Around old village belief, it was assumed that a woman with her head uncovered brings bad luck in the form of crop failure, loss of cattle and human diseases. Therefore headdress tightly wraps the female head and cover the hair of a married woman, became very popular and spread among the female population. Wear it mainly on major holidays.
Is a light fan from a thick base, sewn to the cap or Volosnikov decorated with brocade top, beads, beads, pearls, gold thread, glass or precious stones.
By design stands kokoshniks 3 types:
1. Horned kokoshnik - had a pearl or bead podniz-mesh, attached to and covering hu forehead almost to his eyebrows;
2. Kokoshnik in the form of a cylindrical cap with a flat bottom was a small blade, cover your ears, slap - a strip of cloth on a firm basis, sewn behind and podniz - bead grid goes down on his forehead.
3. Kokoshnik flat oval top, speaking over the forehead, ears and blades on the back of solid rectangular sewn cuffs.
Gained the most popularity in the XVIII - XIX centuries in most parts of European Russia and Siberia. In XX century, thanks to the Russian emigration kokoshnik became popular in Europe, first as part of Russian folk costume, and then as a wedding headpiece. In a similar headdress crown-even married the future Queen of England Mary of Teck.
Kokoshnik now found in some fashion collections of famous fashion designers, as well as a constant headdress suit Snow Maiden.