In our opinion, no one utilizes rye straw in clothing designs better today than Belarussian fashion designer, Ludmila Chakunova.
We know of only a few contemporary examples of straw clothing in the United States and these are held in private collections. The “Peacock” dress and accessories shown below were made by Raisa Ramanenia of Belarus.
We are pleased to present, in addition to more images of Ludmilla Chakunova’s designs, images of antique straw fashions, new straw fashion interpretations or straw fashion accessories by other contemporary designers.
Straw has been found in fashion for hundreds of years.
This page was inspired by the fashion shows of three Belarussian fashion companies in 2005. The straw fashion show was tremendous. The Straw Shop is pleased to be the only website where these pictures may been seen.
The straw fashion show in Belarus led to an interest in other fashion pieces utilizing straw in their design. Whether it is a straw encrusted jacket or a piece of historical wear, straw appears in fashion. Be it straw embroidery on a gown, Swiss Straw work on a hat using straw threads, straw couched onto a veil, a straw marquetry bangle, or showcased in a designer watch, we hope you will enjoy viewing yet other fiber art forms using straw as a key medium in the fashion’s design. You are invited to scroll through the images below for examples of straw fashion.
Please scroll through the images below:
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Otilla Leeman tied hat
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Courtesy Elisabeth Rolfi
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Dress and cape, Azores, courtesy Yvette Vieira
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Courtesy Sarah Burton the Spring/ Summer 2011 show in Paris. Notice the plaited hair.
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Courtesy Sarah Burton, Spring/ Summer 2011 Show in Paris.
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Alexander McQueen, Spring-2011, Courtesy Vogue.com
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Yeddo styled hat courtesy www.strohmuseum.ch
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Courtesy Alexander McQueen
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1855 Italian hat Courtesy Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Brooklyn Museum Collection
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American hat circa 1875 Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Courtesy Elisabetta Rofi
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Straw shoes 1835- 40 European Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art
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plaited necklace from the Alec Coker Collection
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straw hair adornment photo Petar Gakovic Subotica
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Courtesy Jean Paul Gaultier 2006
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Straw embroidery circa 1850s
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Straw shoes 1850_1879 Great Britain Courtesy Victoria and Albert Museum
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Kate Spade Bitsy Bag
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"Yeddo" styled Top Hat,circa 1820, Courtesy The Metroploitan Museum of Art
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embroidered straw circa 1860
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Gorres de Cop: Yeddo styled Catalonian hat
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Pair-of-Slap-sole-shoes-with-straw-applique-ca-1670-Italian-photo-courtesy-Museum-of-Fine-Arts-Boston
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Evening-Shoes-ca-1956-French-House-of-Dior-courtesy-metmuseum.org
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Hat ca 1950s possibly Brazilian courtesy of metmuseum.org
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Silk straw reticule circa 18th century-courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1860s straw fan
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Antique children's slippers from the Harrison Howard Collection
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Ignatius Hats, USA
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Antique fashion straw hat trim
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Straw Fashion-Belarus
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Vintage 1940's
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1940s fashion
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Exquisite straw shoes 1830s Courtesy Kyoto Costume Institute
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Ignatius hats
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Straw Fashion from Belarus courtesy of Raisa Ramanenya
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Swiss Straw hat
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1870s victorian straw and silk hat from 1860-1960 dot com
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Courtesy Straw im Park Museum
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By Otilla Leeman, Switzerland
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antique fashion straw hat
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1800s-silk-purse-courtesy-of-Cooper-Hewitt-National-Design-Museum
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Purse by Branka Dulic, Serbia
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Women's shoe c. 1750, couched straw splints embroidered with silk and metal thread. Courtesy Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Vintage Straw Hat with threaded horsehair
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Straw Parasol
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Stone in the Ink by Migeon Colas de Franks
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Straw hair adornment, photo Petar Gakovic, Subotica
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Straw Shoe 1866 Courtesy Meg Andrews dot com
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1850s straw work bonnet
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Fashion by Branka Dulic, Serbia
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Fashion Branka Dulic, Serbia
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Belarus 2005
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Detailed-embroidery-on-gloves-by-Amir-Kumar-K.C.
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Sarah Burton shoe designed by Elaine Lindsay, Scotland
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Victoria Secret Fashion Show 2010
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Straw hat by Gaultier
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Jean Paul Gaultier 2006
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Mr Li Da Ming of China - Various Fashion made from Wheat Straw
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Detail of scarf circa 1850
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Peacock Dress by Raisa Ramanenya, Belarus
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Designed-by-Period-Corsets
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Belarussian-Fashion-2005
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Amir-Kumar-K.C.-Embroidered-Blouse
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Designs by Ludmila Chakunova, Belarus
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Straw Crown by Maria Kravchuk, Ukraine
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Schiaparelli Couture 2016 worked by Margarete Schonenberger, France
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1850 dress State Hermitage Museum After dinner dress with straw
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Eastern European embroidered jacket detail, origin unknown.
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straw marquetry watch face Lion by Cartier Rotonde, Courtesy eBay
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Damenhut, Courtesy Monika Schmeid
