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During the Cold War, fashion became another frontline in the ideological battle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Nowhere was this more apparent than at the Soviet Exhibition of Science, Technology and Culture in New York, which took place in the summer of 1959. Join Montana Historical Society archivist Lindsey Mick in looking through the lens of Montana newspapers and other media to explore how both Americans and Soviets used fashion to demonstrate their nation’s modernity and cultural superiority during this tense era in world history.
During the Cold War, fashion became another frontline in the ideological battle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Nowhere was this more apparent than at the Soviet Exhibition of Science, Technology and Culture in New York, which took place in the summer of 1959. Join Montana Historical Society archivist Lindsey Mick in looking through the lens of Montana newspapers and other media to explore how both Americans and Soviets used fashion to demonstrate their nation’s modernity and cultural superiority during this tense era in world history.
