Russian national costume

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I stumpled upon the article below by chance and found this great line:

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The contestants are often asked to sport their “national costume,” which for some means dusting off their hand-embroidered Uzbek folk costumes. For others, it was not as easy. “Some contestants from Leningrad were confused. They asked me, ‘What is our national costume? What do we even wear?’ ” says Chernina. “And I told them, with all due respect, ‘Just put on mink coat.’ ”

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