Fashioneast: The Spectre That Haunted Socialism

by Djurdja Bartlett and  

A richly illustrated, comprehensive study of fashion under socialism, from state-sponsored prototypes to unofficial imitations of Paris fashion.

The idea of fashion under socialism conjures up images of babushka headscarves and black market blue jeans. And yet, as Djurdja Bartlett shows in this groundbreaking book, the socialist East had an intimate relationship with fashion. Official antagonism--which cast fashion as frivolous and anti-revolutionary--eventually...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262026503
• ISBN13: 9780262026505
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.1" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher