Chopova Lowena

13 of Chopova Lowena's 38 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs.

• Tartan / kilt · Scotland · European folk & regional dress7 looks

  “Green-purple tartan tier with knife pleats and leather buckle straps at the hip, as on a kilt's fastening, layered over printed and pleated skirt tiers.”

• Tabi · Japan · East Asia2 looks

  “Black leather shoes with a visible split-toe division separating the big toe, the signature tabi form, reworked with fur trim at the ankle.”

• Beaded folk sash / cross-stitch-style beadwork · European (unspecified) · European folk & regional dressLook 28

  “Wide black beaded waistband with pixelated cross-stitch-style hare and red rose motif, recalling Eastern European folk bead and cross-stitch work; Slavic or Hungarian readings possible.”

• Dirndl / tracht · Germany · European folk & regional dressLook 17

  “Pointed front corselet panel with metal studs, like Alpine mieder hooks, in floral-striped cotton, worn over a full gathered skirt in a dirndl-like silhouette. Could equally be Austrian tracht.”

• Eastern european folk costume blouse and pleated skirt · European (unspecified) · European folk & regional dressLook 27

  “Full puffed sleeves, wide round collar, densely pleated full knee-length skirt with lace-trimmed hem, like Central/Eastern European (Slovak, Hungarian, Polish) folk costume.”

• Kilim / persian carpet motif · Middle Eastern (unspecified) · Middle East & North AfricaLook 10

  “Woven-look panel with hooked lozenges, stepped geometric medallions and a red/green/cream palette on brown ground. Kilim-like, though Caucasian or Diné weaving readings are also possible.”