FASHIONable in Comunist Poland - exhibition in MNK

"FASHION is an art discipline in which everybody can be an artist"

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  Janina Ipohorska (Jan Kamyczek)

      From 19 December 2015 to 17 April 2016, the Main Building of the National Museum in Krakow will hold an exhibition titled FASHIONable in Communist Poland which reflects the unique character of fashion in the post-war decades. It features both casual, everyday clothing and creations by prominent designers who worked in Poland in the years 1945-1989.

      The exhibition co-organised by tne National Museum in Kraków and National Museum in Wrocław shows how difficult and important was the Polish women's pursuit of fashion in communist Poland. It was often a for of escapism from the drab reality of life.  Women wanted to be 'FASHIONable', although the grim reality of empty store shelves did not make it easy. Dozens of items of clothing displayed at the exhibition testify to the creativity and entrepreneurship of the female residents of the Polish People's Republic. Today, these two traits are associated primarily with businesswomen or celebrities, whereas our mothers and grandmothers had to demonstrate them every day. 

      Today's 'old-school'-themed parties and experimenting with vintage clothes introduce the objects from the past to the present fashion bloodstream and endow them with current meaning.

      Today's 'old-school'-themed parties and experimenting with vintage clothes introduce the objects from the past to the present fashion bloodstream and endow them with current meaning.

        We really recommend it to you after seeing it.

Visitors could also see projects of clothes.

Lila and Emilka

Let's twist again!

      Fashion of 60's was one of the most colourful time (the most fashionable colours were beiges but womens loved also connections of black and white). New (but simple) forms were on the top. Elements which are characteristic for this time are dresses, short jackets, coats, womens suit's and minis. Geometric patterns were on every skirt and every dress tailored to the shape "A". Fashionable shoes were low-heeled shoes or flat soled. That's why this is one of my favourite time in fashion. Real icons of this time like Twiggy (real name: Lesley Lawson) or Audrey Hepburn (her film "Roman holiday" 1953) and photo session in November number of HOT with Julia Kamińska inspired me to prepare this post for me and You.

      N°1

Dress: ZARA
Shoes: ZARA
Bag: ZARA
Bow-tie: STRADIVARIUS

      N°2

Skirt: ZARA
Sweater: ZARA
Shoes: ZARA
Scarf: ZARA

      Making of and preparing this post gave me a lot of fun and satisfaction! 
Lila

Colourful dizzzzzzzzzzzzinessssssssssss!

     In view outside dominate grey so I wanted to add some colours to "winter" by wearing a lot of colours.
     One of the most colourful thing in my wardrobe is orange coat. I wore some sweaters under it and in that way fashion ideas came into existence.
      Number 1:

Coat: ZARA
Sweater: ZARA

Bracelet: ByDziubeka

Number 2:

Sweater: H&M

Number 3:

Sweater: ZARA

      I told You about new kind of posts? So... title is " Our favourite 10 of...". You're going to choose topic of the next post (in questionnaire ----->) and every month 1 post will appear ;) Choose!

Lila