WOMEN'S CLOTHING OF THE 50S OF THE SOVIET ERA (COLLECTION OF LISAKOVSK MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND CULTURE OF UPPER TOBOL, KAZAKHSTAN)

Abstract

The Lisakovsk Museum of History and Culture of the Upper Tobol Region contains samples of women's clothing made by provincial tailors in the 50s years. The cut of the women's dress based on complex patterns, the use of fabrics made from natural fibers with prints and natural colors gave the women's suit elegance. Provincial tailors tried to imitate world fashion trends. The dress style of Soviet women in the 50s years developed after the end of World War II, when trophy items of European fashion brands appeared on the consumer market. The modern female costume of the 50s includes elements of national clothing, reflected migration processes in Kazakhstan. Women who came from Harbin played a special role in shaping the style of women's clothing. The women's suit takes on a glamorous look. The collection of the Lisakovsk Museum contains about a two hundred samples of women's clothing: dresses, blouses, skirts made of natural fabrics, hats, scarves, stockings, shoes, underwear. The collection characterizes a way of dressing and fashion style of a woman of the 50s from the Soviet province.

Materials and research methods: collections of dresses, fabrics, accessories were used, which are stored in the funds of the Lisakovsky Museum of History and Culture of the Upper Tobol Region.  Items are entered into the catalog system, described, and have an acquisition history.  Collections of fashion magazines and books on home clothing design, published in the 50-60s in the USSR, were studied.  The restoration of clothes from the collection made it possible to identify the features of the cut and reconstruct the patterns.  A family photograph with images of women in characteristic clothing of the 50s was analyzed.  Memories were collected about local trends in women's fashion from residents of the Kostanay and Karaganda regions.