Olha Korniienko

The project draws and impacts on a variety of ongoing discourses including Soviet cultural and nationality politics, the role of art, design and consumption under authoritarian rule, Cold War soft diplomacy, and the role of the Ukrainian diaspora. The examination of Ukrainian Soviet fashion reveals the mechanisms of inter-republican relations, the pivotal role played by the Ukrainian SSR within the community of Soviet republics, the influence exerted by the West, and the negotiating potential of consumers.