A dream come true. The first exhibition of sewn shirts in Luxembourg by the ladies from the group Sewn Stories took place during the weekend of 28-29 June 2025. They expounded:
Alexandra Stoian, Liliana Turliu, Mihaela Alecu, Mihaela Adina Osiceanu, Lavinia Dragu, Carina Țoca, Diana Mircea, Raluca Brânzilă, Georgiana Cotolan, Mirela Dragotă, Ștefana Puiu, Camelia Constantinescu, Laura Fevrier, Raluca Caranfil and Ștefania Atanasiu.
It was a weekend full of emotions and stories, of meetings with dear or unknown friends, of strangers curious to discover our culture, two days of exhibition of shirts sewn in Luxembourg, but also old collection shirts, plus the conference held by Horațiu Silviu Ilea. I had a room full of people eager to listen to him tell about shirts, tradition, authenticity, meaning and who went home a little richer and with a wide smile.
In the framework of the exhibition of Romanian shirts sewn in Luxembourg took place the conference Authenticity, Tradition, Revival with Dr. Horațiu Silviu Ilea from the Romanian Peasant Museum in Bucharest. Horațiu Silviu Ilea was part of the committee of experts that drafted the UNESCO file ‘The Art of Shirts – Element of Cultural Identity in Romania and the Republic of Moldova’, which led to the inclusion of the Shirts with Shirts in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. At the Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Horațiu Silviu Ilea takes care of the pieces of folk costume that belonged to the Royal Family of Romania, as well as over 20,000 pieces of traditional costume – shirts, catriments, feet, adornments, fur clothes or dimes. He is the author of several volumes on folk art and numerous articles published in collective volumes and specialty magazines. Horațiu Silviu Ilea is a professor at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Letters, where he teaches the course ‘Save the Intangible Heritage’.
We thank all the ladies who sewed and made this exhibition possible, all those who crossed our threshold, admired the shirts sewn in Luxembourg and listened to our stories.
We invite you to admire the shirts photographed by David Ghisa following this link
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