Russian fashion has been shaped as much by politics as by taste.
Constructivism and the Soviet system
In the 1920s, the constructivists Varvara Stepanova and Alexander Rodchenko designed practical, mass-producible work clothing, though it never reached the working-class audience it was intended for. From the early 1960s to the late 1980s the USSR built what the article calls the largest fashion design and marketing system in the socialist world, with a centralised bureau, ODMO, supplying styles. Vyacheslav (Slava) Zaitsev is named as one of the brightest figures of the late Soviet era.
Magazines and hats
A Russian edition of Burda was permitted in 1987, and Zhurnal mod, described as the first proper Soviet fashion magazine, began in 1988. Post-Soviet publications include Vogue Russia and InStyle Russia. The ushanka and the astrakhan cap, meanwhile, returned in the 2000s and 2010s as part of a national-pride reaction against Western influence.
Sources: Wikipedia: Fashion in Russia.
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