Vil'na Ukrayina Headband

In October 1990, Ukrainian students on hunger strike at Maidan wore white headbands. Their supporters wore black ones. That two-week occupation — the Revolution on Granite — set the template for every Ukrainian revolution that came after, and the headband became one of the small, specific objects of Ukrainian dissent.

This one carries Vilʹna Ukrayina — Free Ukraine — encoded into a geometric embroidery pattern that wraps the entire surface continuously. The phrase isn't printed across the front; it's built into the structure of the design, where you have to look for it to read it. The same logic the rest of this catalog runs on: the pattern is the message.

Wear it to a workout. Wear it to keep hair out of your face on a long day. Wear it to a protest, where it will quietly do the same thing the white and black ones did in 1990 — mark you as someone who is paying attention, and someone who has decided to be counted.

82% polyester, 18% spandex. Moisture-wicking, soft, stretchy. The pattern is printed onto the fabric before the band is cut and sewn, so the geometry runs unbroken around the head.

Free Ukraine, on rotation.

Made to order to reduce waste. Most orders arrive within 1-2 weeks depending on your location.

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