottoms they can last two to five years and just get them resoled. I don’t think most people can repurpose clothes except maybe rags but you could use them tk make soap I read the pioneers did that.
I'm so happy to find someone who is not only the same ethnicity as me but also sews Volga Tartar fashion. Because I'm so not interested in sewing or wearing Victorian or Edwardian dresses.
Cәлам!! This is so cool to read 😄 If you need anymore info on Volga Tatar fashion, send me a DM on Instagram. I'll also eventually release a 500 years of Volga Tatar fashion video, but it'll be a while as I'm still heavily researching.
Тяжело быть помесью и не иметь культуры. Завидую тебе, друже😢 Надеюсь хотя бы мои дети смогут ассоциировать себя с народом, страной или регионом, а не как я, без имени и происхождения фактического
Having been raised in a less-than-rich household, my instinct when it’s cold is not to turn up the heating but to add an extra layer of clothing! We have low heating bills …
I live in a tiny community, mostly logging and fishing. I am easily spotted because i dress in 1930’s style tweed wool jacket and waistcoat and heavy wool trousers with tall leather Irish stockman’s boots. Locals used to ask where i am going so dressed up. My answer has always been “here!” After many years my neighbors are used to it. And always many of the teens like it. Tell me i am “cool” if the ladies ask why i am so dressed, i tell them “l do it for you, dear”
I am an Italian American Hetero man 66 years old and like older period cloths rather than modern. When I am outdoors hiking & camping or just about, I incorporate late 1800's & early 1900'S cloth's with my modern clothing. Coats, waist coats and the collarless loose fitting shirts. When I go out for an overnight hike/camp I also go with old school gear like canvas/wool blanket bedroll, canvas Haversacks and Oilskin Tarps for shelter. No modern light weight gear. In the house I wear ancient Roman Tunics in winter and summer to pay homage to my culture and it is comfortable and looks cool. It is a shame more people do not wear old school ethnic clothing more often. I recently bought 2 Roman Wool Tunics for my wife and I and she loves it. You should do videos on Mens Vintage clothing. Great channel.
If you don't mind? I just subscribed to your channel. Even if it isn't really a channel yet. Some small videos from you would be so interesting. But no pressure. Just support and interest.
Oh go ahead and do it! I live in south-west Germany and i still have lots of knitted woolen winterwear. Especially woolen socks, unbeatable in winter (while i live in the warmest area of the country, we still have the black forest right next to us and getting snow and cold from there right now).
@@VBirchwood That stuff is legendary among knitters. I'm lucky to have easy access to it through a local Nordic goods shop, even though I'm in the US.
Her ancestors are from a region where you won't rain, but find an anomaly when birds and other animals freeze in the air. You live in a mild climate. But she's from hell. ua-cam.com/video/JfKw96b0n6U/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/eDJVUYF_peQ/v-deo.html
I recently got my mum to recreate a sontag for me. That one piece of clothing has single handedly been responsible for me being able to keep the heating down by two degrees (Celsius) compared to the last couple of years. It's really surprising how much of a difference it makes. And it does not impaire my freedom of movement at all, which I struggle with when layering modern clothes. It baffles me, that sontag shawls didn't stick around longer. They are so practical and cosy.
Right? I thrifted this big knitted shawl long before discovering sontags and used to wrap it around my body criss-cross just because it was practical and kept me warm through many winter days. Guess some things are timeless after all
@@jwolfe1209 hug-me-thight is actually kind of the perfect term. When I showed my sontag shawl to a friend her reaction was "oh, it's shaped like a hug."
Thank you! I genuinely _am_ much happier. When you experience a lifetime of living in a threat state or survival state, the way you start to operate becomes so usual, you don't even often realise there is another side where the body is calm and life just flows. It's incredible how many areas of life c-PTSD impacts, and the reason I am this joyful today is because of my ongoing recovery treatment with my therapist. Of course, things are still hard sometimes and I'm still very much actively healing, but everything is just a bit different now.
@@VBirchwood Im deeply happy for you. I was in a very abusive relationship with a narcissist for just 3 years, but it left me bankrupt and with brain damage, I know what you mean that your body retains this hyper-vigilance you are unaware of until it starts to pass...
I love your Volga Tatar gear! It's very cool to see more ethnicity-specific and working class historical fashion content. Where I live, -35 C isn't unusual in the winter. I've been able to stay incredibly warm in a vintage wool jacket with a big coyote fur collar, plus a sweater or two underneath. I haven't found any modern winter jackets (in my price range at least) that are as comfortable or warm. I also have a pair of Canadian army surplus wool pants from the 50's that are great for winter activities. I've also come to really appreciate fur as a material. It's beautiful to look at and beautiful to touch, very warm, and will not shed microplastics. It connects me to the wilderness. I only own vintage fur, but I have a lot of respect for trappers with humane and sustainable practices and I hope their industry gets more recognition.
You are a breath of fresh air in the historybounding world. All your videos are so encouraging and supportive. I love that you freely mix time periods in your wardrobe and your outfits, for some reason I still find myself hesitant to do that. Thank you for the reminder that they're MY clothes, and I can wear them however I want 🙂
Yes!! Thank you for saying that better than I could. Vasi has such an authentically welcoming presence that I really see shining through more and more each video.
"- and people think you're really weird but you don't care cause you're having a joyful time" That's how I feel ALL THE TIME! Let me explain, I'm a pre-teen who wears Victorian & 1950s clothing so I can completely relate to this!
As a life long Dark Ages historical reenactor, I entirely get it. Wool tunics and trousers with leg wraps, a linen underlayer, and a wool cloak over all of it i and a wool cap are SUPER toasty and warm. I dont wear it every day, but i wear it whenever I can get away with it, especially when I am out in the woods camping.
Thanks a lot for sharing Tatar clothing 💛 I'm also Tatar, and I've always wondered why our "traditional" costumes shown at celebrations look so artificial, synthetic, boring, and historically inaccurate! I'm going through a kinda ethnic identity phase, and trying bring more tatar language, music and culture into my life. Your video brought a lot of joy! Рәхмәт!
Сәлам! This is so beautiful to hear! I’ve also been going through a big process of deepening my relationship with being Tatar, and what that means more in a historical context. If you want to talk about it at all, send me a DM on Instagram!
this reminds me of my experiences with ethnic cooking. every cookbook you can get in English for recipes that aren't native to english-speaking areas (to put it shortly) is like 'you must use these expensive fresh ingredients sourced from this area specifically, or it won't be Authentic!'. meanwhile, I asked my mom how to cook borsch once and she shrugged and said, make beef stock like you normally do, add the vegetables you have, but you should fry the beets first and add them last. that was it. it's not a special supersoup, it's eastern european winter veggie soup, beet edition. 'Authenticity' isn't some magically accurate recipe, it's what those people who make that thing would do when they have to, for example, make a soup, with what they have on hand. I'm firmly convinced that the national soups, at least, of any area, are solely composed of whatever vegetables and meat the people there are most likely to have lots of. if you add colorful bell peppers or corn or something to your borsch it doesn't suddenly become Not Borsch, it's just borsch as you like it, or as was convenient for you. That I think is why so-called 'authentic' folk-costumes look so artificial sometimes. there's no life to them because they weren't made as clothes that someone had to wear for practical reasons, modified for someone's personal preferences and needs, but as clothes made to fit a specific pop-image. I think it's not historically accurate that a folk-costume would not have any repairs on it, be made in always the same colors as if no one ever had preferences, or not have modifications based on the wearer's personal preference or circumstances. I don't know if any of this ramble is coherent at all, but that's my thought on it-- in summary, blending your personal style, likes, and needs with your history makes sense and is authentic because our ancestors were practical people too
Layers is definitely key! Here in winter-y Sweden we make sure to protect the five areas where the cold air might creep in; head, neck, wrists, ankles and lower back, basically the same places you should cool down if you're overheating. But that's not gonna be a problem here for several months yet ❄
How wonderful to find your channel . Your Great great Grandma who be so amazed to your research and passion of her essential wardrobe. My family history is of Volga German. Catharine the Great gave land Grants and Germans migrated to Russia. Years later they escaped down the Volga river to America. I will binge watch all your videos and the future. Thank you for such great content!
Thank you! My grandma is Tatar actually (and she helped to raise me). She’s still alive but has dementia, so I believe she is proud of me for all the research 😊
*I USED TO BE VERY ANTI-FUR* until I went to Prague in the winter and the windchill was -45C and all my fancy modern winter clothes were completely useless. I realised you either wore a dead mammal or you became one. EDIT: controversy in the comments - this was 1995, Im sure modern Genuine Polar gear is now better than my expensive pseudo polar gear was 30 years ago...!!!
@@ragnkja I bought this very expensive gortex coat for the trip - like £600 in 1998, I put it on and went out of the hotel, I was fine until I got to the end of the block to the T that intersected with the street at 90 deg which the wind was blowing down. *ALL MY BODY HEAT* disappeared down the street in less than a second, it was a literally shocking experience, I clung to my partner and we staggered across the road into a bar. I have never known cold like it in my life, it was very scary. We went bar to bar to bar until we got to the fur market and bought coats, gloves and hats and after that everything was fine. Modern coats can cope with low temperatures but as soon as the wind gets up, they fail - in my experience. [Im sure the genuine polar gear is fine]
Sadly I lost my mother's muff, so now I'm scouting through thrift stores to find old fur coats etc to re-create it and make a fur coat lining/vest to keep me warm. Thank You for inspiring yet again!
I live in one of the coldest cities in the world, and I wear 17th/ early 18th century mens clothing whenever I go out. It is really hard when it comes to wearing my little shoes and stockings when it is -35C so when it’s cold I usually go with my earlier 17th century during the English civil war outfits with the extremely tall boots, or I put on my giant brandenberg coats
Both outfits look so lovely and warm. I'm pagan and for those COLD SO COLD outside rituals I came up with a set of thermal underwear, a fleece lined heavy cotton robe, a fleece lined half cape, a thin set of gloves inside a thicker set of gloves, and scarf on my head with a knitted cap over that. My friends laughingly accused me of cheating once they found out how many layers I had on. They all stood around shivering while I was bordering on getting too warm. Layers win every time!
I read that in the early 19th century, the Chinese kept warm by piling on layers of clothing. If you were cold, put another on. Of course, they also made clothing with cotton batting for insulation, too.
I recently visited Cambridge Massachusetts and it's January so there was a lot of snow. I visited the MIT campus, walked 30 minutes there and back from my hotel I wore a long woolen pea coat and stayed warm and dry the entire time, everyone else had their coats soaked through within 20 into the tour. Wool definitely works.
THIS presentation is SO RICH in historical information and examples, I just loved it. Many sections I watched more than once just to drink-in this history.
As someone who grew up riding horses, those seamless undergarments are so smart!! I also had not heard of the Volga Tatar people and culture, so I will now be falling into a research rabbit hole, so thank you for the education!
I finally understand how the word 'muff' got its secondary meaning. Also, I have no desire to spend any time on horseback but those wide-legged trousers look amazingly practical!
You are reminding me of the first year that I moved to Northern New England and I lived in an off-grid cabin with no plumbing, no electricity, and only a woodstove for heat and a propane camp stove for cooking. My toilet was a composting bucket toilet system in an outhouse. That Winter was, according to the older people I met, the worst in their memories, and historical temperature data bears this out. Temps dropped to -32°C with wind chills down to -45°C. My record for using the toilet was -25°C, one night. I typically wore two layers of stockings and two layers of heavy wool skirts, a heavy wool sweater, a heavy wool jacket, and a suede leather jacket on top of that (when the weather was dry) for abrasion and wind resistance. On my head I wore a wool cap with a double layered heavy muslin kerchief over it. On my feet I wore heavy wool socks inside of heavy sheppskin lined waxed leather boots.
This is great content! I did American Revolutionary War reenactments for a few years and wearing the outfit of a British soldier I can say that I really love the clothing. Wearing multiple layers of wool in the summer was super hot, however, the inner layers would actually absorb sweat too and keep you cool while you're in the field.
Just found your channel and I really love your individual Tartar/Victorian style. Super cute. As a Muslim I'm always looking for ways to keep warm in winter while wearing skirts, and keep cool in summer too, as I live in the northern hemisphere and the traditional "Islamic" garb isn't suited for northern climes. When I say "traditional" I mean modern traditional which is always thin synthetics nowadays. So over recent years I've started wearing a more vintage style as I reasoned it's best to take inspiration from how women used to live in long skirts back in the day. I wish I could sew my own clothes, it's been an ambition for a long time, but situation and circumstances have prevented it, so I try to find what I can to wear. I've been coping in winter by wearing 90% cotton leggings, wool legwarmers, two layers of cotton summer skirts as petticoats, or a cotton skirt and wool skirt (which I found cheap on eBay) as petticoats, then my usual unfortunately synthetic skirt or dress on top. Sometimes I can find a fabric mix outer dress with cotton but it's hard to find natural materials. Your shawl you wear on your head is similar to a hijab, with your tartar hat on top looks so pretty! I'd love if you could do a video like this for how you survive summer too. I struggle to maintain modesty in summer as layers feel too hot, but a single thin dress + summer breeze = reveals everything.
Clothes that cover the whole body are the best for the heat as long as they’re made right! Loose fitted garments that create airflow help keep the body cool, but choosing the right fabric is necessary too. If you google search Bedouin clothing experiment you should be able to find out about the test that was done! Their clothes are so effective at cooling that the colour makes no difference, their black robes are just as cool as their white ones. I find that the shape of skirts makes a difference in the wind. Circle skirts are the worst! And I’ve always imagined that there must a way to make skirts heavier at the bottom so they don’t fly up? I’ve never tried it though. Maybe instead of using cording and things like that to add support to a top it could be used to weigh down the bottom of a skirt? I imagine you could make a channel around the hem and put something heavy in somehow. Maybe if you experiment you’ll figure something out! Even if you can’t sew your clothes modifying them might still be possible? There’s no-sew options that might make it easier for you! I don’t think you can make a whole garment with those techniques but you can definitely modify them. Good luck! I’m not a Muslim but I know it’s difficult when the clothes available to you don’t suit your needs 💕
@@EmL-kg5gn Your instinct is correct - cording was used in 19th C dress hems to help keep the shape; a wool braid that covered the hem to protect it from wear also added weight. Additionally, small metal weights were sewn in to weigh down the fabric - like they sometimes do with modern curtains.
@@davyd28 oh, that reminds me of a feature of some specimens of travelling cloaks, people would sew their money (great big heavy coins) into the hems, to keep them from flying up but also so they couldn't get robbed of everything as easily
I love this video! I've been trying to 1) make more cold weather clothes and 2) find how I personally want to incorporate historical styles into my existing wardrobe and this gave me some good ideas. Thank you!
I just discovered your vlog. I find your historical fashions really charming and also fun and practical. It's great you can wear them as everyday wear! It's also cool you can incorporate your own ethnic heritage into the outfits which are very beautiful. My mother's parents were immigrants from Belarus, Poland and Lithuania in 1912.
First time I've found your channel and such a great, informative video! I'm writing a Solarpunk novel and spend a lot of time thinking about random things like what people will evolve into wearing in a more ecologically minded future, so this was all great. Thanks :)
Very interesting and refreshing. Thankful for your boldness to try new (old) and mix-match for your style. very impressive research and history. Thanks for sharing about your experiences and family history. nice voice and conversational style, like we were going to set down for tea and visit. Thanks again.
You are absolutely correct in feeling good and confident wearing the historical Outfits that you have created. You look absolutely Beautiful in those Clothes. You actually look like you belong in a different time.
Wow ,I live in Florida and never see such beautiful skin😮 Just finishing up a hand stitched skirt.Hand stitched clothes are so much nicer than machine stitched clothing. Something about those little stitches and the waxed thread ❤.thanks for the incaregment to give it a go.Im hooked👍
I completely agree, something about your fingers working along the seams structures them. I love looking at my perfect seams too. Looks finished on the inside and outside.
I made a vintage inspired setesdal style cardigan last year and I'm planning an 1866-1867 outfit for my birthday and found out one fashion plate exactly from that period where a lady wore a color work cardigan that has the same shape as mine (only a smidge looser but my cardigan looks tight even by modern and vintage standards so it's just part of the unique design lol)
Loved the Volga Tatar clothing. My mother was from Kraelia in Finland. I currently live in the Tropics and focus on wearing as little as possible. I do miss wearing all that wool....sometimes.
I’m here for ALL the historical things, but…can we talk about that GORGEOUS deep red color ❤❤❤ The background and the stunning thumbnail made me click this video faster than I’ve ever clicked anything in my life!
This is really interesting, how this all fits together. Also, just wanted to say I really enjoy your videos. I love your attitude toward sustainability, appreciation of the source of materials, honoring animals, ancestors, and everything else. And especially, that you have the courage to wear historical clothing as everyday garb! I wish more people would do that. Thanks for your meticulous attention to detail and willingness to share all this with us all. ❤
I am so glad to see you so happy! I love the decision to live how one *wants* to live, because there is always going to be one or more judging person/s. Your clothes look great! I am glad you wear them how you want to wear them😀👍🌟🦋💖
i love your videos and the beautiful stories people are telling in the comments about their own connection to historical fashion are really wonderful, thank you for sharing
i have never seen anyone speak so well and comfortably while standing in their under ware... good for you for making your beautiful clothing and thanks for sharing...Creator bless...doug
Your smile in this video warms my Tatar heart, so deep and beautiful. Бик матур! Thank you so much for sharing Tatar outfits, looking forward to see more of that side you.
Got to have that color running through the wardrobe, I love that. Thanks for sharing that you still wear the earlier makes, that makes me happy since they were your passion at the time and they were all handmade. I like the mix it up technique.
I just love how your face lights up as soon as you start speaking about the various clothing pieces & when you like to wear them.. absolutely fabulous and i love your style, and it suits you! You give so.many people confidence to sew and have the confidence themselves to wear what they like and have umph in their stride.. I have a mixed wardrobe but majority of my dresses are big and long and i have been asked if i have fallen from the set of little house on the prairie 😂 i just love that look and feel really comfortable in them. Take care V.
OMG! So glad you include your traditional clothing! People need to keep alive their cultures. We also have similar baggy pants in our culture, quite a few have. Not sure if I missed it somewhere, but where did you get your wool stockings please?
I had a muff when I was a little girl. I absolutely loved it! Now you've got me thinking about making one for myself now - and I could really use it in the upper Midwest! Your outfits are lovely, your sewing is beautiful, and your joy is contagious! Thank you!
Historybounders unite!❤ it’s so refreshing how you love to create a wholly new look based on the silhouettes and styles that bring you joy and express your identity.😊
I always love watching videos like this, since everyone looks so warm and cozy, as I long to be (I get chilled easily). Your thick wool layers and the beautiful fur hat would fare wonderfully in my area of the world.
I dabbled in historical clothing in the 90’s and made an under cape of a fluffy wool fabric. When worn under my ordinary tightly woven cape it was insanely warm. I could be out in -15° and wear nothing else.
VI have not commented much as of late due to schedule and your content needed no words added from me; just enjoyment of watching. This video moved me to not only comment but support your perspectives of the functionality of traditional attire. Due to my upbringing and then professional orientation, I have literally "lived" outside most of my life 200 to 300 days a year without the "modern comforts" of what most in first world nations believe they must have, including sleeping outside and/or without "conditioned air." These temperature extremes can range from +37.7°/+100° to -45.5/-50° and it is achieved comfortably with only natural fibers like wool, silk, and hide of handmade and/or tailored clothing for the large part. Your observations in this video are 100% validated... The only corrective comment I would make, but is not entirely applicable to you perhaps as your lifestyle may not warrant it (?) is to rid yourself of the cotton/linens next to your skin layer...or...completely from your ensemble if you are in a more outdoor, wilderness, and/or exposed setting. As they say..."COTTON KILLS"...and as a former WEMT...I can attest to this fact being true having seen people in even urban settings lose their life quickly due to hypothermia. This is true mostly for the colder times of the year, but once you change to more traditional underclothes of silk and wool it functions brilliantly year-round from tropics to arctic climates. The ambient temperature has to be well above freezing before linen or cotton is ever worn and even then seldom as I like silk and wool as it is more durable and cool when worn properly...
Vasi, I was hoping you might be able to give me some clarity about something. So I've been getting more and more interested in researching my ancestral lineage-specific people, where they lived, when they came to America, etc.-and the culture and history of those places. It's been awesome to feel a connection with my ancestry. However, the more I get interested in it and the more I want to talk about it with people, the more I seem to develop a weird sense of shame about declaring something like "I'm a quarter Lithuanian" (grandfather first generation), because in the US (and I think outside of the US) no one cares where the ancestors of an American came from and only consider you to be 100% American (technically true). How can I feel confident about developing my interests (clothing, language, culture, history) in Lithuanian, Scottish, and English culture without feeling inadequate that I'm not purebred or born in those places? I hope this makes sense as a question... One of the most unfortunate things that I think is true about being American, is that the centuries, even millennia, of familial and cultural ancestry seems to get stripped from your identity when you're born here. No one from America nor that country will respect your ancestral ties to it. (Although I have seen Italian Americans, and possibly some others I'm forgetting, curiously receive more respect about it. I think the English-speaking countries of the British Isles receive the least respect, maybe because so many Americans came from there.) And while America certainly does have an identity to be endowed upon people born here, the country is only a couple hundred years old and a huge melting pot without many singular ideas. And this can make people like me feel confined to some social construction of who they are that absolutely does not tell the whole picture. Is it weird to learn the language, dress, or history of people who left Scotland 200 years ago? Or from Lithuania 100 years ago? Or even identify with it more? Seeing you get into your Tartan and Volga identity really warms and inspires me! 😊 I would love to honor my ancestors through dress or language, as a way of being grateful for the sacrifices and risks they made to come here to give their children better lives, as I doubt they felt they had much choice to immigrate either (they were all very poor) and had to give up their culture when they did.
Hi internet stranger! This is just my own personal take on this topic, I'm no authority on this, just my unsolicited opinion. I have kind of contradicting feelings and opinions when it comes to this topic. On other hand I find myself annoyed by americans claiming their ancestors ethnicities, but on the other hand I sort of feel the struggle too. I am half Finnish and half Estonian(citizen of both countries, I speak both languages but I was born and raised in Finland) with roots in Karelia and Poland. The conclusion I came to for myself when for example tipping my toes into learning more about my Karelian ancestry and their cultural practices, was that I will not claim to be Karelian. That is because I feel like it would be rude and inauthentic to do that, but instead frame it to be only about connecting with my own family. I'm not sure if I was able to explain that very well, but shifting the mindset from "I am xyz" to "this is part of my family's history" has helped me a lot in terms of feeling like a fraud. I do this with my spouse's culture too, "I am now part of a family that is xyz and that is why I want to learn this". I hope this makes some sense and that I didn't come off too rude😅
Hi! This is a really interesting question, but I’m not sure I’m the most equipped to answer (and I’m sure every person would have a different response too). English isn’t technically my first language and I grew up in a very Russian/Tatar household (even though I was born in America). My Tatar grandmother helped to raise me and made sure I knew every day of my life that I am a Volga Tatar - she didn’t want me to forget it (which I’m grateful for). I spent many months throughout my lifetime in Bashkortostan where my family is from (neighbouring region to Tatarstan) but I grew up speaking Russian though, and not Tatar, which I’m learning now (a common experience amongst many Tatars). Where I can perhaps relate is on my father’s side I know my ancestry is Ukrainian and Irish/Scottish. I have delved a bit into the fashions and heritage of both, because I am curious about what my ancestors would have worn. A big part of that is because my father was adopted so on that side I had very little connection to my ancestry until recently, so it’s been a fun and long-time-coming exploration. I can very much understand, however, how you’re feeling and all these feelings are totally valid! I think sometimes cultural identity can be looked at in many ways. There’s the place we live and grow up in, and then there’s the places we are connected to through our ancestors. I think it’s a beautiful thing to connect with our ancestors regardless, as it can teach us so much about ourselves, and about what they may have sacrificed to get us to where we are today (what a beautiful thing!) And I think learning a new language is always a positive thing. Whether it’s to connect more with our own ancestry, or even just to connect more with others. I think that if connecting with your ancestry and languages brings you joy and gratitude, then that’s wonderful.
My "two cents" is just explore ! My heritage is I was first born in the USA, to two Canadians, both of Scottish decent. I know in Boston (lived close to it most of my life, though I did go back & life in Canada a few years as a young adult) there is a "Canadian/American club in Watertown, Mass. (Years ago, there were a LOT of Canadians coming down to Boston to work. Some stayed, and some went back. This club was started then.) Most of the culture of this club is Scottish based, the dances, the fiddles, etc. However, I do have a friend who is a dancer who fell in love with the dances & music and is now a teacher of dancing there. No one cares that she's not of that heritage. No one can deny she teaches & and promotes it. Also, these clubs NEED younger people ! People, like my parents, (I am 61 ) are getting old and passing. For the culture to survive, it needs new blood.
@@stealthyshrek7466 Hello, I love your way of looking at it! That makes a lot of sense to me..just a simple language change can reframe the whole thing. Thank you!
for a couple of years now I've mostly been just switching to wool knit sweaters, often a bit bulky, and they keep me warm so beautifully and I say that as someone who gets cold really easily, just switching to wool and cozy sweaters made my life so much easier. I can move in it unlike the 4+ regular layers I used to wear and that's it. a winter jacket/ coat and under that a woolen sweater. if you work w the right materials and focus on the torso and feet you can immediately feel the difference those looks were so nice, and I hope to one day be able to dress similar myself. still have a lot of years worth work ahead since I am starting at 0 but historical fashion should absolutely be worn all year round !
In days of old, it got COLD! There were warm spots, right by stoves and fires, but much of the house was not. (Trust me, I've lived in some historical houses.) It makes a HUGE difference! Nowadays, if you turn the heat down to conserve fuel there are NO warm spots. Sigh.
I also subscribe to the value of wearing used/vintage fur items. I agree that it actually honors the creature whose natural life would be long over since most of my vintage fur items are many decades old.
Dear Vasi I came along your channel a couple months ago and started to create some pieces for my new wardrobe... Do you have a tutorial on the victorian wrapper? I fell in love with the dressing of working class and would like to replicate it by hand Loads of love
I hope you’re enjoying the videos so far! 😊 For the wrapper I used Laughing Moon no. 118 for the pattern. If you look at my “Victorian meets Lord of the Rings” dress video, I show my process for sewing the wrapper there, not this specific one but another one of a similar cut I made using the same pattern. I’ve made about 5 of these wrappers now! 😅 I hope that’s helpful and thanks so much for watching🥰✨
what a wonderful video, thanks so much for your clear labelling of many of the pieces too. I have always been interested in tatar textile history but as you say, writen information can be confusing, so it's really nice to find someone like yourself with a personal connection to learn from; your joy in your clothing really comes through. you should definitely be very proud of yourself for achieving such a rich hand sewn and self made wardrobe, too. i am not able to wear historical clothing in my daily life but even just having natural fibre layers has made a huge difference in my comfort this northern hemisphere winter.
Just discovered your channel and very glad I did! All those lovely warm layers must keep the cold at bay. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful advice and clothing collection ❤
I just found your channel yesterday and I love it so much! It's so cool that you make your own clothes and they turn out so beautiful! Now I want to go back and watch all of your old videos too!
Thank you so much for watching and for continuing to support my channel and art! See you all in two weeks for another video 🥰
You seem so much happier in the last two videos - I hope your life is getting easier and more full of joy...!!!
This sounds like a wonderful choice. You have such great vision for your own wardrobe & outfits! 💖🌟👍
@@catherinejustcatherine1778 thank you Catherine! I hope you’re well ♥️
@@VBirchwood you are so welcome! I am very well, thank you. I am conquering a fussy repurposing project (it presents as a hooded swing coat to me, but, I believe there are other terms for it.) I am making it out of a retired factory made comforter/polyfill blanket.
I hope you and your loved ones are well too!😀
I took a thrift store Fur coat removed the silk lining and I am using the fur for the inside. I was thinking of using upholstery fabric, then after watching this ahhhh I have a tote full of woolen fabric that will make a great bille tun but I like the shape of your 1940s coat. hmmmm brewing up ideas much love Wyld Child Designs
This just makes such perfect sense, doesn't it? Coal and firewood were expensive, rapidly consumed, and not that great at heating larger spaces anyway. Textiles were super expensive too, but you could wer them for years and years.
Absolutely! And at least textiles can be remade into other garments, and the worn fabric pieces made into other things for the house, smaller clothes, etc. Versus coal or firewood which is gone as soon as it burns up.
@@VBirchwood yup. And once its truly unusable, selll it off to the rag man.
And that’s not even including the need to walk places in the cold where the fire isn’t
We used only one small room with a small stove. No heating in the sleeping room. House built in 1948 (bad quality).
People would use coal to heat a room not the entire house. Also they used quilts. Wood is fine if you have a decent setup. My grandparents all used wood. We have millions of acres of dead pine forests waiting for a fire here in Utah. It’s going to burn.
But yes I totally agree good textiles are worth buying. I buy carhart simply cause they last an extra year longer.
Cowboy boots if you spend $250 or up for actual solid leather or leather with replaceable plastic bottoms they can last two to five years and just get them resoled.
I don’t think most people can repurpose clothes except maybe rags but you could use them tk make soap I read the pioneers did that.
I'm so happy to find someone who is not only the same ethnicity as me but also sews Volga Tartar fashion. Because I'm so not interested in sewing or wearing Victorian or Edwardian dresses.
Cәлам!! This is so cool to read 😄 If you need anymore info on Volga Tatar fashion, send me a DM on Instagram. I'll also eventually release a 500 years of Volga Tatar fashion video, but it'll be a while as I'm still heavily researching.
@@VBirchwood искиткеч! 🥰
Тяжело быть помесью и не иметь культуры. Завидую тебе, друже😢
Надеюсь хотя бы мои дети смогут ассоциировать себя с народом, страной или регионом, а не как я, без имени и происхождения фактического
Exactlyyyyyyy❤
Having been raised in a less-than-rich household, my instinct when it’s cold is not to turn up the heating but to add an extra layer of clothing! We have low heating bills …
Same here, But I remember Jimmy Carter getting in TV to tell folks to wear a sweater during the energy crisis
Also, I see no point in sitting on your sofa in shorts and a tee when it's freezing outside, a hoodie, sweatpants and warm socks are so much cozier!
I live in a tiny community, mostly logging and fishing. I am easily spotted because i dress in 1930’s style tweed wool jacket and waistcoat and heavy wool trousers with tall leather Irish stockman’s boots. Locals used to ask where i am going so dressed up. My answer has always been “here!” After many years my neighbors are used to it. And always many of the teens like it. Tell me i am “cool” if the ladies ask why i am so dressed, i tell them “l do it for you, dear”
I am an Italian American Hetero man 66 years old and like older period cloths rather than modern. When I am outdoors hiking & camping or just about, I incorporate late 1800's & early 1900'S cloth's with my modern clothing. Coats, waist coats and the collarless loose fitting shirts. When I go out for an overnight hike/camp I also go with old school gear like canvas/wool blanket bedroll, canvas Haversacks and Oilskin Tarps for shelter. No modern light weight gear. In the house I wear ancient Roman Tunics in winter and summer to pay homage to my culture and it is comfortable and looks cool. It is a shame more people do not wear old school ethnic clothing more often. I recently bought 2 Roman Wool Tunics for my wife and I and she loves it. You should do videos on Mens Vintage clothing. Great channel.
If you don't mind? I just subscribed to your channel. Even if it isn't really a channel yet. Some small videos from you would be so interesting. But no pressure. Just support and interest.
Living in the Northern Midwestern US, having clothes that actually keep me warm sounds delightful 😭 I want to make outfits like this so badly
Oh go ahead and do it! I live in south-west Germany and i still have lots of knitted woolen winterwear. Especially woolen socks, unbeatable in winter (while i live in the warmest area of the country, we still have the black forest right next to us and getting snow and cold from there right now).
I lived in Iceland from 99-03 and I still use my Iceland wool hats and gloves. I'm amazed at how well they have held up.
So cool that you lived there too! There's no wool quite like Álafosslopi in my experience. Lopi in general is a very unique and durable material.
@@VBirchwood That stuff is legendary among knitters. I'm lucky to have easy access to it through a local Nordic goods shop, even though I'm in the US.
What! No "lopapeysa"?
I've inherited a 60's or 70's wool cardigan (not Icelandic) and it also holds very well.
8:35 ULLARPEYSA!!! Iceland represent! Woohoo!
Remember, it is not the frost that will kill you, it is the rain and the wind!
Her ancestors are from a region where you won't rain, but find an anomaly when birds and other animals freeze in the air. You live in a mild climate. But she's from hell.
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I recently got my mum to recreate a sontag for me. That one piece of clothing has single handedly been responsible for me being able to keep the heating down by two degrees (Celsius) compared to the last couple of years. It's really surprising how much of a difference it makes. And it does not impaire my freedom of movement at all, which I struggle with when layering modern clothes. It baffles me, that sontag shawls didn't stick around longer. They are so practical and cosy.
My mother is currently knitting me one!
@@dawnmoriarty9347 hooray, for all the mothers who love to wrap their children in handmade knit wear! 🥳
Right? I thrifted this big knitted shawl long before discovering sontags and used to wrap it around my body criss-cross just because it was practical and kept me warm through many winter days. Guess some things are timeless after all
I remember my Grandma telling me about a similar garment her Mom and Grandma wore, only she referred to it as a hug-me-tight 😊
@@jwolfe1209 hug-me-thight is actually kind of the perfect term. When I showed my sontag shawl to a friend her reaction was "oh, it's shaped like a hug."
Vasi seems to be having genuine fun in her recent videos. Great to see her evolution
She does seem more happy on a deep level. There is so much joy in her.
Thank you! I genuinely _am_ much happier. When you experience a lifetime of living in a threat state or survival state, the way you start to operate becomes so usual, you don't even often realise there is another side where the body is calm and life just flows. It's incredible how many areas of life c-PTSD impacts, and the reason I am this joyful today is because of my ongoing recovery treatment with my therapist. Of course, things are still hard sometimes and I'm still very much actively healing, but everything is just a bit different now.
@@VBirchwood I'm so so happy for you and thank you so much for replying!
@@antoinepetrov thank you!!
@@VBirchwood Im deeply happy for you. I was in a very abusive relationship with a narcissist for just 3 years, but it left me bankrupt and with brain damage, I know what you mean that your body retains this hyper-vigilance you are unaware of until it starts to pass...
You need a quilted petticoat. They are amazingly warm.
I love your Volga Tatar gear! It's very cool to see more ethnicity-specific and working class historical fashion content. Where I live, -35 C isn't unusual in the winter. I've been able to stay incredibly warm in a vintage wool jacket with a big coyote fur collar, plus a sweater or two underneath. I haven't found any modern winter jackets (in my price range at least) that are as comfortable or warm. I also have a pair of Canadian army surplus wool pants from the 50's that are great for winter activities.
I've also come to really appreciate fur as a material. It's beautiful to look at and beautiful to touch, very warm, and will not shed microplastics. It connects me to the wilderness. I only own vintage fur, but I have a lot of respect for trappers with humane and sustainable practices and I hope their industry gets more recognition.
You are a breath of fresh air in the historybounding world. All your videos are so encouraging and supportive. I love that you freely mix time periods in your wardrobe and your outfits, for some reason I still find myself hesitant to do that. Thank you for the reminder that they're MY clothes, and I can wear them however I want 🙂
Yes!! Thank you for saying that better than I could. Vasi has such an authentically welcoming presence that I really see shining through more and more each video.
"- and people think you're really weird but you don't care cause you're having a joyful time" That's how I feel ALL THE TIME! Let me explain, I'm a pre-teen who wears Victorian & 1950s clothing so I can completely relate to this!
As a life long Dark Ages historical reenactor, I entirely get it. Wool tunics and trousers with leg wraps, a linen underlayer, and a wool cloak over all of it i and a wool cap are SUPER toasty and warm. I dont wear it every day, but i wear it whenever I can get away with it, especially when I am out in the woods camping.
Thanks a lot for sharing Tatar clothing 💛 I'm also Tatar, and I've always wondered why our "traditional" costumes shown at celebrations look so artificial, synthetic, boring, and historically inaccurate!
I'm going through a kinda ethnic identity phase, and trying bring more tatar language, music and culture into my life. Your video brought a lot of joy! Рәхмәт!
Сәлам! This is so beautiful to hear! I’ve also been going through a big process of deepening my relationship with being Tatar, and what that means more in a historical context. If you want to talk about it at all, send me a DM on Instagram!
this reminds me of my experiences with ethnic cooking. every cookbook you can get in English for recipes that aren't native to english-speaking areas (to put it shortly) is like 'you must use these expensive fresh ingredients sourced from this area specifically, or it won't be Authentic!'. meanwhile, I asked my mom how to cook borsch once and she shrugged and said, make beef stock like you normally do, add the vegetables you have, but you should fry the beets first and add them last. that was it. it's not a special supersoup, it's eastern european winter veggie soup, beet edition.
'Authenticity' isn't some magically accurate recipe, it's what those people who make that thing would do when they have to, for example, make a soup, with what they have on hand. I'm firmly convinced that the national soups, at least, of any area, are solely composed of whatever vegetables and meat the people there are most likely to have lots of. if you add colorful bell peppers or corn or something to your borsch it doesn't suddenly become Not Borsch, it's just borsch as you like it, or as was convenient for you.
That I think is why so-called 'authentic' folk-costumes look so artificial sometimes. there's no life to them because they weren't made as clothes that someone had to wear for practical reasons, modified for someone's personal preferences and needs, but as clothes made to fit a specific pop-image. I think it's not historically accurate that a folk-costume would not have any repairs on it, be made in always the same colors as if no one ever had preferences, or not have modifications based on the wearer's personal preference or circumstances.
I don't know if any of this ramble is coherent at all, but that's my thought on it-- in summary, blending your personal style, likes, and needs with your history makes sense and is authentic because our ancestors were practical people too
Layers is definitely key! Here in winter-y Sweden we make sure to protect the five areas where the cold air might creep in; head, neck, wrists, ankles and lower back, basically the same places you should cool down if you're overheating. But that's not gonna be a problem here for several months yet ❄
How wonderful to find your channel . Your Great great Grandma who be so amazed to your research and passion of her essential wardrobe. My family history is of Volga German. Catharine the Great gave land Grants and Germans migrated to Russia. Years later they escaped down the Volga river to America. I will binge watch all your videos and the future. Thank you for such great content!
Thank you! My grandma is Tatar actually (and she helped to raise me). She’s still alive but has dementia, so I believe she is proud of me for all the research 😊
*I USED TO BE VERY ANTI-FUR* until I went to Prague in the winter and the windchill was -45C and all my fancy modern winter clothes were completely useless.
I realised you either wore a dead mammal or you became one.
EDIT: controversy in the comments - this was 1995, Im sure modern Genuine Polar gear is now better than my expensive pseudo polar gear was 30 years ago...!!!
"I realised you either wore a dead mammal of you became one. " LOL
When even the thickest wool and most tightly woven silk are insufficient, fur reigns supreme.
@@lalaithan 😀
@@ragnkja I bought this very expensive gortex coat for the trip - like £600 in 1998, I put it on and went out of the hotel, I was fine until I got to the end of the block to the T that intersected with the street at 90 deg which the wind was blowing down.
*ALL MY BODY HEAT* disappeared down the street in less than a second, it was a literally shocking experience, I clung to my partner and we staggered across the road into a bar.
I have never known cold like it in my life, it was very scary. We went bar to bar to bar until we got to the fur market and bought coats, gloves and hats and after that everything was fine.
Modern coats can cope with low temperatures but as soon as the wind gets up, they fail - in my experience. [Im sure the genuine polar gear is fine]
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Sadly I lost my mother's muff, so now I'm scouting through thrift stores to find old fur coats etc to re-create it and make a fur coat lining/vest to keep me warm. Thank You for inspiring yet again!
I live in one of the coldest cities in the world, and I wear 17th/ early 18th century mens clothing whenever I go out. It is really hard when it comes to wearing my little shoes and stockings when it is -35C so when it’s cold I usually go with my earlier 17th century during the English civil war outfits with the extremely tall boots, or I put on my giant brandenberg coats
Tall boots were probably the invention of the nomads of the this region.
Both outfits look so lovely and warm. I'm pagan and for those COLD SO COLD outside rituals I came up with a set of thermal underwear, a fleece lined heavy cotton robe, a fleece lined half cape, a thin set of gloves inside a thicker set of gloves, and scarf on my head with a knitted cap over that. My friends laughingly accused me of cheating once they found out how many layers I had on. They all stood around shivering while I was bordering on getting too warm. Layers win every time!
I read that in the early 19th century, the Chinese kept warm by piling on layers of clothing. If you were cold, put another on. Of course, they also made clothing with cotton batting for insulation, too.
I recently visited Cambridge Massachusetts and it's January so there was a lot of snow. I visited the MIT campus, walked 30 minutes there and back from my hotel I wore a long woolen pea coat and stayed warm and dry the entire time, everyone else had their coats soaked through within 20 into the tour. Wool definitely works.
THIS presentation is SO RICH in historical information and examples,
I just loved it. Many sections I watched more than once just to
drink-in this history.
As someone who grew up riding horses, those seamless undergarments are so smart!! I also had not heard of the Volga Tatar people and culture, so I will now be falling into a research rabbit hole, so thank you for the education!
Check out Maimam or horse face skirts, they were meant for horse back riding and are very simple to sew, if you are keen!
Cheers
I finally understand how the word 'muff' got its secondary meaning.
Also, I have no desire to spend any time on horseback but those wide-legged trousers look amazingly practical!
You are reminding me of the first year that I moved to Northern New England and I lived in an off-grid cabin with no plumbing, no electricity, and only a woodstove for heat and a propane camp stove for cooking. My toilet was a composting bucket toilet system in an outhouse. That Winter was, according to the older people I met, the worst in their memories, and historical temperature data bears this out. Temps dropped to -32°C with wind chills down to -45°C. My record for using the toilet was -25°C, one night. I typically wore two layers of stockings and two layers of heavy wool skirts, a heavy wool sweater, a heavy wool jacket, and a suede leather jacket on top of that (when the weather was dry) for abrasion and wind resistance. On my head I wore a wool cap with a double layered heavy muslin kerchief over it. On my feet I wore heavy wool socks inside of heavy sheppskin lined waxed leather boots.
Mentally filed this under "stuff I would never have expected to keep me transfixed and genuinely interested". Very cool, thanks.
This is great content! I did American Revolutionary War reenactments for a few years and wearing the outfit of a British soldier I can say that I really love the clothing. Wearing multiple layers of wool in the summer was super hot, however, the inner layers would actually absorb sweat too and keep you cool while you're in the field.
I have NEVER seen a cuter outfit than the hat + wrapper combo at 10:19!!!! 😭😭😭 Vasi. omg. That hat is perfect on you.
thank you!!☺
Just found your channel and I really love your individual Tartar/Victorian style. Super cute. As a Muslim I'm always looking for ways to keep warm in winter while wearing skirts, and keep cool in summer too, as I live in the northern hemisphere and the traditional "Islamic" garb isn't suited for northern climes. When I say "traditional" I mean modern traditional which is always thin synthetics nowadays. So over recent years I've started wearing a more vintage style as I reasoned it's best to take inspiration from how women used to live in long skirts back in the day. I wish I could sew my own clothes, it's been an ambition for a long time, but situation and circumstances have prevented it, so I try to find what I can to wear. I've been coping in winter by wearing 90% cotton leggings, wool legwarmers, two layers of cotton summer skirts as petticoats, or a cotton skirt and wool skirt (which I found cheap on eBay) as petticoats, then my usual unfortunately synthetic skirt or dress on top. Sometimes I can find a fabric mix outer dress with cotton but it's hard to find natural materials.
Your shawl you wear on your head is similar to a hijab, with your tartar hat on top looks so pretty!
I'd love if you could do a video like this for how you survive summer too. I struggle to maintain modesty in summer as layers feel too hot, but a single thin dress + summer breeze = reveals everything.
Clothes that cover the whole body are the best for the heat as long as they’re made right! Loose fitted garments that create airflow help keep the body cool, but choosing the right fabric is necessary too. If you google search Bedouin clothing experiment you should be able to find out about the test that was done! Their clothes are so effective at cooling that the colour makes no difference, their black robes are just as cool as their white ones.
I find that the shape of skirts makes a difference in the wind. Circle skirts are the worst! And I’ve always imagined that there must a way to make skirts heavier at the bottom so they don’t fly up? I’ve never tried it though. Maybe instead of using cording and things like that to add support to a top it could be used to weigh down the bottom of a skirt? I imagine you could make a channel around the hem and put something heavy in somehow. Maybe if you experiment you’ll figure something out! Even if you can’t sew your clothes modifying them might still be possible? There’s no-sew options that might make it easier for you! I don’t think you can make a whole garment with those techniques but you can definitely modify them. Good luck! I’m not a Muslim but I know it’s difficult when the clothes available to you don’t suit your needs 💕
@@EmL-kg5gn Your instinct is correct - cording was used in 19th C dress hems to help keep the shape; a wool braid that covered the hem to protect it from wear also added weight. Additionally, small metal weights were sewn in to weigh down the fabric - like they sometimes do with modern curtains.
@@davyd28 Oh wow that’s so cool!! Thank you for telling me 😊
@@davyd28 oh, that reminds me of a feature of some specimens of travelling cloaks, people would sew their money (great big heavy coins) into the hems, to keep them from flying up but also so they couldn't get robbed of everything as easily
I love your Tatar dress, that's so pretty on you! And you do look very warm in all of that!
Loved the outfits but even more your encouragement to dress to suit our own personal style. 🌻🍄
I love this video! I've been trying to 1) make more cold weather clothes and 2) find how I personally want to incorporate historical styles into my existing wardrobe and this gave me some good ideas. Thank you!
I'm so glad the video gave you some new ideas! Best of luck with the wardrobe building 😊
Muffs are so good! I have a Victorian-passing long coat and we made a matching muff for it. I wear with when it gets below freezing.
Watching while wearing:
thermal under-bottoms & undershirt, 2 pair socks & 2nd under-layer
2 pair sweatpants, 2 shirts
denim vest & hooded sweat jacket
Truly a fashion icon in my own time.
I just discovered your vlog. I find your historical fashions really charming and also fun and practical. It's great you can wear them as everyday wear! It's also cool you can incorporate your own ethnic heritage into the outfits which are very beautiful. My mother's parents were immigrants from Belarus, Poland and Lithuania in 1912.
Beautiful and practical looks!
Thank you! 😊
Love love love that you’re dressing more traditional to your heritage!!! Clothes tell our story wherever we’re from and you look beautiful 🤩
First time I've found your channel and such a great, informative video! I'm writing a Solarpunk novel and spend a lot of time thinking about random things like what people will evolve into wearing in a more ecologically minded future, so this was all great. Thanks :)
The sontag deserves a comeback.
Very interesting and refreshing. Thankful for your boldness to try new (old) and mix-match for your style. very impressive research and history. Thanks for sharing about your experiences and family history. nice voice and conversational style, like we were going to set down for tea and visit. Thanks again.
You are absolutely correct in feeling good and confident wearing the historical Outfits that you have created. You look absolutely Beautiful in those Clothes. You actually look like you belong in a different time.
A timely video with beautiful pieces! The different pieces of Volga Tatar clothing and stand-ins work to create a truly lovely look and purpose!
Phenomenal! You have made so many beautiful garments. The coat is wonderful and works so well, even if it’s from a different time & place.
Wow ,I live in Florida and never see such beautiful skin😮
Just finishing up a hand stitched skirt.Hand stitched clothes are so much nicer than machine stitched clothing. Something about those little stitches and the waxed thread ❤.thanks for the incaregment to give it a go.Im hooked👍
I completely agree, something about your fingers working along the seams structures them. I love looking at my perfect seams too. Looks finished on the inside and outside.
I love your outfits so much! I also wear historical fashion daily and I find it so much warmer than all my normal clothes!
Thank you so much! That’s awesome that you’ve had a similar experience as well 🥰
My boyfriend is turkic and I am really loving how you show Volga Tatar Folklore! Something you don't see every day
I made a vintage inspired setesdal style cardigan last year and I'm planning an 1866-1867 outfit for my birthday and found out one fashion plate exactly from that period where a lady wore a color work cardigan that has the same shape as mine (only a smidge looser but my cardigan looks tight even by modern and vintage standards so it's just part of the unique design lol)
The Volga Tatar look is so darling and cozy looking!
We have Tatar people in Poland and we love them. They are real Patriots and they love Poland ❤
I like bright colors as well, and especially in winter for the same reasons. ❤
I’m giggling at her describing the little breeze when she’s with her friends. Oh i love this channel ❤
Loved the Volga Tatar clothing. My mother was from Kraelia in Finland. I currently live in the Tropics and focus on wearing as little as possible. I do miss wearing all that wool....sometimes.
I'm glad to see a fresh video. I'm making a proper coat for alaskan winters. You were amongst my first teachers on my sewing journey. Thanks so much.
I wear corsets everyday, and wool corsets in the winter up here in the sub Arctic. The wool ones really make a difference in warmth.
I’m here for ALL the historical things, but…can we talk about that GORGEOUS deep red color ❤❤❤
The background and the stunning thumbnail made me click this video faster than I’ve ever clicked anything in my life!
Awww, thank you so much!!
This is really interesting, how this all fits together. Also, just wanted to say I really enjoy your videos. I love your attitude toward sustainability, appreciation of the source of materials, honoring animals, ancestors, and everything else. And especially, that you have the courage to wear historical clothing as everyday garb! I wish more people would do that. Thanks for your meticulous attention to detail and willingness to share all this with us all. ❤
Thank you so much!
The tartarien Outfit is so Beautyful…
I am so glad to see you so happy!
I love the decision to live how one *wants* to live, because there is always going to be one or more judging person/s.
Your clothes look great! I am glad you wear them how you want to wear them😀👍🌟🦋💖
You are so inspiring thank you for videos and info.
i love your videos and the beautiful stories people are telling in the comments about their own connection to historical fashion are really wonderful, thank you for sharing
i have never seen anyone speak so well and comfortably while standing in their under ware... good for you for making your beautiful clothing and thanks for sharing...Creator bless...doug
Your smile in this video warms my Tatar heart, so deep and beautiful. Бик матур! Thank you so much for sharing Tatar outfits, looking forward to see more of that side you.
Got to have that color running through the wardrobe, I love that. Thanks for sharing that you still wear the earlier makes, that makes me happy since they were your passion at the time and they were all handmade. I like the mix it up technique.
Thank you!! I definitely still wear many of my earlier ones 🥰
I just love how your face lights up as soon as you start speaking about the various clothing pieces & when you like to wear them.. absolutely fabulous and i love your style, and it suits you! You give so.many people confidence to sew and have the confidence themselves to wear what they like and have umph in their stride..
I have a mixed wardrobe but majority of my dresses are big and long and i have been asked if i have fallen from the set of little house on the prairie 😂 i just love that look and feel really comfortable in them.
Take care V.
OMG! So glad you include your traditional clothing! People need to keep alive their cultures. We also have similar baggy pants in our culture, quite a few have. Not sure if I missed it somewhere, but where did you get your wool stockings please?
I had a muff when I was a little girl. I absolutely loved it! Now you've got me thinking about making one for myself now - and I could really use it in the upper Midwest! Your outfits are lovely, your sewing is beautiful, and your joy is contagious! Thank you!
Wonderful video, Vasi!
Wishing you a warm and prosperous winter and new year!
Thank you dear! Wishing you a beautiful winter and new year ❤
Historybounders unite!❤ it’s so refreshing how you love to create a wholly new look based on the silhouettes and styles that bring you joy and express your identity.😊
I have to say I would never see these outfits by themselves and be attracted to them, but you make them all look so beautiful!
i have always dreamt about having made. That is some deep Philosophie, right there.
I always love watching videos like this, since everyone looks so warm and cozy, as I long to be (I get chilled easily). Your thick wool layers and the beautiful fur hat would fare wonderfully in my area of the world.
I dabbled in historical clothing in the 90’s and made an under cape of a fluffy wool fabric. When worn under my ordinary tightly woven cape it was insanely warm. I could be out in -15° and wear nothing else.
Thank you so much for sharing. I love how your wardrobe is beautiful, practical, and meaningful.
Thank you so much!
I admire women like you so much, you remind me of my daughter in law (huge compliment!)
VI have not commented much as of late due to schedule and your content needed no words added from me; just enjoyment of watching. This video moved me to not only comment but support your perspectives of the functionality of traditional attire. Due to my upbringing and then professional orientation, I have literally "lived" outside most of my life 200 to 300 days a year without the "modern comforts" of what most in first world nations believe they must have, including sleeping outside and/or without "conditioned air." These temperature extremes can range from +37.7°/+100° to -45.5/-50° and it is achieved comfortably with only natural fibers like wool, silk, and hide of handmade and/or tailored clothing for the large part. Your observations in this video are 100% validated...
The only corrective comment I would make, but is not entirely applicable to you perhaps as your lifestyle may not warrant it (?) is to rid yourself of the cotton/linens next to your skin layer...or...completely from your ensemble if you are in a more outdoor, wilderness, and/or exposed setting. As they say..."COTTON KILLS"...and as a former WEMT...I can attest to this fact being true having seen people in even urban settings lose their life quickly due to hypothermia. This is true mostly for the colder times of the year, but once you change to more traditional underclothes of silk and wool it functions brilliantly year-round from tropics to arctic climates. The ambient temperature has to be well above freezing before linen or cotton is ever worn and even then seldom as I like silk and wool as it is more durable and cool when worn properly...
Vasi, I was hoping you might be able to give me some clarity about something. So I've been getting more and more interested in researching my ancestral lineage-specific people, where they lived, when they came to America, etc.-and the culture and history of those places. It's been awesome to feel a connection with my ancestry. However, the more I get interested in it and the more I want to talk about it with people, the more I seem to develop a weird sense of shame about declaring something like "I'm a quarter Lithuanian" (grandfather first generation), because in the US (and I think outside of the US) no one cares where the ancestors of an American came from and only consider you to be 100% American (technically true). How can I feel confident about developing my interests (clothing, language, culture, history) in Lithuanian, Scottish, and English culture without feeling inadequate that I'm not purebred or born in those places? I hope this makes sense as a question...
One of the most unfortunate things that I think is true about being American, is that the centuries, even millennia, of familial and cultural ancestry seems to get stripped from your identity when you're born here. No one from America nor that country will respect your ancestral ties to it. (Although I have seen Italian Americans, and possibly some others I'm forgetting, curiously receive more respect about it. I think the English-speaking countries of the British Isles receive the least respect, maybe because so many Americans came from there.) And while America certainly does have an identity to be endowed upon people born here, the country is only a couple hundred years old and a huge melting pot without many singular ideas. And this can make people like me feel confined to some social construction of who they are that absolutely does not tell the whole picture. Is it weird to learn the language, dress, or history of people who left Scotland 200 years ago? Or from Lithuania 100 years ago? Or even identify with it more? Seeing you get into your Tartan and Volga identity really warms and inspires me! 😊 I would love to honor my ancestors through dress or language, as a way of being grateful for the sacrifices and risks they made to come here to give their children better lives, as I doubt they felt they had much choice to immigrate either (they were all very poor) and had to give up their culture when they did.
Hi internet stranger! This is just my own personal take on this topic, I'm no authority on this, just my unsolicited opinion. I have kind of contradicting feelings and opinions when it comes to this topic. On other hand I find myself annoyed by americans claiming their ancestors ethnicities, but on the other hand I sort of feel the struggle too. I am half Finnish and half Estonian(citizen of both countries, I speak both languages but I was born and raised in Finland) with roots in Karelia and Poland. The conclusion I came to for myself when for example tipping my toes into learning more about my Karelian ancestry and their cultural practices, was that I will not claim to be Karelian. That is because I feel like it would be rude and inauthentic to do that, but instead frame it to be only about connecting with my own family. I'm not sure if I was able to explain that very well, but shifting the mindset from "I am xyz" to "this is part of my family's history" has helped me a lot in terms of feeling like a fraud. I do this with my spouse's culture too, "I am now part of a family that is xyz and that is why I want to learn this". I hope this makes some sense and that I didn't come off too rude😅
Hi! This is a really interesting question, but I’m not sure I’m the most equipped to answer (and I’m sure every person would have a different response too). English isn’t technically my first language and I grew up in a very Russian/Tatar household (even though I was born in America). My Tatar grandmother helped to raise me and made sure I knew every day of my life that I am a Volga Tatar - she didn’t want me to forget it (which I’m grateful for). I spent many months throughout my lifetime in Bashkortostan where my family is from (neighbouring region to Tatarstan) but I grew up speaking Russian though, and not Tatar, which I’m learning now (a common experience amongst many Tatars).
Where I can perhaps relate is on my father’s side I know my ancestry is Ukrainian and Irish/Scottish. I have delved a bit into the fashions and heritage of both, because I am curious about what my ancestors would have worn. A big part of that is because my father was adopted so on that side I had very little connection to my ancestry until recently, so it’s been a fun and long-time-coming exploration. I can very much understand, however, how you’re feeling and all these feelings are totally valid!
I think sometimes cultural identity can be looked at in many ways. There’s the place we live and grow up in, and then there’s the places we are connected to through our ancestors. I think it’s a beautiful thing to connect with our ancestors regardless, as it can teach us so much about ourselves, and about what they may have sacrificed to get us to where we are today (what a beautiful thing!) And I think learning a new language is always a positive thing. Whether it’s to connect more with our own ancestry, or even just to connect more with others. I think that if connecting with your ancestry and languages brings you joy and gratitude, then that’s wonderful.
My "two cents" is just explore ! My heritage is I was first born in the USA, to two Canadians, both of Scottish decent.
I know in Boston (lived close to it most of my life, though I did go back & life in Canada a few years as a young adult) there is a "Canadian/American club in Watertown, Mass. (Years ago, there were a LOT of Canadians coming down to Boston to work. Some stayed, and some went back. This club was started then.) Most of the culture of this club is Scottish based, the dances, the fiddles, etc. However, I do have a friend who is a dancer who fell in love with the dances & music and is now a teacher of dancing there. No one cares that she's not of that heritage. No one can deny she teaches & and promotes it.
Also, these clubs NEED younger people ! People, like my parents, (I am 61 ) are getting old and passing. For the culture to survive, it needs new blood.
@@stealthyshrek7466 Hello, I love your way of looking at it! That makes a lot of sense to me..just a simple language change can reframe the whole thing. Thank you!
for a couple of years now I've mostly been just switching to wool knit sweaters, often a bit bulky, and they keep me warm so beautifully
and I say that as someone who gets cold really easily, just switching to wool and cozy sweaters made my life so much easier. I can move in it unlike the 4+ regular layers I used to wear and that's it. a winter jacket/ coat and under that a woolen sweater. if you work w the right materials and focus on the torso and feet you can immediately feel the difference
those looks were so nice, and I hope to one day be able to dress similar myself. still have a lot of years worth work ahead since I am starting at 0 but historical fashion should absolutely be worn all year round !
This is so interesting ❤ The interesting little breeze and the, this is why this is so billowy ❤❤❤❤
This is all SO interesting. Historical and beautiful. Thank you! Well done.
I'm actually taking notes I restarted the video to do so this is so comprehensive and perfect for my book
In days of old, it got COLD! There were warm spots, right by stoves and fires, but much of the house was not. (Trust me, I've lived in some historical houses.) It makes a HUGE difference! Nowadays, if you turn the heat down to conserve fuel there are NO warm spots. Sigh.
I really enjoyed this video!! I have Latvian heritage so I relate to wearing clothing to connect to my ancestors. Very inspiring, thank you!
It's 19F here in Texas, and we are all whining and complaining. I hoped I would feel warmer after watching you layer up. I think it worked, a bit!
How stylish! The last one (black) quite chic.
Super talented and incredibly beautiful! Love the mindset and the wardrobe.
I also subscribe to the value of wearing used/vintage fur items. I agree that it actually honors the creature whose natural life would be long over since most of my vintage fur items are many decades old.
I love how much fun you are having with this! Looking forward to watching you grow and learn
Dear Vasi
I came along your channel a couple months ago and started to create some pieces for my new wardrobe...
Do you have a tutorial on the victorian wrapper?
I fell in love with the dressing of working class and would like to replicate it by hand
Loads of love
I hope you’re enjoying the videos so far! 😊
For the wrapper I used Laughing Moon no. 118 for the pattern. If you look at my “Victorian meets Lord of the Rings” dress video, I show my process for sewing the wrapper there, not this specific one but another one of a similar cut I made using the same pattern. I’ve made about 5 of these wrappers now! 😅 I hope that’s helpful and thanks so much for watching🥰✨
what a wonderful video, thanks so much for your clear labelling of many of the pieces too. I have always been interested in tatar textile history but as you say, writen information can be confusing, so it's really nice to find someone like yourself with a personal connection to learn from; your joy in your clothing really comes through. you should definitely be very proud of yourself for achieving such a rich hand sewn and self made wardrobe, too. i am not able to wear historical clothing in my daily life but even just having natural fibre layers has made a huge difference in my comfort this northern hemisphere winter.
Stunning. So much joy and beauty shining out - both from the clothes, and from you.
Just discovered your channel and very glad I did! All those lovely warm layers must keep the cold at bay. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful advice and clothing collection ❤
I just found your channel yesterday and I love it so much! It's so cool that you make your own clothes and they turn out so beautiful! Now I want to go back and watch all of your old videos too!
Only recently discovered your channel. As a historical costume and culture buff it's right up my alley. You are so interesting!
covering your face with scarf is also very helpful in the cold because alot of body heat is lost through breathing.
I always wish I could reach out and feel the fabric when you talk about each garment. You are so talented, brave, and beautiful!
Magnificent clothing. You are perfect. Thank you for sharing