KOKOSHNIK IS ANCIENT RUSSIAN HEADWEAR IN THE FORM OF A COMB, AN IMPORTANT PART OF WOMEN'S TRADITIONAL DRESS. IT WAS LAVISHLY COVERED AND WORN FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. INITIALLY IT SYMBOLIZED PROTECTION AND WAS A KIND OF WOMEN'S HELMET.

NOW MODERN KOKOSHNIK IS AN INFLATABLE HEADPIECE FROM THE RAIN.

 

              ( Project done for the group exhibition "Izba" which was shown on the Milan furniture fair 2014.)