Museum news · Maryna Ivanova Museum of Fashion History

Home sewing happened between other tasks — and the museum reproduced exactly that crowding.

One dress has five matching buttons and a sixth that differs — and not for want of a match.

Paper patterns were often kept where they were out of the way — which is why they survived.

The most telling object in the show is a garment made from another garment, with the first still visible.

The Maryna Ivanova Museum of Fashion History shows a wardrobe sewn at home — and why it changed faster than the printed one.

The Maryna Ivanova Museum launches a community project for the reconstruction of Ukrainian regional wedding rituals — joint creativity with contemporary young couples.

The Maryna Ivanova Museum announces a cycle of eight lectures on burgher fashion of Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Chernivtsi in the 19th century — a forgotten layer of Ukrainian urban culture.

The Maryna Ivanova Museum has launched a five-month embroidery conservation programme for staff of regional museums — from Poltava to Ivano-Frankivsk.

The Maryna Ivanova Museum collection has been enriched with a complete Polissia wedding ensemble from 1890-1910 from the Sarny region in Rivne Oblast — a rare authentic exhibit.

The Maryna Ivanova Museum announces an updated mission — returning Ukrainian regional 19th-20th century costume from ethnographic periphery to the centre of European fashion narrative.