Ukrainian Embroidered Dress

Ukrainian Hand Embroidered Dress in Honor of My Babcha  My Babcha was a spe­cial woman. Her sto­ry is quite remark­able and the lessons she taught me were even more so.  I only hope to be as strong as her and pass on her spir­it to others. Aside from her wis­dom, her love of sewing was passed on to me. My babcha was an incred­i­ble seam­stress! She was self taught and...

Illusion Neckline Lace Communion Dress

Illusion Neckline Lace Communion Dress

Shop this dress on Ana­gras­sia Cou­ture web­site here: Illu­sion Neck­line Lace Communion I did­n’t make many First Holy Com­mu­nion dress­es this year because I was in New York City before Covid-19 hit Amer­i­ca. How­ev­er, I did com­mit to mak­ing a cus­tom dress for my sis­ter’s god­daugh­ter this year. Along with my sis­ter, the First Com­mu­ni­cant designed her own cus­tom dress, which remind me of the wed­ding dress­es worn by Princess...

Red Tweed and Leather Jackets

Womens wool Coat

Pub­lished 02/11/2016 Shop sim­i­lar jack­ets for women here: Sus­tain­able Fash­ion for Women Shop Ana­gras­sia chil­drenswear here: Con­tem­po­rary Lux­u­ry Childrenswear Pho­tos by Pho­tog­ra­phy by Anastassia Have you ever found a beau­ti­ful fab­ric that was so per­fect that you were afraid to do any­thing with it? A bad design or an errant cut could ruin it for­ev­er (or so you think). This red tweed was def­i­nite­ly such a challenge. Dur­ing a Christ­mas 2014...

Handmade Lace and Silk Wedding Dress

Couture lace silk wedding dress

Pub­lished 08/28/2013 Writ­ten By My Father: A busy sum­mer got busier with the mar­riage of our daugh­ter Katie last Sun­day. It was a beau­ti­ful day with con­tri­bu­tions made by many fam­i­ly and friends, and I would be remiss if I did­n’t acknowl­edge a few that I have not already thanked publicly. The good peo­ple of St. Michael’s Ukrain­ian Catholic Church were extra­or­di­nar­i­ly hos­pitable, and its choir excep­tion­al as they wel­comed...

Flower Girl Dress for Canadian Wedding

Lace tulle flower girl dress

A cou­ple beau­ti­ful pho­tos tak­en by cana­di­an pho­tog­ra­ph­er, Megan Kemshead Pho­tograpy. The wed­ding was in Edmon­ton at the styl­ish and time­less wed­ding venue, Fair­mont Hotel Mac­don­ald. The flower girl is wear­ing the top sell­ing flower girl dress design, which is a lace body­suit and tutu. Lace Flower Girl Dress Details: ~#5320 Ivory Lace Leo­tard with cap and unlined sleeves ~Lace body­suit is ful­ly lined with #6 light nude poly/rayon ~One­sie has...

Ukrainian Hand Embroidered Face Mask

Hand Embroidered face mask Ukrainian

When Ukrain­ian women find them­selves in a pan­dem­ic and shut­down, you might find them hunched over and embroi­der­ing a face mask.  With the manda­to­ry face cov­er­ing laws being pushed back until (at least) late Sep­tem­ber in Indi­ana, my moth­er decid­ed she would com­mis­sion me to make her a Ukrain­ian embroi­dered face mask.  She sewed all the hand embroi­dery. We decid­ed to sew it on a thick can­vas, so that it would stand...