Fashion east : the spectre that haunted socialism / Djurdja Bartlett.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, 2010Description: xii, 326 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cmISBN: 9780262026505Subject(s): Fashion -- Political aspects -- Europe, Eastern | Fashion -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century | Fashion -- Germany (East) -- History -- 20th century | Fashion -- Poland -- History -- 20th century | Fashion -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century | Fashion -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- 20th century | Fashion -- Yugoslavia -- History -- 20th centurySummary: Barlett looks at how fashion survived as an aspiration during the socialist period of Eastern Europe. Even though ready-to-wear fashion was never easily obtainable, the notion of fashion persisted despite initial state opposition. To keep up to date, women made their own clothes from popular patterns. Many photographs from magazines, newspapers and fashion events are reproduced.
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Includes bibliography (p. [303]-318) and index.
Barlett looks at how fashion survived as an aspiration during the socialist period of Eastern Europe. Even though ready-to-wear fashion was never easily obtainable, the notion of fashion persisted despite initial state opposition. To keep up to date, women made their own clothes from popular patterns. Many photographs from magazines, newspapers and fashion events are reproduced.
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