Obviously it's not true because photos and footage of soviet life shows them wearing the same shit as any other country at the time, but the lie had to come from somewhere, right?

  • Vampire [any]
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    9 months ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_fashion

    However, Bolshevik ideology opposed Western fashion consumption as an intrinsically capitalist practice. Western fashion emphasized both economic status and gender differences under a system that sought to deemphasize both.[2]......By 1927, however, the magazines’ message was consistent: women should be judged on their capability for work, not their appearance. Fashion, as a beauty aid, was therefore bourgeois and detrimental to socialist society.[4]......