Interesting/colourful Chapans?

[FramFramson]

I have a couple figures wearing chapans (the Empress charity not-Flashman Jr., as well as a character in a much bigger and bulkier coat).

Too often these coats are painted dully, or drably. I certainly don't mean to paint mine in bright neon tones but I'd love some good suggestions for a brighter or more traditional (and therefore far more interesting) scheme in nice patterns and colours.

Google Image search brings up plenty of results of course, but there's a good deal of modern fashion and ersastz fashion chapans mixed in there. Here's some that I liked though:









Yes, I would genuinely try to paint those!  

(the first one seems like it would translate best to miniature form)

[cuprum]

There is a series of color photographs Prokudin-Gorsky made in Central Asia in the early 20th century. There you can see an image of the real chopon...

https://yandex.ru/images/search?p=2&text=%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F%20%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F%20%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%20%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD-%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9

[traveller]

Great info, I will need this as well, once I reach that section of the lead mountain. Thanks for sharing!

[marianas_gamer]

Many thanks fellows! Great info and inspiration!
LB

[FramFramson]

I actually have a lot of the Prokudin-Gorsky photograph series (it's been posted so many times here and elsewhere!), but I've never seen that picture posted by Cuprum before! More great ideas!