Romanian Embroidery blouse,hand embroidery,hippie blouse, boho blouse, hand embroidered, cotton, la blouse roumaine, Matisse, natural on sale fiber

If your heart wore a coat, what would it be?
This product is one of a kind. It's exquisite embrodery gives you the quality craftship in over 10.000 individually handmade needle stiches, traditionally woven with silk and cotton thread.
Wear it prudly.
This uniquely designed product was tailored to last a lifetime. Treat it with care.

The blouse is made to fit almost any size as it has adjustable neck line and sleeves.
The material is a bit transparent.
Tie strings at the collar and cuffs.

For the products made to Order, please keep in mind it takes about 30 days to make one blouse, so the time to get to you from order time might be 40 - 45 days.

You can request a custom order and have something made on your sizes.

Standars sizes:

SizeS
Bust and Waist of the Blouse (cm)110/ 43 inches
Length (cm)58 / 23 inches


SizeM
Bust and Waist of the Blouse (cm)120/ 47 inches
Length (cm)60/ 24 inches


SizeL
Bust and Waist of the Blouse (cm)130/ 51 inches
Length (cm)70/ 27 inches


SizeXL
Bust and Waist of the Blouse (cm)140 / 55 inches
Length (cm)75 / 29

Shipping options
1. Post Office (cheap, but takes much time - about 3 weeks)
2. Fast Courier (most expensive, but takes only a few days)
Delivery price depends on the destination.

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Thank you for you interest!


The story
The beginning: The Romanian Blouse, Henri Matisse and Yves Saint Laurent
In April 1940, Henri Matisse finished “La blouse roumaine,“ having begun the painting in November 1939. Theodor Pallady, a Romanian painter, had given him a beautiful collection of traditional Romanian blouses as a gift – which eventually inspired Matisse to create this painting along with others currently on show in Paris at the Pompidou Centre's National Museum of Modern Art. Forty years later in 1981, these paintings by Matisse were to inspire the famous fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent to dress his models for his autumn-winter collection presentation in Paris. And this is how the dusty streets of Romanian villages became a podium for the chic clothes worn by international top models. Nice, isn't it?
That fashion collection was later exhibited worldwide in numerous museums. In 2009, a year after the death of Yves Saint Laurent, the collection arrived in Bucharest and stayed here for two months (28 May-26 July). Thus, the fashion designer succeeded to raise the Romanian blouse – the large sleeves, the open neck, the geometric figures embroidered on the chest – to a cult object. This was only the beginning, as after Saint Laurent, the Romanian blouse was also later used as a source of inspiration by other fashion designers such as Jean-Paul Gaultier, Oscar de la Renta and Tom Ford. For instance, Tom Ford reinterpreted the Transylvanian blouse with black embroidery specific to the region, which appeared in the American Vogue Magazine in March 2012 worn by the British singer, Adele.
But what is so special about the Romanian blouse, ie?
This is a piece of clothing turned into pure art. It is worn by famous artists, it is seen on the streets, on the covers of international magazines, and in shops. The fineness of the materials, the chromatic harmony, and the special cut were also highly appreciated by Queen Marie and Queen Elisabeth of Romania, Elisabeth and Marie. They proudly wore the traditional blouse on many official occasions. “Is there a more charming picture than a Romanian woman dressed in peasant costume or a lady with white veil on her head working on the loom?” – Queen Elisabeth used to say in Introduction to Embroidery Art written by her English friend Catherine Howe in 1910.
The magic blouse includes ancient Neolithic signs that were miraculously preserved until now. When the Romanian peasant was embroidering her blouse, she knew exactly what she was doing. With needle and thread, she was “writing” the story of her own destiny with the symbols for fertility, war, love, fragility, power, and faith. Ie is made entirely by hand out of cotton or borangic. One woman usually needs at least 3-4 weeks to complete the embroidery of the blouse. It is believed that the blouse is a symbolic representation of the woman who wore it, including her age, status, events in her life, and spells against evil.

So, with a proper guide you can easily “read” and understand the story of each “ie” and probably, by extension, the story of the woman who made it. This, of course, remains one of the most difficult riddles for all men to solve . . . .
So, let's learn together the alphabet of this ancient signs: the tree or even a few branches are the symbol for life, wisdom or renewal. Another universal and important motif is the sunflower or the circle which signifies the Divinity and abundance: easy to understand if you realize how important the sun is in Romania, a traditionally agricultural society. Regionally, local signs were used, including water, a river, the waves of the sea, fish, corn and wheat, wheels, coins, among many others.
The colors shouldn't be forgotten, either. These used to vary according to the region, so that is why in mountain areas the main colors are red, gray and brown. In the plains, green and gold; at the seaside blue and silver; and the list goes on. Also, the young girls used to wear light colors, but as they grew older, they tended to wear darker colors according to their social status in society.
So, it is very easy to understand why “ie” is much more than a reinvented piece of clothing – it represents a symbol, a story, and Romanian history itself. The blouse became very interesting for fashion designers because it is very old, it is perfect with beautiful proportions, it has remained unchanged for hundreds of years, and is very feminine with a unique design that wraps and reveals at the same time.
These days, wearing the traditional blouse has become very fashionable. This is very good, of course, but the old and authentic blouses are endangered because old women living in the traditional manner are often buried wearing their blouse so that according to their wishes, they can be recognized by their relatives when they arrive in the afterlife.
We know that clothes don't make the man, but in this case, the Romanian blouse is who we are and we are very proud of it.