Fashion tricks of Soviet women: how they dressed fashionably in times of scarcity
Until a certain point, it was believed that there was no fashion in the USSR. She really wasn't there. Women had to puzzle over how to look attractive.
Today, when there is a surplus of clothes and shoes on the shelves, it is difficult for us to understand the problems of Soviet women. Let's find out how they dressed when there was nothing.
The shoes are out of size
In conditions of a shortage, women had to wear shoes that were not in size: they were smaller or larger - everyone knew about this and accepted it as the norm.
To prevent the foot from "dangling" in the shoes, women put cotton wool in it, and if the shoes were small, they glued the heels so as not to erase their feet in blood.
Clothes from improvised things
Soviet women could boast of design skills! They could create a fashionable item out of nothing.
For example, women could make ruffles on a blouse from lace ruffles on a pillow, and a sun dress from a husband's shirt.
Curtain dresses
And that was! Women really wanted to be smart. They sewed dresses from curtains, and sometimes even from men's T-shirts. Even celebrities have resorted to this.
Tatyana Vedeneeva said: “I had a curtain skirt. I remember, in this outfit, I even appeared in the magazine "Soviet Radio and Television".
Packages instead of bags
You will probably be surprised, but in Soviet times, packages were treated very carefully. To the most common, polyethylene.
The women washed them, sealed them with duct tape, and sewed them up on a sewing machine. Some did not have bags, so they had to limit themselves to packages.
Strip on the leg
You can take note of this life hack! For many years, women drew a strip on their legs, resembling a seam of a stocking.
Olga Aroseva recalled how she bought red streptocide and diluted it in water. She coated her legs with it, which became an orange-beige hue, and painted black seams with makeup and walked like that until the end of autumn.