Nodira Abdurakhmanova — nadi.uz

The chapan,worn as aliving heirloom.

Stylist, designer and ambassador of the Uzbek chapan. Tashkent.

01 — The story

It began at Chorsu Bazaar. Nodira went looking for chapans — for clients and for herself — and shared every find with her followers. The search became a style, the style became a label, and the label became the world’s first chapan house-museum.

Read her story

The story

Her story in five chapters

i. Chorsu A passion, not a plan Hunting for chapans at Chorsu Bazaar and sharing every find. Read
ii. Coco Chapan A nickname becomes a name Her followers named her Coco Chapan. Read
iii. nadi_uz / ITEMS The label Chapans with pockets and shorter cuts, made for everyday life. Read
iv. 2024 The house The world’s first chapan house-museum opens in Tashkent. Visit the house
v. 2050 A letter to the future A promise of ten chapan museums around the world. Read

02 — Three worlds

01Blogger

The blog

@nadi_uz — an ethno-style Instagram that made the chapan part of everyday life, and earned her the nickname Coco Chapan.

02Designer

The label

nadi_uz / ITEMS — modern chapans with pockets, shorter cuts and new textures, made to be worn while driving, in the city and on the road.

03Founder

The house

La Maison du Tchapan — a house-museum in Tashkent where antique robes of the 18th–20th centuries live beside new chapans sewn from vintage fabrics.

“It’s more than just clothing. It has roots, character and a voice.”

— Nodira Abdurakhmanova, Visit Uzbekistan, 2025

03 — The house

La Maison
du Tchapan

The world’s first chapan house-museum

It opened on 5 June 2024 in Anhor Park, Tashkent, four months after the idea first came. Robes that had sat unsold in market stalls for years finally had a home.

18th–20th: centuries of chapans in the collection
4: months from idea to opening
10: museums promised worldwide by 2050

Enter the house