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Russian fashion: from early 20th century to the present day
Russian fashion: from early 20th century to the present day
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Russian fashion: from early 20th century to the present day

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Just like literature, art and music, clothes and accessories reflect the era in which they were made. RIA Novosti has collected a selection of photos showing Russian fashion through the ages.

Just like literature, art and music, clothes and accessories reflect the era in which they were made. RIA Novosti has collected a selection of photos showing Russian fashion through the ages.

© RIA Novosti . Sergei Subbotin  / Go to the mediabankJust like literature, art and music, clothes and accessories reflect the era in which they were made. RIA Novosti has collected a selection of photos showing Russian fashion through the ages. Young Russian women entered the 20th century wearing elegant hats, fur-lined jerkins and muffs.
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Just like literature, art and music, clothes and accessories reflect the era in which they were made. RIA Novosti has collected a selection of photos showing Russian fashion through the ages. Young Russian women entered the 20th century wearing elegant hats, fur-lined jerkins and muffs.
© RIA Novosti . B. Vdovenko  / Go to the mediabankIn the 1930s, women had no time to worry about fashion; they had a country to re-build after the devastation of World War I. Men’s shirts, ties and pullovers were the most practical option.
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In the 1930s, women had no time to worry about fashion; they had a country to re-build after the devastation of World War I. Men’s shirts, ties and pullovers were the most practical option.
© RIA Novosti . Anatoli Garanin  / Go to the mediabankMen celebrated World War II Victory Day in double-breasted jackets and broad trousers. Women had their hair done in curls and wore raglan sleeves.
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Men celebrated World War II Victory Day in double-breasted jackets and broad trousers. Women had their hair done in curls and wore raglan sleeves.
© RIA Novosti . D. Kozlov In 1950s, fashionable young Soviet women wore plisse skirts and watches with golden bracelets.
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In 1950s, fashionable young Soviet women wore plisse skirts and watches with golden bracelets.
© RIA Novosti . Yakov Berliner Men wore broad trousers with turn-ups and collared shirts.
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Men wore broad trousers with turn-ups and collared shirts.
© RIA Novosti . Boris Kaufman  / Go to the mediabankThe look of the ‘60s was knee-length dresses with bright hems and pointed shoes with kitten heels.
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The look of the ‘60s was knee-length dresses with bright hems and pointed shoes with kitten heels.
© RIA Novosti . N. Rahmanov  / Go to the mediabankBy the late 1960s shoes with bows had also come into fashion.
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By the late 1960s shoes with bows had also come into fashion.
© RIA Novosti . Fred Grinberg  / Go to the mediabankIn the early 1970s, women began wearing shorter skirts.
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In the early 1970s, women began wearing shorter skirts.
© RIA Novosti . E. Kotlyakov  / Go to the mediabankJeans arrived in the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s. Tight fitting shirts were all the rave.
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Jeans arrived in the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s. Tight fitting shirts were all the rave.
© RIA Novosti . Fred Grinberg  / Go to the mediabankBig glasses and platform shoes entered Soviet fashion in the early 1980s. They made good accessories to safari dresses, which were worn over a jersey.
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Big glasses and platform shoes entered Soviet fashion in the early 1980s. They made good accessories to safari dresses, which were worn over a jersey.
© RIA Novosti . Yuri Kaver The mid 1980s were a time for plastic jewelry and banana trousers, bought on the black markets.
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The mid 1980s were a time for plastic jewelry and banana trousers, bought on the black markets.
© RIA NovostiThe mini skirt became an icon of the late 1980s.
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The mini skirt became an icon of the late 1980s.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Rodionov  / Go to the mediabankStripes and spots got big in the early 1990s.
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Stripes and spots got big in the early 1990s.
© RIA Novosti . B. Kosarev  / Go to the mediabankEvery fashionable Russian girl in the mid-1990s had a stone-washed denim skirt.
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Every fashionable Russian girl in the mid-1990s had a stone-washed denim skirt.
© RIA Novosti . Dmitri Korobeynikov  / Go to the mediabankFloaty fabrics had a big impact on women’s summer fashion at the turn of the century.



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Floaty fabrics had a big impact on women’s summer fashion at the turn of the century.



© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Vyatkin  / Go to the mediabankGoths made their own fashion sub-group in the early 2000s.




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Goths made their own fashion sub-group in the early 2000s.




© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Beznosov  / Go to the mediabankToday’s fashion is a fashion of contrasts. This Muscovite combines boots with a tank top.
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Today’s fashion is a fashion of contrasts. This Muscovite combines boots with a tank top.
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