"FashionEast: The Spectre That Haunted Socialism"

Most historical accounts of life under the Soviet Union touch on things like the Five-Year Plans, the Red Army, glasnot, perestroika. What many books on the period ignore, however, is the place of fashion under the party of Lenin. Djurdja Bartlett, author of FashionEast: The Spectre That Haunted Socialism, discusses the sartorial business behind the Iron Curtain.