Soviet Fashion In Its Infancy

The old fashions of imperial Russia were discarded because they were considered a symbol of the bourgeois and aristocracy. Military leaders of the Soviet Era in its infancy mostly wore military garb, a captain's hat, long trench coat and boots.

Soviet fashion for intellectuals included a simple three piece suit and tie, often worn with an overcoat and fur or woolen hat.

Soviet fashion for peasants and working people did not change at all. The only difference between the soviet government and the imperial government of old was the celebration of the plainness of working men and women. Propaganda depicted peasants and working people in the backdrop of a field or industrial area, workers holding hammers and peasants holding the sickles, hence the combined sickle and hammer that is usually seen on the red Soviet flag. Blue symbolizes purity.

Josef Stalin usually depicted himself in plain attire amid the masses. Such a visual made him seem ordinary and no different than the rest of the populace. This allowed the Russian public to become closer to Stalin as a leader.