Valenki rock! Resurrection of traditional woolen boots

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Tsar-Valenok: Join in painting the world’s largest winter footwear!

Anyone who goes along to Moscow’s ‘Russian Winter’ crafts festival can have a hand in decorating a new world record creation – a giant two-metre-high felt boot – known in Russian as a ‘valenok’ – which weighs in at more th

Valenki rock! Resurrection of traditional woolen boots

Published: 14 December, 2007, 09:31

Once just humble everyday wear for Russian peasants, the woolen boots valenki have been brought to the catwalk, and the wardrobes of the fashion conscious.

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