It is difficult for people who were born and raised in the USSR to imagine that some things familiar to them from the Soviet past could become popular in the world. But it is so! Surprisingly, many things that are very familiar to us are now on Western catwalks and are popular with world stars.
Cloth
Do you want to know what turned out to be the most popular interesting thing in the wardrobe of a Soviet person?
Vatniki
For many foreigners, quilted jackets are associated with the USSR, the Red Army and frosts.
Reference. It was padded jackets that saved people from the cold on the battlefields during the Second World War and in Stalin’s camps during the repressions.
But in 2014, Versace showed Soviet quilted jackets in its show. And today, even the famous Kim Kardashian sometimes wears this outerwear with Soviet roots, made by a famous brand.
Vest
Although the vests have French roots, Almost everyone associates them with Russian sailors. So striped T-shirts and sweaters, which are considered fashion classics, can rightfully be called an echo of the Soviet Union.
Shoes
A lot was also borrowed from the shoe shelf.
Felt boots
Traditional Russian shoes. Felt boots were felted on their own to ensure a warm winter for the whole family. Cheap, warm and comfortable shoes ideal for our climate.
Felt boots have become the prototype of many Western trends. Remember, for example, the same UGG boots or wool sneakers.
Sandals with socks
This combination was considered the norm in the USSR, but many frowned at the sight of such a neighborhood. The bad taste and complete lack of style horrified all fashionistas.
But over time, everything turned upside down. And today on fashion catwalks you can find models wearing socks and sandals. Even celebrities on the carpet began to appear in such a “Soviet” image.
Galoshes
This is also a French invention. But, like vests, they received their second life in the USSR.
Reference Since it was problematic to walk in the slush in wet felt boots, they simply began to put rubber galoshes on top of them. The result was an excellent, reliable combination for Russian weather.
Today at fashion shows you can see a huge number of rubber shoes, in which the outlines of such familiar galoshes can be guessed.
Hats
If we didn’t pay attention to hats, the list of popular Soviet trends would be incomplete.
Ushanka
Foreigners primarily associate hats with ear flaps with cold Russian winters. This is a traditional Soviet headdress that is rapidly gaining popularity among young people.
Reference. Today, fashionable and warm fur earflaps are made by many famous brands, for example, Dior, Comme des Garçons and Chanel.
Such an expensive hat is a great opportunity for celebrities and ordinary fashionistas to show their sense of style and not freeze their ears in cold weather.
Cap
In the new fashion season, designers and fashion designers unanimously call the cap a trend. The range of models and colors is simply mesmerizing. Every fashionista can effortlessly add a couple of fashionable hats to her wardrobe to drive her gentlemen and envious ladies crazy.
Caps can be combined with various styles, worn casually or for going out..
In the first half of the last century in the Soviet Union, caps were popular among the elite, pilots and auto mechanics. Representatives of the creative arts also did not remain aloof from fashion. Thus, Mayakovsky often posed for photographs and read provocative poems wearing a cap.
And the main trendsetter in the fashion for caps was the founder of revolutionary changes, Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin), who invariably addressed the people in this headdress.
Cockerel hat
The tight-fitting hats with a protruding comb were popularly nicknamed “cockerels.” It was an indispensable attribute of people who professionally engage in winter sports: skiers, biathletes, lugers. But everyone else adopted this fashionable trick from the athletes.
Now many may associate such a hat with a not entirely educated and well-mannered contingent of Soviet citizens. Nevertheless in the West it is a very fashionable winter accessory. For $300 in Europe, they will gladly sell you such a hat with the Versace fashion house tag.
Accessories
In the USSR, during a time of total absence of plastic bags in stores A string bag was an indispensable accessory for grocery shopping. No one even entered the grocery department without a wallet or string bag.
And in our time, when the issue of protecting the environment from pollution suddenly became acute, environmental activists gave a second life to old Soviet wickerwork.
Reference. Every European who cares about the future of our planet now has several reusable shopping bags in his home.
And in France, the fashion house Vetements sells these accessories for the rich. True, they cost several thousand dollars.
For people from the countries of the former USSR, many of the listed trends may seem funny and even downright funny. But who knows? Perhaps in the future, in Russia, beautiful girls in sandals will walk along the streets, quilted jackets will not evoke such conflicting emotions, and string bags will again appear in every family.
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