"The world is so rich and I had the opportunity to travel, it immediately opened up an intercultural exchange between countries. Always people within their culture, when they encounter something new, they also become fascinated by it. So, the BRICS scarf includes 10 women in national costumes, the number of countries of the BRICS that we had in 2024," she expressed.
"There are 89 federal subjects in Russia and now we have almost 50 of them covered. [...] This can be the modern history of a region, it can be a legend [...] And I truly believe that fashion is a very strong link between countries," said Ruchkina.
"We have very authentic clothes and there are also some of them, they are quite similar or have the same meaning to the African citizens. My favorite one is a Russian Kokoshnik, it's a covering crown. The head wrappers that Nigeria has, they also use them for weddings and the kokoshniks in the old times were also used for the weddings," Amadi explained.