A Mongolian tradition: Paper wedding dresses by Asya Kozina
updated the 6 October 2015 à 23:21
Wedding dresses are exceptional, simple, chic, extravagant, sexy and original, but rarely traditional. Consequently, the traditional wedding dresses worn by our elders are passing into oblivion.
Nowadays, whenever we think of wedding dresses, a vision filed with white, lace and voluminous gowns comes up instantaneously – even if you belong to a culture that has their own attire for wedding ceremonies.
Saddened by the disappearance of tradition, Asya Kozina decided to craft a series of wedding gowns inspired by Mongolia’s traditional attire. The Russian artist is immensely passionate about Mongolian culture and focuses her designs on the ethnic wedding gown, which is full of meaning. She says, “It’s wedding clothing that embodies the most specific characteristics of each national costume… They are symbolic of the cultures from which they come.”
The dresses are sculpted from her favourite material – paper. Kozina is not only passionate about Mongolia and its wedding dress, but also about paper, which she feels has great potential. For her, it is a metaphor for life and art – full of promise while simultaneously versatile and fragile.
Therefore, using the fragile sheets of white paper was the obvious choice to rescue traditional Mongolian wedding dresses from the brink of oblivion for a short exhibition.
As a result, we can admire the dresses’ strength and fragility, perfectly structured and full of elegance; completely breath-taking we say!
Lindsay POUI-DI
