Nadezhda Lamanova went (via prison) from dress designer to the Imperial Russian Court, to designing austerity chic for the Soviet proletariat.
Tag: Soviet fashion
Soviet Chic: Revisiting 1920s Design #1
In the very early years after the Russian Revolution, artists like Varvara Stepanova and Lyubov Popova tried to create a new Soviet style for the new era.
Soviets and Amazons
Workers enjoying rowing on boating lakes was a popular visual theme in the early Soviet Union, providing us with glimpses of what women might have been wearing on their day off.
In 1917, Red was the New Black
In Russia in 1917, dressing like a revolutionary was the new black, and the new black was revolution red.