Our heroine chooses red, because red is always a bid for success — and one look at the number tells you who her idol is. To support a national hero, the Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin, and to congratulate him on his historic achievement, the matryoshka bears the number 895, the count of goals he has scored, together with his words to Russian fans. Tireless energy and determination give her every right to wear a winner’s outfit.
Red is also the favourite colour of tsars and emperors, long identified with absolute power — as her headdress “confirms”.
