How Russian common women in X-XIV centuries looked?

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In X-XIV centuries Russian common women wore long shirts, which was decorated by an embroidery or an application of a strip of a decorative fabric. The shirts were made from white linen or coloured silk. The shirts had been wearing with the waistband.

Over the shirt Russian women wore a skirt. The skirts were like in the image above. This ancient Russian skirt was named poneva. It was often made from chequered or diamond-shaped cotton fabric (image 1).

Image 2.

In the image 2 you can see an ancient russian women outerwear. It was named zapona and made from linen.

Image 3.

In the image 3 you can see another ancient russian women outerwear. This shorter model of outwear is named nagrudnic.

Source of information: a Russian book "The history of a costume (suit)" of  N. Kaminskaya.

Next post is about a costume of Russian noble woman of  X-XIV centuries.