{"id":212,"date":"2020-09-27T21:37:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T19:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.ambogdan.com\/romanian-ia-blouse-roumaine-fashion-icon\/"},"modified":"2020-10-25T08:55:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T06:55:29","slug":"romanian-ia-blouse-roumaine-fashion-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/romanian-ia-blouse-roumaine-fashion-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Romanian IA – The Fashion Icon Designers #GIVECREDIT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
What today we know as the Romanian IA or\u00a0\u201cLa Blouse Roumaine\u201d<\/em>\u00a0represents\u00a0<\/span>the most representative clothing piece<\/span>\u00a0of the Romanian\u00a0<\/span>traditional ethnic costume<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>The first type of Romanian blouse is considered to have been born in Cucuteni Culture starting as early as the 6th century BC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The detailed and colourful hand-made embroidery always bore the weight of numerous popular Romanian motifs, patterns, sacred geometry elements and mystic symbols. No element was left to chance. Each one of them was embroidered for a very good reason as by itself or all together they were telling a story. A story of the women who wore the Romanian IA. They were directly linked with the traditions and specificity of the region the IAs were made. The cut, the embroidery and even the colours on the IAs had a direct connection with the region of Romanian where they were made. One might say the IA comprises the life and history of the people living in that region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t It is only fair to say that it was Paul Poiret, the most fashionable dress designer of pre-World War I Paris, who got charmed by the beauty of the Romanian folk costume. Queen Mary of Romania, herself one the main promoter of the Romanian folkloric costume enjoyed wearing Poiret\u2019s gowns. Most likely it is through this connection that the French designer got to know the Romanian traditional costume. Paul Poiret made some of his the most beautiful designs for his wife based on the elements of Romanian folkloric costumes.<\/p> Poiret opened the Romanian IA’s doors to the world\u2019s fashion elite. Many years later the beauty of the handmade embroidery of folkloric costumes captured the attention of designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Tom Ford, Emilio Pucci, Isabel Marant, Joseph Altuzzara etc. So, it\u2019s no wonder that many actresses, singers and TV stars were spotted wearing blouses inspired by the Romanian IA: Gwyneth Paltrow, Sophia Loren, Raquel Welch, Ali McGraw, Emma Stone, Halle Berry, Jennifer Garner, Kate Moss, Katie Holmes, Kirsten Dunst, Adele, Khloe Kardashian or Rita Wilson.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Yet, despite Poiret’s efforts, it was Yves Saint Laurent, the world\u2019s first famous designer, to officially introduce the Romanian IA into a fashion his collection back in 1981 in Paris. Almost 50 years later after Henri Matisse finished his painting \u201cLa blouse Roumaine\u201d<\/em>, Yves Saint Laurent launched his autumn-winter haute couture collection. It was as a homage to Matisse\u2019s famous painting and as you can below the resemblance is astonishing, yet you can easily spot the designer’s personal touch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tThe Romanian IA<\/h2> \n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Paul Poiret - opening the doors of tradition<\/h2> \n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Yves Saint Laurent's \"La blouse Roumaine\"<\/h2><\/h2> \n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t