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Signs of the collective farm in clothes. Provincial style of dress: what is it and should I follow the lists of its features? Tights and lace underwear

Not mine, but elegant (c)

Marina Talagaeva, 10 signs of a provincial wardrobe with illustrations.

My observations of the provincial wardrobe were carried out for more than one year and not in one city. God forbid you to consider this as an instruction for determining provincial women in Moscow, and even more so, to assume that all Muscovites are, by definition, stylish and beautiful.

1. Inattention to the composition and quality of the material.
Misunderstanding that it depends on how comfortable the product will be, how long and how it will last, how it will sit, etc. It comes to very extreme forms: one of my friends boasted that she bought a coat for 1000 rubles, while the other (what a fool) - almost the same, but for 10,000. Almost the same turned out to be almost branded and made of pure wool, and the thousandth, of course, was polyester. Therefore, a friend in him froze on the street and sweated in the subway, so she was always upset and unhappy.

2. The main color is black. Everything that the average person knows about fashion fits into the simple formula "Chanel - little black dress - elegance." It seems to me that if Chanel was resurrected and saw how much black is worn today, she would prefer to die again. Her abuse of tanning, solarium and self-tanning would have finished her off. In such quantities, black turns from the color of elegance into the color of poverty. Brown, which is much friendlier than black in terms of combinations, for some reason is not held in high esteem, although it is with black that they wear it, as a rule. looks terrible, except for the granny grunge style. There is one theory about brown - mine and Slava Zaitsev's - the memory of their ancestors. For 10 years, my mother wore it at school - I was disgusted.

3. There are no interesting color combinations. As a rule, wear black with white and black with red. Well, from time to time they will add gray instead of black and fuchsia instead of red (if it has become fashionable as it is now). If the girls are especially trampled by the bear for their sense of style, then they wear black (coats, trousers, tights, etc.) with white boots, sometimes adding a white bag and gloves or a scarf to this.

4. Entire styles are missing and, as a result, things from these styles are missing. Absolutely no respect for casual style. They simply do not understand him - how is it, what is it? Women do not wear moccasins - with jeans they put on shoes (boats!), Ankle boots and sneakers. All sorts of ethno, hippies, embroideries, ornaments, fringes are generally beyond understanding. This is worn only by freaks, informals, gypsies, a decent provincial woman cannot do this.

Outside of work, a complete transformation into anti-sex - some wild flower windbreakers, turtlenecks and sneakers. Here I again share the opinion of Slava Zaitsev - sneakers exist only for sports. For sporty style outside of sports, there are sneakers! In especially sad cases, business and sports style are mixed.

Although no, a particularly sad case is the third style without a name: this is what provincial girls wear to corporate parties and clubs.

But the biggest hit is when the accessory suddenly begins to be used in large quantities and for other purposes, as happened with clutches in Penza, when girls began to wear them even to the market. And so they walked - in each hand a bag, and under the arm a clutch.

7. Lack of jewelry. There is in the provincial girls some kind of incomprehensible craving for only them understandable high cost. Here they will wear clothes made of synthetics and leatherette, but the bag should be leather. And gloves! Although just a bag and gloves can be completely worn and made of cloth (since things in a bag and hands will not suffer as much as the body and legs in synthetics). The same nonsense with decorations. Jewelry is fu and cheap (however, what they end up buying is actually more often fu and cheap), but gold is yes. Cheap red stamping gold is abundantly presented on almost any provincial girl - earrings, two chains - one with a cross, the second with the sign of the Zodiac, rings, chain bracelets. According to some strange tradition, all this is not removed at night and in the shower. Well, this is such a sign of an adult woman, how to keep your hat on indoors in winter.

8. Fixation on certain things. There are things that never go out of fashion in the provinces.
- black tight-fitting slightly flared trousers (worn with everything, including sneakers and black or brown leather jackets)
- short denim skirts (if you really want to wear short denim, let it not be stretchy, not light and do not wear it with tunics, blouses, etc. JERSEY goes well with a short dark blue denim skirt! Which is also not held in high esteem in the regions - t-shirts, t-shirts, longsleeves (in extreme cases, some kind of silk top)
- boats (worn with everything, including a tracksuit. How should it be? - but with dresses and skirts. Strict, elegant, romantic - depends on the color and height of the heel)
- denim and leather jackets (as well as boats are worn with everything. Thanks to stylists like Patricia Field, who periodically create images where these jackets flicker with romantic sundresses. Patricia Field has everything cool, but not so provincial girls. What to do - look at other types of outerwear - cardigans, for example)

9. Nightmare underwear. How many copies were broken on the Internet on the topic of whether bra straps can peek out from under a T-shirt, and thongs from jeans. We never reached a consensus, but the discussions, as it were, should lead us to the idea that underwear is part of our appearance. From what form it creates, whether it is translucent or not translucent. peeking out or not peeking out very much depends on the appearance. If you pulled a black turtleneck over a white bra, be sure that you look like a fountain. With all the love for black, for some reason, provincial girls love white bras (and they wear them with black shorts). And they also love such bras - more chic. To lace, embroidery, rhinestones. Let's lower the price of this luxury, just remember it as an axiom: modern clothes - tight-fitting, as a rule, require smooth underwear. Do not wear lace under a sports jersey. Chic lingerie is not suitable for everyday wear, it is necessary to recline on satin sheets in anticipation of a lover.

10. Fear of white feet. For some reason, provincial girls are terribly afraid that their legs will be considered pale. And why do they try not to show themselves anywhere with bare legs. Be sure to wear stockings and tights. In combination with summer dresses, or even sundresses and open sandals, it looks strange. And if tights or stockings are also fishnet, or as fashion magazines called them in the 80s - "fantasy", then there is a feeling that you are watching chronicles from the life of Italian prostitutes of the 60s. Fear, apparently, is rooted in the distant Soviet past, when shaving legs was not accepted, and hairy ones still looked unaesthetic. True, then they tried to tan as soon as possible - so that the hair would burn out slightly. What is the point of wearing pantyhose at the end of June today is a mystery. Moreover, the choice of razors and other hair removal products is huge, as well as means to combat pale skin - from tanning beds to self-tanners.

Gold rings on each finger, black pumps for any dress, tights “tan color” in 30-degree heat: today we are bringing to light the main signs of a provincial wardrobe!

You can spend most of your salary on shopping and live in the capital, but at the same time look provincial. We know 10 reasons why this happens!

Only gold, only hardcore

Costume jewelry is not serious and is suitable only for 10-year-old girls, and silver looks “poor”. Therefore, the owner of a typical provincial wardrobe buys gold, no matter what is cheap and "samovar". Another indicator of status is a gold ring on each finger. So that everyone there does not think that you have no money for jewelry!

conservatism

Sneakers under the dress? Ugh! A sweatshirt with a lace skirt? Nightmare! A girl who dresses provincially is most afraid of not looking the way she “should” (“like normal people”, “as is customary”, “as mother taught” - the list can be continued indefinitely).

Black shoes - for any outfit

Black pumps are a must-have for any country girl. Of course, objectively, there is nothing wrong with these basic shoes, but the hallmark of a provincial wardrobe is the “pushing” of these shoes into every look. And it doesn’t matter that with a white summer sundress or shorts and a simple T-shirt, the shoes look just awful: our lyrical heroine will put them on even with a tracksuit. And what? Pumps are suitable for "everything"!

Lack of style variety

Most of these fashionistas have two main "styles" - "decent" (at work) and "relaxed" (outside of work). Often these "styles" are mixed in an eerie way, giving rise to images a la "corporate in the office", when something lacy is put on under a gray suit, complementing it with "holiday makeup" and tightly varnished curls. Casual, eclectic, boho-chic - all this is alien to adherents of the provincial style and, in their opinion, looks “strange”.

"Sweatshirts" and "blouses"

Tops, bodysuits, cardigans, turtlenecks, sweaters, sweatshirts, blouses - no, no, and no! The provincial wardrobe recognizes only "jackets" and "blouses" - knitted creations of unknown Chinese manufacturers. Distinctive features - low-quality material, quickly stretch and overgrown with pellets, often decorated with ruffles, lace inserts or rhinestones. Such a “blouse” is worn both in a feast, and in the world, and with black office trousers.

"Chic" underwear even in the gym

Simple bras with a smooth and thin cup? Never! You never know where the prince on a white horse is waiting for you: he can meet both in the office and in the gym or at the grocery market. Therefore, exclusively lacy super-push-ups are used, richly decorated with all the same rhinestones, feathers, and sometimes faux fur (the only good news is that no animal suffers for the sake of such “beauty”). And it doesn’t matter that under the smooth and thin clothes the whole “decor” sticks out tastelessly, and the “sexually raised” chest presses on the chin: the main thing is that now you will impress both the prince and even his horse!

tights in summer

Another fear (in addition to the aforementioned fear of looking “not like everyone else”) is to show your bare legs. Especially pale and at the beginning of summer. Therefore, an important part of the provincial wardrobe is tights, which their mistress does not take off all year round. A special squeak is "invisible" with a brilliance that can blind; in a large mesh "tan colors". The latter look especially "chic" in contrast with the rest of the non-tanned parts of the body.

Fear of experimenting with color

Complex color combinations and, in principle, any work with color - this is not about fans of the provincial style. Why reinvent the wheel, they think, when there are simple and time-tested mixes - black with white, black with red, black with black. And there is no need to suffer and think about how to combine a lilac top and pistachio pants in one look.

Failure to wear accessories

Even, it would seem, such a generally simple and common accessory, like a hat, causes bewilderment among representatives of the provincial style: “Who wears hats and where?”, “Show me these people!”, “Something I didn’t see anyone on the street wearing a hat…” they declare with an “ironic” grin. All other accessories are also perceived as "brute force" - why do you need something that does not carry much functionality?

love for fakes

It is impossible to prove to the representative of the provincial fashion that fakes are a shame. Because “I am a trembling creature, or can I afford to buy a Dolce & Gabbana bag made of patent oilcloth in the passage”?! In their minds, a parody of a well-known brand will always by default be better and “more fashionable” than a high-quality leather bag of an unknown brand for the same money.

You can spend most of your salary on shopping and live in the capital, but at the same time look provincial. We know 10 reasons why this happens!

Only gold, only hardcore

conservatism

Sneakers under the dress? Ugh! A sweatshirt with a lace skirt? Nightmare! A girl dressing provincially is most afraid of not looking the way she “should” (“like normal people”, “as is customary”, “as mother taught” - the list goes on indefinitely).

Black shoes - for any outfit

Black pumps are a must-have for any country girl. Of course, objectively, there is nothing wrong with these basic shoes, but the hallmark of a provincial wardrobe is the “shove” of these shoes into every look. And it doesn’t matter that with a white summer sundress or shorts and a simple T-shirt, the shoes look just awful - our lyrical heroine will put them on even with a tracksuit. And what? Pumps are suitable for "everything"!

Lack of style variety

Most of these fashionistas have two main "styles" - "decent" (at work) and "relaxed" (outside of work). Often these “styles” are mixed in an eerie way, giving rise to images a la “corporate in the office”, when something lacy is put on under a gray suit, complementing this with “holiday makeup” and tightly varnished curls. Casual, eclecticism, boho-chic - all this is alien to adherents of the provincial style and, in their opinion, looks “strange”.

"Sweatshirts" and "blouses"

Tops, bodysuits, cardigans, turtlenecks, sweaters, sweatshirts, blouses - no, no, no! The provincial wardrobe recognizes only "jackets" and "blouses" - knitted creations of unknown Chinese manufacturers. Distinctive features - low-quality material, quickly stretch and overgrown with pellets, often decorated with ruffles, lace inserts or rhinestones. Such a “blouse” is worn both in a feast, and in the world, and with black office trousers.

"Chic" underwear even in the gym

Simple bras with a smooth and thin cup? Never! You never know where the prince on a white horse is waiting for you - he can meet both in the office and in the gym or at the grocery market. Therefore, exclusively lace super-push-ups are used, richly decorated with all the same rhinestones, feathers, and sometimes faux fur (the only good news is that no animal suffers for the sake of such “beauty.” And it doesn’t matter that under smooth and thin clothes all “ decor" sticks out tastelessly, and "sexually raised" chest presses on the chin - the main thing is that now you will impress both the prince and even his horse!

tights in summer

Another fear (besides the aforementioned fear of looking “not like everyone else”) is to show your bare legs. Especially pale and at the beginning of summer. Therefore, an important part of the provincial wardrobe is tights, which their mistress does not take off all year round. A special squeak is "invisible" with a brilliance that can blind; in a large mesh "tan colors". The latter look especially "chic" in contrast with the rest of the non-tanned parts of the body.

Fear of experimenting with color

Failure to wear accessories

Even, it would seem, such a generally simple and common accessory as a hat, causes bewilderment among representatives of the provincial style: “Who wears hats and where?”, “Show me these people!”, “Something I didn’t see anyone on the street wearing a hat…” they declare with an “ironic” grin. All other accessories are also perceived as "brute force" - why do you need something that does not carry much functionality?

love for fakes

It is impossible to prove to a provincial fashion representative that fakes are a disgrace. Because “am I a trembling creature or can I afford to buy a Dolce & Gabbana bag made of patent oilcloth in the passage”?! In their minds, a parody of a well-known brand will always by default be better and “more fashionable” than a high-quality leather bag of an unknown brand for the same money.

1. Inattention to the composition and quality of the material.
Misunderstanding that it depends on how comfortable the product will be, how long and how it will last, how it will sit, etc. It comes to very extreme forms: one of my friends boasted that she bought a short black coat for 1000 r, while another (what a fool) - almost the same, but for 10,000. Almost the same turned out to be almost branded and made of pure wool, and the thousandth, of course, was polyester. Therefore, a friend in him froze on the street and sweated in the subway, so she was always upset and unhappy.

4. Entire styles are missing and, as a result, things from these styles are missing. Absolutely no respect for casual style. They simply do not understand him - how is it, what is it? Women do not wear moccasins - with jeans they put on shoes (boats!), Ankle boots and sneakers. All sorts of ethno, hippies, embroideries, ornaments, fringe are generally beyond comprehension. This is worn only by freaks, informals, gypsies, a decent provincial woman cannot do this.

5. Clothing is generally divided into two styles - business (for work) and sports (for leisure). Even if the work does not imply a dress code, girls and women tend to dress strictly. The lower the position, the more the girl pretends to be a business woman - black skirts, white blouses, black stilettos, fishnet stockings and glasses with zero diopters. For some reason, a black or red bra is always put on under a white blouse - so that it looks out and shines through. Such a heroine of male fantasies is either a lustful secretary, or a depraved teacher. Outside of work, a complete transformation into anti-sex - some wild flower windbreakers, turtlenecks and sneakers. Here I again share the opinion of Slava Zaitsev - sneakers exist only for sports. For sporty style outside of sports, there are sneakers! In especially sad cases, business and sports style are mixed. Although no, a particularly sad case is the third style without a name: this is what provincial girls wear to corporate parties and clubs.

6. No accessories. And books on etiquette and style, and magazines, and websites teach us that clothes are transformed by accessories. A brooch here, a scarf here, a strap here and that's all - the outfit played, formed into an ensemble. Provincial girls read all this diligently, but do not follow the manual. There are few or no accessories at all. Therefore, the clothes do not add up to the ensemble, they look simple, but not elegant, but poor, miserable, marketable. But the biggest hit is when the accessory suddenly begins to be used in large quantities and for other purposes, as happened with clutches in Penza, when girls began to wear them even to the market. And so they walked - in each hand a bag, and under the arm a clutch.

8. Fixation on certain things. There are things that never go out of fashion in the provinces.
- black tight-fitting slightly flared trousers (worn with everything, including sneakers and black or brown leather jackets)
- short denim skirts (if you really want to wear short denim, let it not be stretchy, not light and do not wear it with tunics, blouses, etc. JERSEY goes well with a short dark blue denim skirt! Which is also not held in high esteem in the regions - t-shirts, t-shirts, longsleeves (in extreme cases, some kind of silk top)
- pumps (worn with everything, including a tracksuit. How should it be? - but with dresses and skirts. Strict, elegant, romantic - depends on the color and height of the heel)
- denim and leather jackets (as well as boats are worn with everything. Thanks to stylists like Patricia Field, who periodically create images where these jackets flicker with romantic sundresses. Patricia Field has everything cool, but not so provincial girls. What to do - look at other types of outerwear - cardigans, for example)

I called this wardrobe provincial, although I myself realize that it is not entirely correct. Registration and origin are not a guarantee of taste, but I could not find a replacement for the word "provincial", maybe you can help me.

Greetings, dear guests and regulars of our fashionable crossroads!
Toward the end of 2015, one of the popular women's magazines published an article on the topic "Signs of a provincial wardrobe." No, I don’t read this magazine in any form, I just noticed that interest in the note “Signs of a Provincial Style” on our website has sharply increased and, yes, I also wrote a similar article at one time.
Who needs these lists repeated from year to year and is it worth paying attention to them?Let's figure it out!

“After all, if the stars are lit, it means that someone needs it?” V. Mayakovsky.

Articles "5,10,15 - (underline as appropriate) signs of a provincial wardrobe" are equally necessary for both readers and those who publish them!

Readers want to know how not to look old-fashioned, provincial and ridiculous, they want to act as experts and amuse their vanity by agreeing with the theses of the article or, conversely, refuting them in the comments, and publications expect to get as many buyers of the magazine / site visitors as possible. After all, what causes the most violent response from the public and, accordingly, increases the attendance of the resource? Certainly a controversial topic for many!

Why is the name and the emphasis on the word “provincial” so annoying to readers who, you won’t believe, use these words to search for the right article on the Internet?
(Somehow we received a completely boorish request: provincial style or how not to look like a crowd?)

For several reasons:

If the provincial wardrobe is old-fashioned and tasteless, then it turns out that all residents of non-capitals are automatically equated with old-fashioned and tastelessly dressed people. This thesis is confirmed by numerous comments about the following content.

While information about current trends was inaccessible, fashion changed much more slowly and the provincials were not particularly annoyed at the mention of the shortcomings of their wardrobe, but with the advent of the Internet, when a collection show going on in Paris, you can watch online both in St. Petersburg and in the countryside White Key, residents of the most remote settlements felt "in the know."
“And who are you to tell us? We ourselves with a mustache!

Articles about the signs of a provincial wardrobe are most often written in frankly boorish language. Specific (very narrow-minded) thoughts, feelings and motives of behavior are attributed to girls:

Often, it is not so much the content of the article that causes outrage, but rather its tone - sarcastic and dismissive, because those who consider themselves "not provincial" should be funny after every paragraph!

And another reason that quite objectively outrages readers of articles about the signs of a provincial wardrobe is outdated data. The authors of such materials do not bother to observe real life, but rewrite the same theses one after another, rearranging the words in sentences as much as possible.

Now let's look at the situation from the side of those who write articles about the provincial style of dressing.

Due to the nature of my activity, I often have to visit all kinds of resources on the topic “fashion and style”. Particularly successful are interactive resources that provide readers with the opportunity to become a full participant in the project and post articles. And, not surprisingly, style materials with personal photos are more in demand among visitors, which the public discusses “with all their hearts!”

So, in these discussions, the word “collective farm” often flashes, with which caring commentators try to repeatedly, but accurately convey to the author that his style is out of date.

Provincial - there is nothing more than the most softened form of the word "collective farm", if we are talking about clothes and style. It would be strange if a respected publication published an article “How not to look like a collective farm”, however, the exact definition of the same phenomenon - outdated or old-fashioned, no longer clings to the public so much.

It turns out that the phrase "provincial wardrobe" carries the optimal ratio of meaning and trolling. Everyone clearly understands what will be discussed, and, almost everyone, before opening the article, understands that there will be a lot of controversy!

In fact, most articles about the provincial wardrobe describe once-fashionable nuances or principles that are outdated, but continue to be perceived as relevant, universal and even prestigious! And geography does not play any role here, although in more remote, from the central, regions, the cultivation of the outdated is more typical than in the "capitals". And this does not always happen because there are some people who are not like that in the provinces!

Let's take hair color as an example: a woman decided to dye her hair. She does not want to go to the salon or cannot, considering it a waste of money. There is no professional cosmetics store in her town, but there are many outlets selling affordable household paint in the “most fashionable shades” - mahogany and eggplant. There are no other colors, they are simply not ordered. Why? Yes, because once, back in the late 90s, the colors of mahogany and eggplant were really relevant! Paint of such shades was bought then and bought now, it turns out a vicious circle: women choose in the store from what they have, and sellers, looking at the demand, order what goes best - the colors of eggplant and mahogany!

The same goes for the colors of clothes and shoes that are popular in the province. “Black pumps for everything” prevail not because a resident of a small town has no taste, but because she sees three colors on a store shelf: black, white and brown. White shoes on broken sidewalks - for one day, brown and black remain. And here a completely logical conclusion arises: black is more versatile than brown! Is not it? Yes, that is right! A resident of the capital, limited in funds, will do the same!

Therefore, the indignant comments “crazy article, in the provinces they dress better than the capital”, of course, have the right to exist, but stereotypes are not born from scratch!
Exactly, as well as, residents of small towns are often limited not by their worldview, but by the economic situation and other objective reasons.

Yes, in the same St. Petersburg there are a lot of women who still go to beauty salons and do highlighting with wide multi-colored strands, outdated, almost 10 years ago, and all because hairdressers do not bother to look through magazines or go to a seminar, to learn new hair coloring techniques.

So do not be offended by articles in which not the most correct authors demonstrate the ability to rewrite other people's texts in their own words.

Besides, whether we like it or not, any phenomenon, supported by the word "capital", will be considered more prestigious, significant and desirable than any other. Only “foreign” can compete with the “capital” in our country, the rest will hardly be quoted in the minds of the inhabitants of the post-Soviet space.