Cold War Fashion

With the benefit of hindsight it becomes clear that like world war ii the cold war was fought by men and women in uniform.

Cold war fashion. The grey flannel suit of corporate america the blue cotton suit of. Like most americans during the cold war i pictured all soviet women as homely and hardened by their harsh life dressed in drab utilitarian garb. During the cold war clothing was rationed and limited when worn by men and women in the united states. Pat nixon appeared as a smartly dressed upper class american housewife.

Soviet union s ideology considered clothing among other things as an important means to mold the soviet nation. Fashion during the cold war by allison gao on prezi next fashion during the cold war intro. As these pages prove that was far from the case and certainly not in the last years before the break up. The cold war traumatically affected the lifestyles of the united states soviet union china and europe.

What we find are fashions not so different to a jc penney catalog of the same period. The cold war fashion showdown the russians may have been winning the space race in the 1950s but they couldn t hold a candle to the sophistication of western dress. Fashion during the cold war gave people the opportunity to express themselves through what they wore. Everything was regulated by the state including clothing.

Worldwide express shipping available. Discover ready to wear footwear and accessories from a cold wall presented by samuel ross established through a process of fabric and material study. The cover of life magazine from august 1959 showed that the fashion war was taking place even at the highest diplomatic level. Cold war kids acid wash graphic tee upcycled thrift cold war kids shirt.

A spin off of the v a s cold war modern exhibit fear and fashion is less about the full range of fashion responses to the cold war than the techno fascination and techno phobia of western fashion in the 1950s and 60s and the limited ways in which the eastern bloc responded to the same issues. Star wars sith acolyte mask helmet from the old republic. Diy kit sith mask weathered cosplay prop cosplay mask. 100 wool shirt from korean war era cold weather clothing made in 1952.