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University of Helsinki TRACtion Team – Traditional Karelian embroidery in contemporary fashion

The TRACTion team from the University of Helsinki experimented with traditional Karelian embroidery in contemporary fashion, specifically on jeans. The embroidery design was inspired by an 19th-century winter coat from Kivennapa, which is part of the collection at the South Karelian Museum.

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