{"id":926721,"date":"2017-12-07T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=926721"},"modified":"2017-12-07T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T19:30:00","slug":"olya-thompsons-russian-holiday-party-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=926721","title":{"rendered":"Olya Thompson\u2019s Russian Holiday Party Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Flamboyant Alternative to Holiday Party Dressing, Straight Out of Russian History<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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    For most, holiday party dressing calls for a sequined clutch and glitzy shoes. But some people take things much further, like the Moscow-based trendsetter Olya Thompson. She is known for embracing festive garb inspired by the richly embroidered, folkloric fashions worn in Russia before the Revolution. Among the many themed celebrations on Thompson\u2019s calendar this season was Axenoff Jewellery\u2019s Tiara Ball, a romantic, period-style celebration in St. Petersburg that evoked the sumptuous glamour of the Romanovs.<\/p>\n

    To fit into the fin-de-si\u00e8cle mood, Thompson opted for a gown by Russian designer Yulia Yanina and a stylized Russia sarafan<\/em>, a traditional peasant dress with straps typically worn over a linen shirt, by Russmotive, a label that specializes in the Russian art of hand-stitching. Such dressing up is a family affair for Thompson: Her children were also outfitted in sarafans<\/em> and her son opted for a cherkeska<\/em>, a traditional Caucasian garment of Turkic origin that is also seen in Georgian culture. Additionally, Thompson had boots for her husband and her son custom-made by a Moscow workshop that makes footwear for movies and operas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Much of Russia\u2019s grandiose history is often found in Thompson\u2019s accessories. \u201cMy earrings were also by Axenoff Jewellery\u2014they featured hand-painted enamels of Pushkin\u2019s wife, a great Moscow beauty who happened to love balls in her time, Natalia Goncharova,\u201d she says. \u201cAs the theme of the ball was the tiara, I decided on a silver kokoshnik<\/em>-shaped tiara by Axenoff Jewellery. It reminded me of 18th-century kokoshniks<\/em> seen in Venetsianov paintings or the ones you see on ladies-in-waiting in the Renaissance.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Thompson says she spends sometimes days\u2014in this case, months\u2014planning in advance for major events. \u201cMost of the fun is in all the preparations! It is important to get in the mood and get inspired,\u201d says Thompson. \u201cDo your research, look at books, paintings, old photographs\u2014you, too, will be part of the tableau vivant<\/em>, of the unique, transporting atmosphere and be able to craft your escape from reality for a little while.\u201d Sounds like that\u2019s a look we\u2019d toast to.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

    Source URL: https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/olya-thompson-holiday-dressing-saint-petersburg-axenoff-ball<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Trends A Flamboyant Alternative to Holiday Party Dressing, Straight Out of Russian History By Liana Satenstein December 7, 2017 1 \/ 6 Photo: Courtesy of Charles Thompson For most, holiday party dressing calls for a sequined clutch and glitzy shoes. But some people take things much further, like the Moscow-based trendsetter Olya Thompson. She is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":926722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-926721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-vogue-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=926721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/926722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=926721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=926721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=926721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}