Since we tell you everything about stockings and tights, starting from their production technology, evolution fashion trends and funny stories, we couldn’t ignore such a famous character as Pippi Longstocking.

This character was created by Karin, the daughter of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. As a matter of fact, it was with stories about Pippi that Astrid’s career began.

For the Russian audience, it will probably be a revelation that the author of her favorite childhood books, which sold in huge quantities in the USSR and were filmed, was a notorious Russophobe in the 1940s. Astrid Lindgren kept a personal diary in which, as usual, she wrote down her own thoughts on one thing or another. On February 6, 1944, an entry appeared in her diary: “Anything is better than falling into the hands of the Russians.” Subsequently, however, the internationally recognized children's writer, who preached the ideals of humanism, did not show such an attitude towards our country - either having revised her views, or not wanting to harm her own reputation.

One day Karin became very ill, and, probably because she was bored of spending a lot of time in bed, she began to invent all sorts of tall tales. One day, Karin asked her mother Lindgren to tell her a story about a girl named Pippi Longstocking. Over time, Astrid discovered that her evening stories about Pippi were enough for a whole book, and began to take notes.

Pippi's peculiarity lies in her outfit: the girl is always wearing different stockings. And this is not surprising, because the heroine of the book is an orphan, she lives completely alone, there is no one to take care of her, no one to help put herself in order. Remember for yourself - after all, we usually laugh at people who wear multi-colored socks, we consider them absent-minded eccentrics. True, now marketers are using this image as another stylish find.

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During the war, Astrid Lindgren began working on her first and one of her most famous books. She was born from evening fairy tales, which in 1941 Astrid invented for her daughter Karin, who was ill with pneumonia. One day, my daughter asked her mother to tell her about the girl Pippi Longstocking - Karin came up with the name herself. Fulfilling her daughter's request, Astrid eventually discovered that her evening stories were enough for a whole book, which she began working on in 1944.

Pippi's image has become popular for private photo shoots. It’s easy to choose clothes in Pippi’s style, and the photos will turn out bright and funny.

Until now, performances about the girl Pippi Longstocking attract many spectators.

Also in Soviet years you could buy a Pippi Longstocking doll, and in our time there are even more such dolls.

The author of this article had a Pippi doll in her distant, distant childhood. Despite the fact that the author in those years was just beginning to master children's literature and had not yet gotten his hands on a book about Pippi Longstocking, the very appearance of the doll was so mischievous that it prompted the author himself to take action. A completely quiet child, not prone to adventurism, thought of sending Pippi on a trip in a hot air balloon. An ordinary aircraft was used as a flight vehicle. balloon with ordinary air inside, since balloons inflated with helium did not exist at that time and in that place, and the author had little idea about volatile gases, the density of matter and other physical concepts. The doll was tied to balloon with the usual harsh threads, and the start took place from the window of the 4th floor. By coincidence, a thunderstorm struck, and Ragdoll soaked to the skin. The story ended happily: the doll was saved, washed, and, although it faded a little, it remained one of my favorite toys for many years and is still intact.

This was a lyrical digression, and now let's return to the main topic.

For adults, they make play costumes in the style of Pippi, and fans of the image never tire of inventing and bringing to life more and more new drawn looks.

Pippi Longstocking Style

The unconventional lifestyle of the girl Pippi actually represented a challenge to society. She could walk not on her feet, but on her hands, explaining this by the fact that her legs were hot, she could walk backwards, sleep with her feet on the pillow, and, of course, express her attitude in clothes. Pippi Longstocking dressed brightly and avant-garde. The main attribute of her style were stockings different lengths, and multi-colored.

The Swedish name Pippi sounds like Pippi. Translator Lilianna Lungina, who translated the book, decided to change the name Pippi to Pippi due to possible unpleasant associations.

The image of a freckled, red-haired tomboy girl was loved by many. And, although not everyone dared to wear stockings of different lengths or simply different ones, imitation of their favorite heroine degenerated into a peculiar Street style, Pippi style. And the now popular knee socks are just another variation of this style. By the way, if you remember, a few months ago we talked about another variation - about one lowered stocking.

But let's see what's in real life represents the Pippi Longstocking style.

Modernity has given rise to a whole galaxy of Pippi imitators. This style borders on sloppiness, and therefore not everyone manages to comply fine line and stay within limits.

Still, girls prefer to dress in the style of Pippi Longstocking. Therefore, let’s leave aside for now the study of the issue from the perspective of men’s fashion.

Variations on the theme of Pippi's style are also found in modern fashionable youth styles. For example, Pippi's image may have an emo bias:

The movie "Pippi Longstocking", released on television in 1971, became very popular among television viewers. This is understandable. The main character, the mischievous red-haired girl Pippi, won the hearts of many. In the story, she is a little girl who has an unusual carefree character, loves to compose various fables and does not go to school. Her mother died long ago, and her father became the king of blacks in another country. Therefore, the girl often lacks adult supervision. Despite this, she is a very kind, independent person. Therefore, it is not surprising that many viewers fell in love with her.

Pippi Longstocking costume: choice for various holidays

At various children's parties, New Year's parties, and carnivals, many dress up in costumes of animals, pirates, birds, plants, and other characters. It became very popular to wear the Pippi Longstocking costume. First you need to decide on the color of your future outfit.

In the film itself, the girl wears a dress, a hat on her head and an awkward hairstyle: her braids look in different directions - one down, the other up. Long stockings on her legs. The person who wore the Pippi Longstocking costume can be recognized by their stockings and hairstyle. Otherwise it could be Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Gerda, and so on.

The dress can be multi-colored: red, blue, yellow, light blue and so on. The hat can also be anything. It is advisable to wear stockings that are striped and different on both legs. And the hair, of course, should be red. This outfit can be purchased in children's stores, sewing workshops and other similar places, but you can also make it yourself. Next we will look in more detail at what the Pippi Longstocking costume should look like. Moreover, we will use inexpensive materials.

How to create a Pippi Longstocking costume with your own hands (photo attached)

It is important that the child also participates in the process when creating a costume. This will allow him to develop his imagination and perseverance. A necessary materials and the parts can be found in any home. When creating an image, you can experiment with the color of the future outfit. After all, there are no strict restrictions.

So, we need a dress in blue or of blue color(can be denim) or the same sundress. You can buy it, or you can sew it. It is important to correctly determine the dimensions of the future product. Height - up to the knees. We must not forget about seam allowances - approximately 1.0-1.5 centimeters. If you don't do this, you may end up with a dress that is smaller in size, which will be uncomfortable to wear, and this can ruin little Pippi's mood for a long time.

Multi-colored striped stockings can be purchased at the store. You will just need to buy two different pairs. You should have comfortable sneakers on your feet, since Pippi is a lively girl who is constantly running around somewhere and jumping. The girl braids her hair in two braids, which are directed in different directions. To achieve this result, you can lay wire inside the braids. It will allow you to set the direction of the braids. You can wear a nice hat.

The dress can be complemented with a beautiful bright apron. It may have a pocket in a contrasting color. You should decorate the dress with various figures in the shape of hearts, flowers, circles, diamonds, and so on. If you have chosen a sundress, then you can choose a bright T-shirt under it, preferably with horizontal stripes. This will highlight the image of the heroine of your favorite movie.

If for some reason there are no striped stockings in the store, you can also make them yourself. True, this is very painstaking work. But what can’t you do to make sure your child is at his best? To do this, you will need the stockings themselves, white or another color, and paints suitable for applying to clothes (for example, acrylic). First, the stripes are applied with a pencil, then each strip is painted. It is important to dry them properly.

For your feet, you can choose beautiful sandals or boots. If your hair is short and does not allow you to braid it, you can use a wig. You also need to make two braids from it and secure them with wire. As you can see, it’s not at all difficult to create a Pippi Longstocking costume with your own hands. The photos presented in the article are proof of this.

Outfits for adults

Sometimes not only children, but also adults have to wear different costumes. Let's see how to do it carnival costume Pippi Longstocking for adults. You can sew this dress yourself. First of all, you need to take the measurements correctly. The colors of the outfit should be different. Hair should be braided. Your feet must be wearing sneakers or sandals. And a mandatory attribute is striped stockings. One more point: if the stockings are at different levels in height, this will emphasize the image of a careless girl.

As you can see, the Pippi Longstocking costume for adults is not particularly different from that for children. Therefore, anyone can do it too.

Finally

The image of a red-haired girl is very attractive and unusual. At the same time, it does not require special conditions. It can be complemented with everything that can be found at home: beads, rings, ribbons and so on. You can paint bright freckles on your face. In a word, when creating this image You can roam as much as your imagination allows.

The bright red-haired girl became popular after a series of book stories by a Swedish writer was filmed. And it is not surprising that many children choose this particular image for a carnival costume.

Brightness and simplicity

The main feature and advantage of this image is that even a child can make a Pippi Longstocking costume with their own hands. After all, you don’t have to invent anything new or complicated, and all the necessary details to create an image can be found in almost every home where there are small children.

Pippi's image does not have strict canons, and you can experiment and combine different styles and forms of clothing. Now let's look at every detail that you should know about if you decide to make a Pippi Longstocking costume with your own hands. The photo below can serve as an example for creating a costume.

Dress

The main outerwear for this costume is a dress or sundress. A blue dress would also be perfect, which will bring the image closer to the original.

If you were able to choose it, then in addition to it you need to sew an apron. You can see what this Pippi Longstocking costume looks like below.

Under a sundress or dress you need to wear a jacket with long sleeve definitely striped. The color does not matter, the main thing is the presence of horizontal stripes. If active movements are expected, you can use a T-shirt, but also with stripes.

The finished dress for the look is decorated with patches, which can vary significantly in color. They need to be sewn on in a chaotic manner using bright threads. Use the shapes of hearts, stars, circles and other geometric shapes.

If you couldn't find a dress or sundress, wear a blue or denim skirt. Just secure it with suspenders and you’ll get the same Pippi Longstocking costume. The photo that can be seen below depicts just such an option.

Hair

Pippi is a red-haired girl who most often braids two pigtails. Therefore, try to get as close as possible to the literary character. This can be done by using a hair wig or temporarily coloring your hair with crayons. But don’t despair if this is not possible. Now we'll tell you why.

The main feature of Pippi's hairstyle is her braids, which stick out in an unnatural way. Therefore, you can braid two braids from your hair and insert a wire into the middle of each of them. This is necessary to be able to change the position of the braids. This move will significantly improve the Pippi Longstocking costume. The photos you see in this article confirm the amazing and unusual effect of this technique.

And if you decide to use a wig, then when choosing it, give preference to the thread version. These wigs are made from dense yarn that is easily braided and secured with wire.

Shoes

The image of Pippi implies a cheerful and active girl who never sits still. Therefore, shoes for her are suitable for low speed and sports, the best option there will be sneakers.

But the Pippi Longstocking costume is incomplete if stockings are not worn. These socks are most often chosen in striped colors and knee-length. But the most amazing thing is that you can use two different golf courses. These can be completely different colors. Plain or striped - the choice is yours.

These stockings do not have to be worn neatly along the entire length of the leg. It is allowed to lower one of the socks to emphasize the explosive nature of the heroine of our image.

The Pippi Longstocking costume can be created using tights. When choosing them, preference is given to bright ones with patterns.

If you don't have any of the items listed above in your home, don't despair. Try to create an image from existing clothes and shoes and don’t be afraid to experiment.

Additional accessories

There are two in the story about Pippi best friend- monkey and horse. So if you can get your hands on one of these soft toys, then you can complement the image.

We also advise you to pay some attention appearance future Pippi. From stories we know that this girl has a lot of hemp on her face. So we advise you to paint yellow or orange dots on the girl’s face.

It would be useful to put a slight blush on Pippi’s face. After all, this active girl never sits still and is constantly busy with something.

Beads, bracelets and rings are suitable as jewelry. Such jewelry will add femininity to our Pippi and remind us that no matter how mischievous she may be, there is something economical about her, as evidenced by the presence of an apron on her dress.

In general, as you understand from the article, the Pippi Longstocking costume is full of scope for imagination and a combination of unexpected clothes and paraphernalia.

We were impatient to go to Ikea's birthday Belaya Dacha this Saturday (by the way, it will actually take place next Saturday - the invitation was sent with the wrong date))).

There was supposed to be a holiday for the children, they had to come to Carlson's suits or Pippi Longstocking.

We learned that Lyalya would be taken there half an hour before leaving). You should have seen how we rushed around the apartment with her, rushing in 15 minutes not only to come up with, but also to do carnival costume)).

What happened - they photographed it for history, you can see it under the cut - what if someday you also find yourself in such a situation - that it’s time to leave the house, and New Year's costume No).

Since there was little time, we decided to follow the opposite. What is important in image Pippi Longstocking? Braids sticking out in different directions, freckles, red hair, different stockings and an apron with a pocket.

In any case, this is exactly how Astrid herself describes her in the books - I literally read them as a child.

There's nothing you can do about red hair, but we painted on the freckles with cosmetics:

Having “torn apart” the hanger, we got a bent wire sticking up - a hook with non-sharp ends (we then “threaded” it into the finished braid, securing it with rubber bands - so that one of the braids “looked up”):

Now tights. If you had time to prepare, you could buy special ones for this purpose. bright striped tights. We didn’t have any at all - we used the first ones we came across. Lyalya has almost grown out of them, but even if not, then the halves could still be sewn back on an overlocker and worn as before.

We first cut the tights (2 different pairs) in the middle:

And then they sewed together parts from different ones:

This is how it happened:

And a braid with a hook from a hanger looks like this:

The “apron” was quickly cut out of an Ikea blanket (it costs 120 rubles, it’s fleece - and ours, moreover, during the renovation was hopelessly stained by a spilled acrylic paint- and never washed off):

A fuller and shorter dress was used as the “base” - it was simply outlined taking into account the “strings” and the hole for the head:

This is how it turned out + a pocket was sewn on and a piece of fringe was added as finishing

In the end it turned out like this:

Not a fountain, of course, but really in 10 minutes. If I had at home tights with bright stripes + a brighter plaid and a dress that was more in keeping with the theme, it would have turned out much more decorative)).

Holidays, carnivals and children's matinees are approaching, which means it's time to think about your unusual.

The heroine of the Swedish writer became very popular after the film adaptation of the book series about Pippi Longstocking. Let's try to revive a funny red-haired girl in her bright, festive costume.

Bright, funny, unusual - these are the adjectives that can be used to describe a girl in different stockings. The main advantage of choosing this particular outfit is its simplicity and brightness.

Her image will require a lot of details, but the creator can find everything she needs in her closet. In addition, the image of Pippi does not have a specific canon, which means you can come up with something yourself.

Let's start with Pippi's clothes. The basis of her costume is a dress or denim sundress. Open your wardrobe and look for something as close to this as possible. If you don’t have a denim sundress, replace it with a blue dress or overalls with shorts; you can also use a blue skirt and suspenders to go with it.

The absence of a blue denim sundress can be covered up with a beautiful apron, and also distracted from the outerwear patches and decorations on it.

Just like Pippi wore Longstocking, be sure to wear a golf shirt or blouse under a dress, overalls or sundress; according to Pippi’s appearance, the blouse should be striped. It can be replaced with a striped T-shirt, which will make it more comfortable to move in - run, jump and do all sorts of Pippi misunderstandings.

To ensure the similarity and untidiness of the image typical of the heroine, you can sew pieces of fabric - patches - onto the chosen clothes, thus diverting attention from the inconsistencies. Sew them on randomly, using bright threads and fabric; patches in the form of shapes, for example hearts or stars, squares, rhombuses and triangles, will look good different sizes. Use your imagination to customize the top of the suit.

Hairstyle

Pippi's canon is red hair, braided in pigtails, standing in different directions. If you or your child are not red-haired, it doesn’t matter; you don’t have to use paint at all. Try disposable hair chalks or colored spray paint on already braided hair. It will turn out very lively, healthy and especially natural.

If you have a red wig lying around at home, it’s better than any hairstyle. Wig with good hair It will be easier to fix in an unusual shape.

But even if you weren’t able to temporarily change your hair color, it doesn’t matter, the main focus of Pippi’s image is her sticking out braids. Yes, yes, here's an idea on how to make braids wrapped in different directions:

1. Divide your hair in half and tie your hair with elastic bands, not parallel, let one ponytail be higher than the other.
2. Braid tightly and secure with an elastic band at the bottom.
3. Now take the length of your braided wire and thread it through the braid. Take a thick wire so that it holds its shape well, can withstand the weight of your hair and does not bend.
4. Bend the end touching the head with a hook and hook it to the elastic band. This reduces the risk of being scratched by the end of the wire, and it will not unexpectedly come out of the braid.
5. Now you can give the braid the shape of any squiggle. Look at photographs and pictures of Pippi and try to imitate the bizarre shape of her sticking out braids.
6. Tousle the hair a little on the top of your head.
7. For strength, fix with varnish.

Pippi Longstocking's hairstyle is ready!

Hairstyle is an important step in creating the ideal image of a wonderful girl because her braids are the center of attention and the most recognizable feature. Apart from stockings, of course.

How to make Pippi's braids, watch the video:

Shoes

An important factor in a complete look is shoes. Since the girl Pippi is very active, the boots can be replaced with bright sneakers. By the way, as black or brown boots You can use men's socks by making a few holes to let the laces through, you can even use colored ropes.

Well, what is the image of Pippi Longstocking without the most important thing? Without her colorful mismatched stockings.

Look in your closet for knee socks different colors, they must be the entire length of the leg, although one is allowed to be lowered a little to add sloppiness to the image and attract attention.

If you couldn't find stockings, you can use old colored tights. Not only can they be cut, but they can also be sewn together for convenience by separating the two legs and sewing them together. When cutting off tights, be sure to take into account the fact that you will have to sew in an elastic band so that the stockings sit on the leg without rolling down to the shoes. Great option bright suit with an almost indistinguishable alternative.

Additional decorations

From the book, film and cartoons, we know that Pippi had several friends - a monkey and a horse, so if you manage to find monkeys or horses, you can rest assured that your image will be mistaken for the real one! Be sure to put the monkey on your shoulder - Mr. Nielsen will accompany his heroine throughout the carnival.

Makeup

Red-haired Pippi has a lot of freckles on her face, so experiment a little with makeup to complete her look.

1. Even out your complexion if necessary.
2. An active girl must have a blush, so paint on a little red cheeks on the girl’s cheekbones and closer to her nose - this will be the base for freckles.
3. Hemp can be drawn not only with a pencil, but also with shadows. Take a few red, red or yellow (alternating) flowers on a thin brush dipped in water and place many small dots above the girl’s cheeks and nose.
4. Highlight the heroine's eyes with mascara.

If you look closely at Pippi's image in the film, you can add a few dirty spots to the heroine's face.

When it comes to costume jewelry, don't be afraid to add a few bracelets or beads to your suit, or maybe very long scarf, as Pippi often said in cartoons and movies. Emphasize Pippi's femininity.

By the way, since she is a full-fledged mistress of the house upside down and independently leads her life there, if you wish, add an apron to Pippi, this will indicate her thriftiness and will also hide the shortcomings of the costume.

You shouldn’t completely follow the description of the character or the picture of the film; don’t be afraid to experiment, add and invent new elements of the image. The brighter and more interesting the image, the more realistic your unique costume will be! And don’t forget to smile and dance, joke and laugh out loud, because Pippi smiles, has fun, jumps, jokes and loves to tartan dance.