With the help of the Estonian History Museum and private collections, the exhibition includes designer fashions and examples of the clothing traditions of the period. The fashion designs and photos originate primarily from the Tallinn City Archives, where the archives of the Tallinn Fashion House and Siluett are stored. A fascinating insight into the period is provided by documentary films from the Russian Documentary Film and Photo Archive, the U.S. National Archives, the Estonian Public Broadcasting and Estonian Film Archives, as well as photo reportage from the Pilt ja Sõna magazine published at that time, and Boris Mäemets's photos from the collection of the ETK Cooperative Commerce Museum. The achievements of Western haute couture in the 1950s and 1960s are mediated by the Costume and Lace Museum in Brussels and the Finnish top model Carita Järvinen, who worked as a model at the Paris fashion houses, thereby introducing the creations of the Dior, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Courrèges, Nina Ricci and the other famous fashion houses from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Photo: Stanislav Stepaško