Soviet Fashion in the 1920s: Fusion of socialism and Art Deco

The fact that political power stayed firmly in the hands of the Bolsheviks while at the same time the capitalistic NEP acted as an economic system, contributed to the confusing status of the phenomenon of fashion during the 1920s. The NEP fashion magazines that followed, such as Poslednie mody (Latest Fashions) and Zhurnal dlia khoziaek (The Housewives' Magazine) , found themselves in their natural habitat, as in the NEP circles of new-rich Russian capitalists, their wives and girlfriends, western fashion was eagerly accepted. New fashion magazines published numerous drawings of flapper dresses, which were literal copies of the latest western fashion trends. So, unpredictably, fashion and socialism had enjoyed a brief period of coexistence during the 1920s in the Soviet Russia.