Garage Auditorium
19.00
Free
Limited Places, drop in early to avoid disappointment
Join Dr. Djurdja Barlett as she explores the very eclectic fashion choices
available for Russian women in the 1920s. During this era, citizens of the
young Soviet Union were surrounded by a wide spectrum of different ideas and
trends - cubism, jazz, Bauhaus and cinema, each of these represented a
different image of women. Soviet women had to make choices, as even in fashion
they were restricted by ideology, often creating their own styles. The brief
period of NEP allowed Russian women to adopt the style of a teenage girl – á la
garçonne in Europe or flapper in the USA. Parallel to this, constructivist
artists were also designing clothing, but with the aim to make functional not
fashionable items.
Lecturer:
Dr. Djurdja Barlett, fashion historian, University of the Arts London. Author
of multiple articles on fashion in a socialist society, editor of Encyclopedia
of World Dress and Fashion. Currently preparing to publish Ghost Haunting
Socialism with NLO, Moscow.
Co-organiser: Teoriya modi magazine
