my-ear-trumpet: vintagevision: This would be funny if I wasn’t disturbed by it’s inanity. So we all know that the Russians want to go back to Soviet times, right? And yet they can’t see the painful irony of expressing this nostalgic desire through a luxury fashion magazine. Slogan reads: “Down with Chilean seabass, buy Russian products!” [It rhymes appealingly in Russian. Never mind that consumer choice did not exist in the Soviet Union, and you would have been lucky to have a kitchen at all, never mind the stockpiled matching cans in that fancy fridge.] Product info: “Cotton dress, MOschino; cotton apron, Williams and Oliver, suede shoes, Grey Mer, Refridgerator RC312 Ruby Red, Rosenlew.” Sometimes I hate being a historian of consumer culture… (via my-ear-trumpet, laur-aaa) One of the reasons I found the picture interesting was its incongruency. It’s one thing to be nostalgic for the good old days of Stalin and Co. - but they also seemed to have mixed it up with impressions of the U.S. in the fifties. (via sailors-delight)

my-ear-trumpet:

vintagevision:

This would be funny if I wasn’t disturbed by it’s inanity. So we all know that the Russians want to go back to Soviet times, right? And yet they can’t see the painful irony of expressing this nostalgic desire through a luxury fashion magazine.

Slogan reads: “Down with Chilean seabass, buy Russian products!” [It rhymes appealingly in Russian. Never mind that consumer choice did not exist in the Soviet Union, and you would have been lucky to have a kitchen at all, never mind the stockpiled matching cans in that fancy fridge.]

Product info: “Cotton dress, MOschino; cotton apron, Williams and Oliver, suede shoes, Grey Mer, Refridgerator RC312 Ruby Red, Rosenlew.”

Sometimes I hate being a historian of consumer culture…

(via my-ear-trumpet, laur-aaa)

One of the reasons I found the picture interesting was its incongruency. It’s one thing to be nostalgic for the good old days of Stalin and Co. - but they also seemed to have mixed it up with impressions of the U.S. in the fifties.

(via sailors-delight)