Fashion in the USSR

In man everything must be perfect, both the inner world and the exterior. Beautiful clothes, tastefully chosen outfit, a complete image - at all times remained an addiction of almost all women and many men.

The historical period of the times of the USSR was no exception: despite the rigid post-revolutionary regime and the deficit, the fashion in the Soviet Union was alive.

It is known that the period of existence of the Soviet Union is quite large, and, consequently, the formation of the fashion of the Soviet period is quite diverse. Let's get acquainted with the main criteria and differences of the Soviet fashion in stages.

The history of pre-war Soviet fashion

After the revolution of 17th year, beautiful clothes were considered to be the "ghost of the bourgeois regime", and if a woman allowed herself to look stylish - she was immediately put on the stamp of hermaphrodite. At that time, the whole Union was one fashion designer - Nadezhda Lamanova, who worked exclusively for the elite of the Communist Party.

Military times changed the priorities of Soviet people, in the 1940s, fashion temporarily "dies."

The revival of Soviet fashion

The fifties were remembered for the appearance of stiligues, who drew ideas for creating their image from abroad and shocked the public with eccentricity. At this time, an increasing number of designers, and organized the first fashion shows.

The most famous Soviet designers in the 60's are Valentin Zaitsev and Alexander Igmand. In the 1970s imported things appeared for the first time, which gives more opportunities. Such coveted and inaccessible jeans come in the fashion of Soviet times in the 70's.

The 80-90s completely opened the door to the fashion world for Soviet people, now it was considered important to be stylish. Leather jackets, short tops, jeans, acid colors, short skirts in disco style, voluminous sweaters of large mating, "boiled" jeans, trousers of bananas will forever remain in our hearts and memory.