Arkhalig was sewed of silver coloured atlas (silken fabric) from inside. It possesses a section of 10 cm at height on the sides an a fabric projection. Sleeves are sewed straight and long. Sleeve edge ...

Traditional clothes in Azerbaijan have had peculiar design and fashion. For the ancient Nakhchivan clothes usually red, brown, green silvery colors ...

Felt has always featured in Georgian traditional dress – the arkhalig (hood), chokha (high-necked, swing-back coat), and kabalakhi (skull-cap). Even in Soviet times, wool production and wool crafts ...

By Laman Ismayilova The Stone Chronicle Museum has hosted a stunning defile with the motto 'Karabakh is Azerbaijan! Shusha - from traditio ...

An arkhalig was the most common type of women’s outerwear throughout Azerbaijan. It was made from termeh, taffeta, velvet, satin, moire, and brocade. Its name (arkha, kurek — back) suggests that ...

An essential part of traditional holiday garments for women is a gold or gilded silver belt that can be worn with arkhalig or chapkan. Unmarried girls once covered their heads with skull-caps and silk ...

At the end of the 19th century, women's outerwear in Azerbaijan consisted of a shirt, chapkan (outerwear worn over a shirt), arkhalig (a long tight-waist jacket), kurdu (woman´s sleeveless jacket, ...