Once again, a fashion journey in the spirit of Slow Fashion. And also unexpected Baranovichi. A city in which there is a whole street of Beauty and the first wedding salon in Belarus was opened.



Recall that slow fashion is the purchase of quality items from natural and ecological fabrics. Moreover, clothes are bought from designers, artisans, or clothes that were produced in small local enterprises, which, in turn, is such a kind of protest against the mass market.

About slow motion ideas

In addition to Slow Fashion, there are also concepts such as Slow Food, slow city, slow art, slow education, and so on. These are all part of the popular slow motion these days. Movements for slowing down the rapid pace of life.



Slow Food is a protest against Fast Food. The slow food movement emerged in the late 1980s in Italy as a protest against fast food restaurants like McDonald's. Another part of the Slow Food movement is the promotion of rare and forgotten foods such as black celery and purple asparagus to the global market.

It is probably not surprising that the ideas of Slow Food, and then of the entire slow movement, originated in Italy and Spain. Who, if not Italians and Spaniards, understand the ability to live slowly.



Slow city - a movement to slow down the pace of urban life and, accordingly, increase the comfort of life in cities.

Slow art is a contemplative slow viewing of a small number of works of art, not a race through exhibitions and museums to see as much as possible. It is also an independent work on the creation of works of art. Creation of works of art as a meditative practice.



Slow education means a departure from tests and a refusal to shorten the study period (after all, not everyone has time to learn quickly) and attention to the quality of education.

Adherents of the slow movement say that it is worth rushing only when there is a need for it. The philosophy of the adherents of slow movement is based on the idea of ​​balance. And the most important postulate is to stop rushing in order to start living.

The best way to stop rushing, at least for a while, is to leave for a small town and, as they say, lie down there.

Baranovichi and Slow Fashion

Baranovichi is a city in the Brest region of Belarus.

On the one hand, Baranovichi is a large railway junction. That is, you will have no problems getting there.



It is also an industrial city. A city with a university. This means that life is in full swing there. But, of course, it is far from the same as in big cities.



On the other hand, Baranovichi is a city where there are no historical monuments. That is, this is not a tourist route at all. This means the absence of any usual tourist attractions, which is very good for adherents of the ideas of slow movement.

A military air base is also based in Baranovichi. And the flying club works - you can jump with a parachute. But this is information for sky lovers and pilots.

You can stay in Baranovichi both in hotels and rent a cozy house (there is a large private sector in the city) or an apartment.

If you travel to Belarusian cities, then there is a little secret - it is better to stay in hotels at medical centers, and not in hotels on the main square or street of the city.

Hotels on the main square or city street are hotels built during the Soviet era. And they will suit you only if you love the Soviet legacy. But hotels at medical centers are always excellent modern rooms, plus the opportunity to go for a massage, spa treatments.And in general, you can undergo a medical examination.



There will be no problem with food either. There are many cafes in the city center. At the same time, adherents of Slow Food ideas will definitely be pleased that pasta is poorly prepared here, but local food is excellent - potato pancakes.


And finally, about fashion. Baranovichi is a city in the Brest region. And Brest is considered the sewing city of Belarus. There are a lot of clothing brands in Brest. For example, the famous Belarusian brand NELVA. Or Papilio brand - wedding and evening dresses.



Accordingly, in Baranovichi you can buy clothes from Belarusian brands and designers, as well as Belarusian knitwear. The knitwear shops can be seen right away - on the central street of the city.

Anyway, Lenin Street in Baranovichi can be renamed into Beauty Street. There are a lot of beauty salons on the central street of the city, as well as the Oriflame Wellness Center.



And this is no coincidence, there are several colleges in the city, which train hairdressers, make-up artists, seamstresses.

There is, also on Lenin Street, a wedding fashion center - 5 salons in one: wedding, evening, hairdressing, carnival, floristic. That is, for example, if you have a wedding, here you can pick up and dress for the bride, and dresses for bridesmaids, and a groom's suit, and flower decorations, as well as to do makeup and hair. Likewise for the evening out.



This wedding salon is called Cinderella. And this is the first wedding salon not only in Baranovichi, but in general in Belarus. The salon appeared in the late 1980s. He is over 25 years old. The founder of the first wedding salon in Belarus was Tamara Angurets, a self-taught designer, a historian by education. Today she is the owner of a whole network of wedding salons both in Baranovichi and in Minsk.



By the way, in Europe and America, the first wedding salons began to appear in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Salons were also opened in Asia.

So, in 1905, Hatsuko Endo opened a beauty salon in Tokyo, which initially provided assistance in planning a wedding ceremony, and then began to provide services for creating hairstyles and makeup.

Wedding salons also had their own background. In the 16th-17th centuries in France, and then throughout Europe, noble ladies held literary, art, and political salons. In these salons, at the invitation of the hostesses, representatives of high society gathered and discussed topics that corresponded to the theme of the salons.

As a result, this idea - the hostess, who is responsible for the theme of the salon and its activities, as well as the salon, as a place of pleasant pastime, was borrowed for beauty salons, fashion and wedding salons in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.



So, to a certain extent, the idea of ​​beauty salons, wedding salons has something in common with the ideas of slow movement - pastime without haste. What you can do with success in Baranovichi.