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Uzbekistan presents its national costumes in Grand Fashion Week in Paris
10 July 2023
Uzbekistan presents its national costumes in Grand Fashion Week in Paris

An exhibition of national costumes of famous Uzbek designers "Grand Fashion Week" was organized in the House of Celebrations "La Galerie Bourbon" as part of Paris Fashion Week.

Well-known designer brands of our country "ANOR", "Moel Bosh", "7Saber", "Cherrymyx", "Nadi.uz" and "Shahzoda Mukhammedov" took part in this exhibition with their clothing collections. Also, Sevinch Normamatova, the winner of the competition for young designers Commence, presented her new collection of clothes.

At the beginning of the ceremony, the famous Uzbek dancer, winner of the Nihol award, Parizoda, performed a national dance, and a stage dedicated to Uzbek culture and traditions was organized.

In each of the presented costumes, Uzbek national elements, originality and aesthetics of Uzbek culture are expressed and delivered to the audience. The guests were introduced to new national fabrics such as Uzbek adras and shoi, as well as embroidery and zardozi techniques.

The new collection of clothes reflects the love and respect for Uzbek silk, as well as the hard work of women artisans. The participants of the event drew the attention of the participants of the event, who used hand embroidery techniques and "patch work" to create samples.

In particular, the patterns and decorations reflected in the clothing collections demonstrated at the exhibition in Paris are a symbol of respect for Uzbek traditions and customs, which combine two main textile trends inherited from our ancestors.

The clothing exhibition was organized by the Davide and Jacob teams, who have been cooperating with the Paris Fashion Week and the world's leading fashion houses in the fashion industry for many years.

The French public highly appreciated the holding of this event and stressed that it would have a positive impact on strengthening cultural ties between Uzbekistan and France.

In particular, the head of the French digital marketing and press agency in the field of fashion "Imoni Showroom Paris" Monica Rab emphasized the high interest in Uzbek culture and art and expressed her deep gratitude to the organizers of the event.

“Today, we were especially pleased with the collection of national costumes presented by Uzbek designers,” Monika Rab said. “Our attention was drawn to the fact that there are many secrets in this industry, and its creators have many years of work, perseverance and experience, and that when creating each design, the creator is required to be able to feel the history of the unique culture and traditions of the Uzbek people.”

Organizing such cultural events abroad attracts more people to travel to Uzbekistan for its historical sites, such as Samarkand, Bukhara, Shakhrisabz, and Khiva by introducing foreign audiences to our culture and history, colorful customs and patterns, Uzbek art and cuisine. Taking into account that the Uzbek government has been simplifying the visa procedure to visit Uzbekistan since 2016 by introducing visa-free entry to Uzbekistan for 93 countries and introducing electronic visas for over 50 countries of the world as of today, now it is the best time to travel to Uzbekistan avoiding extra hassle and expenses.

 

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Did you know?

Uzbekistan is one of only two countries in the world to be ‘double landlocked’ (landlocked and totally surrounded by other landlocked countries). Liechtenstein is double landlocked by 2 countries whilst Uzbekistan is surrounded by 5!

Did you know that Uzbekistan lies in the very heart of Eurasia, the coordinates for Uzbekistan are 41.0000° N, 69.0000°

Uzbekistan is home to the Muruntan gold mine, one of the largest open pit gold mines in the world! The country has 4th largest reserves of gold in the world after South Africa, USA and Russia

Uzbekistan is the world capital of melons. They have in excess of 150 different varieties, which form a staple part of the local diet, served fresh in the summer and eaten dried through the winter.

It is Uzbek tradition that the most respected guest be seated farthest from the house’s entrance.

Tashkent’s metro features chandeliers, marble pillars and ceilings, granite, and engraved metal. It has been called one of the most beautiful train stations in the world.

The Uzbek master chef is able to cook in just one caldron enough plov to serve a thousand men.

When you are a host to someone, it is your duty to fill their cups with for the whole time they are with you.  What you must not do, however, is to fill their cup more than half-full.  If you do that as a mistake, say it is a mistake immediately.  Doing it means you want them to leave.  Wow!  Amazing, right?

To Uzbeks, respect means a whole lot.  For this reason they love it if, even as foreigners, you endeavour to add the respectful suffix opa after a woman's name; and aka after a man's.  Example: Linda-opa and David-aka.  You could also use hon and jon respectively.

Having been an historic crossroads for centuries as part of various ancient empires, Uzbekistan’s food is very eclectic. It has its roots in Iranian, Arab, Indian, Russian and Chinese cuisine.

Though identified with the Persia, the Zoroastrism probably originated in Bactria or Sogdiana. Many distinguished scholars share an opinion that Zoroastrianism had originated in the ancient Khorezm. Indeed, today in the world there were found 63 Zoroastrian monuments, including those in Iran, India, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Thirty-eight of them are in Uzbekistan, whereas 17 of these monuments are located in Khorezm.

One of Islam's most sacred relics - the world's oldest Koran that was compiled in Medina by Othman, the third caliph or Muslim leader, is kept in Tashkent. It was completed in the year 651, only 19 years after Muhammad's death. 

Tashkent is the only megapolis in the world where public transport is totally comprised of Mercedes buses. And due to low urban air polution it is one of the few cities where one can still see the stars in the sky.

You would be surprised to know that modern TV was born in Tashkent. No joke! The picture of moving objects was transmitted by radio first time in the world in Tashkent on 26 of July 1928 by inventors B.P. Grabovsky and I.F. Belansky.

Uzbekistan is the only country in the world all of whose neighbours have their names ending in STAN. This is also the only country in Central Asia that borders all of the countries of this region

Uzbeks are the third populous Turkik ethnicity in the world after Turks and Azeris (leaving both in Azerbaijan and Iran)

Did you know that there was silk money in Khiva? Super interesting right? Of course, but the best part of having silk money was that it could be sewn into your clothing.

Famous Islamic physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna in the Latin world) who was born near Bukhara was the one of the first people to advocate using women’s hair as suture material – about 1400 years ago.

Uzbekistan has a long and bloody history. The most notorious leader of Uzbekistan was Timur (or Tamerlane) who claimed descent from Genghis Khan. His military campaigns have been credited for wiping out some 5% of the world’s population at the time.

If you have thought that some of the Islamic architecture in Uzbekistan resembles that from Northern India, then that is because Timur’s great great great Grandson, Babur Beg, was the founder of the Moghul Empire that ruled much of India for almost four centuries! Babur’s great great Grandson was Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal.

Uzbekistan was once a rum producig country. There is still a real arboretum in Denau (city near Termez on the border with Afghanistan), grown from a selection station that studied the prospects of plant growing in the unusual for the Soviet Union subtropical climate of Surkhandarya region: only here in the whole of the USSR sugar cane was grown and even rum was produced!

Uzbekistan has been ranked one of the safest countries in the world, according to a new global poll. The annual Gallup Global Law and Order asked if people felt safe walking at night and whether they had been victims of crime. The survey placed Uzbekistan 5th out of 135 countries, while the UK was 21st and the US 35th. Top five safest countries:

  • Singapore
  • Norway
  • Iceland
  • Finland
  • Uzbekistan
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