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Fashionistas the world over are snatching up a must-have item for the "boho chic" look -- an embroidered blouse or dress that is, in fact, Ukraine's national costume and new symbol of unity.

Fashion bible Vogue wrote in its US May issue that the peasant-style “vyshyvanka”, as it’s called at home, has “made waves far past the Eastern European country”.