Ukrainian Fashion Houses as Centers of Soviet Fashion Representation

The study examines Soviet fashion houses as corporations with an extensive structure and a certain autonomy which served centers for the development representation of fashion. These state institutions were created in capitals large cities republics. Moscow All-Union Fashion House acted methodological center all Ukrainian SSR was one important Union, it included six general orientation five specialized houses, well Institute Assortment Light Industry Products Clothing Culture. Based on wide range archival sources interviews house workers, article reveals operation period between 1940 1991 also examine their cooperative endeavors garment enterprises research institutions. technology clothing production by designers, processes approval to these technologies subjected art councils, organization exhibitions USSR abroad are considered.