The U.S.S.R. is Back (on Clothing Racks)

The U.S.S.R. is Back (on Clothing Racks)

The New York Times:

Unlike the Americana of Ralph Lauren, with his easeful style informed by the Ivy League, Mr. Simachev’s evocation of motherland style often provocatively incorporates jingoistic elements. In the past four years, he has designed collections inspired by the war in Chechnya, the boycotted 1980 Moscow Olympics, the Soviet Navy and, this season, Moscow criminal gangs of the 1990s.

If there’s one amazing legacy the Soviets left behind, it was their impeccable taste in fashion.

Update: A similar article appeared on Bloomberg.com yesterday entitled “Stalin Back in Vogue as Putin Endorses History-Book Nostalgia.” (Thanks to Dlaz.)