Category / Fashion

Czech Couture by Oldřich Rosenbaum aka Oldric Royce

Today’s post tells the extraordinary story of the leading Prague tailor, couturier and clothing designer Oldřich (Ulrich) Rosenbaum (1896–1991), who for more than seventy years created an elegant and highly fashionable style of clothing for wealthy clients in Czechoslovakia and then in the USA. A renowned New York fashion designer of Prague, Czech origin who...

Art and Design, Bohemians, Fashion, LIFESTYLE

July 21, 2022

Czech, Moravian and Slovak Folklore Festival 2022

Today we are looking at lovely photographs from the 10th Czech, Moravian and Slovak Folklore Festival put on by the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International. This years festival took place May 14, 2022 in La Mesa, California and from the look of these beautiful photographs by Gabi Dibos (contact info at bottom), it was a success....

CULTURE, Fashion

July 15, 2019

The Embroidery of Traditional Czech Aprons

Today we have a guest post article on the stitching of traditional Czech aprons. Often seen over a kroj, many people believe these Czech aprons are a part of traditional kroje, but they are also a stand alone apron. We hope you enjoy the article… My Czechoslovakian mother and grandmother gave up trying to teach...

Art and Design, Fashion, Retro Chic

July 2, 2019

The Folk Aprons of Czechoslovakia

Picture a tiny village in Eastern Europe, surrounded by forests and vineyards. Roses and daisies riot in front of small white-washed cottages. A tall-steepled church dominates the dusty village, and the road to the church is filled with blazing colors. It’s the matrons of Ratiskovice, Czechoslovakia, on their way to church in their richly embroidered...

Art and Design, Fashion, LIFESTYLE, Retro Chic

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May 31, 2019

Hana Podolská, Legend of Czech Fashion

The Legend of Czech Fashion, Hana Podolská (née Johanna Vošahlíková), was born on May 16, 1880 in Merkhausen and died in Prague on February 15, 1972. She was a Czech fashion designer and businesswoman and one of the most important creators of pre-war Czechoslovak fashion. Additionally, she was the owner of the most renowned domestic...

Bohemians, Fashion, Women

May 15, 2019

Wreath & Cap to Veil & Apron: American Modification of a Slavic Ritual

Introduction This paper explores a wedding custom practiced for more than one hundred years in the Chicago area by the descendants of Czech, Polish and Slovak immigrant women. Through the custom’s existence and perpetuation in America, the role of a transitional rite of passage is chronicled in both the process of assimilation and the preservation...

Fashion, LIFESTYLE, Retro Chic

November 30, 2018

Czech Scientists Discover How Our Genes Affect Our Perfume Preferences

Throughout history, human beings have continually striven to make themselves more attractive to others. Through the use of products, clothes, jewelry, and cosmetics, they have aspired to make themselves appear healthier and more appealing. As far back as the middle ages, people employed various methods in order to present themselves in their best light, utilizing...

Fashion, LIFESTYLE

June 27, 2018

A Glance at Czech Beauty Paulina Porizkova

Paulina Porizkova is a Czech model, author, actress, and feminist. Born on April 9th, 1965 in the city of Prostějov, Czech Republic. She was the first child of her parents, Anna and Jiří Pořízek. Paulinas parent were strong anticommunists and when the Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 they fled to Sweden on a motorbike, leaving...

Fashion, PEOPLE, Women

August 5, 2017

The Ethereal Dresses of Czech Designer Blanka Matragi

Academic painter Blanka Matragi was born on 20th of February 1953 in Svetla nad Sazavou into family of a glass cutters. It was no surprise she had followed her father’s story and first studied at a Secondary School of Glass Cutting in her hometown for three years and then continued her studies at the Secondary...

Art and Design, CULTURE, Fashion

July 29, 2017

Czech Out The Original Czech Sneakers by Botas 66

If you’ve been to Prague, you probably already know how important Czech people find it to get dressed up before leaving their house. In the U.S it is very normal to see people on the street or in stores wearing sweats or anything similar… But not in Prague! It is simply not acceptable to walk...

Fashion, LIFESTYLE

May 24, 2017

Inspiration for a Great Gatsby Dance Party – Czech Style!

Are you looking for some inspiration for a Great Gatsby Dance Party – Czech style? We figured you may be since the BBLA (Bohemian Benevolent & Literary Association) announced that they are having a Great Gatsby Dance Party on Friday, June 9, 2017 from 7:00 – 11:00 pm at the Bohemian National Hall. Get ready, get set and get in a...

Fashion, NOSTALGIA, Retro Chic

April 20, 2017

The Prague Castle Guard Uniforms

You may have read our post on the handsome men who stand strong like statues in their uniforms around the Prague Castle, also known as the Castle Guards, a special unit of the armed forces of the Czech Republic. The guards patrol the castle at all times of the day and night, protecting the castle...

Fashion, LIFESTYLE

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February 26, 2017

Slovak Traditional Dress (Kroj)

Last week you let us know how much you enjoyed the Slovak Highlanders Traditional Folk Attire post so today we’ve decided to bring an encore and share one more happy couple wearing Slovak traditional dress (kroj). Such traditional clothes are an expression of Slovak people’s history. Within their embroidery and materials are the stories of their land, ancient times...

Fashion, LIFESTYLE

February 15, 2017

The Elegant Dress Designs of Hana Podolská

Today we are taking a look at the elegant dress designs of Hana Podolská. We chose today because it has been exatcly 45 years ago today, that famous Czech fashion designer, Hana Podolská, died. The First Republic is in Czech historical context understood as the Golden Age. A time of flowering of the new state...

Bohemians, Fashion, Women

February 8, 2017

Slovak Highlanders Traditional Folk Attire

Today we’re stepping back and looking at traditional folk attire of a couple from Slovakia. Honoring their roots, the couple decided to wear traditional Slovak folk costumes for a pre-wedding photoshoot in a little Belianske Tatras village called Ždiar in the Eastern Tatras in North Central Slovakia, a part of the Inner Western Carpathians. They couldn’t have made...

Fashion, LIFESTYLE

January 21, 2017

Insight Into a Czech Home: Drying Your Clothing

One funny thing we learned about Czechs when we visited Prague was the old-fashioned way that Czech people dry their clothes. Since each house we visited does have a washer, you’d think that they would have caught on to having (and using) a dryer as well. Especially in Prague, such a big city. Yet instead...

Fashion, LIFESTYLE

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