{"id":23189,"date":"2026-04-19T17:53:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.mnk.pl\/wystawy\/fashionable-in-communist-poland\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T18:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:08:09","slug":"fashionable-in-communist-poland","status":"publish","type":"wystawy","link":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wystawy\/fashionable-in-communist-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"FASHIONable In Communist Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 19 December 2015 to 17 April 2016, the Main Building of the National Museum in Krakow will hold an exhibition titled FASHIONable in Communist Poland which reflects the unique character of fashion in the post-war decades. It features both casual, everyday clothing and creations by prominent designers who worked in Poland in the years 1945-1989.<\/p>

The exhibition, jointly organised by the National Museum in Krakow and the National Museum in Wroc\u0142aw, demonstrates how difficult and important it was to be fashionable in communist Poland. Women escaped from the hostile reality of the communist state to the world of fashion. Poles were determined to follow the trends and tried to draw inspiration mainly from the West. Women wanted to be ‘FASHIONable’, although the grim reality of empty store shelves did not make it easy. Dozens of items of clothing displayed at the exhibition testify to the creativity and entrepreneurship of the female residents of the Polish People’s Republic. Today, these two traits are associated primarily with businesswomen or celebrities, whereas our mothers and grandmothers had to demonstrate them every day.

Today’s ‘old-school’-themed parties and experimenting with vintage clothes introduce the objects from the past to the present fashion bloodstream and endow them with current meaning.

The variety of clothing displayed in the exhibition FASHIONable in Communist Poland is so great that the modern fashionistas will be able to draw numerous ideas from their older counterparts. To prove it, the most interesting creations are presented in contemporary styling in photographs taken by the team from the NMK Photography Studio under the direction of Jacek \u015awiderski.


Curators:<\/strong> Joanna Regina Kowalska (National Museum in Krakow),
Ma\u0142gorzata Mo\u017cd\u017cy\u0144ska-Nawotka (National Museum in Wroc\u0142aw)
Coordinator:<\/strong> Olga Jaros
Design:<\/strong> El\u017cbieta Szurpicka<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Zbli\u017cenie
Daphne Ducasse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Aran\u017cacja<\/figure>\n
\"Na
Aleksandra Wilk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"W
Marzena Lewandowska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Selfie
Ewa Wojciechowska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Na
Lidka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"R\u0119ka
Marta Budziarek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Czarno-bia\u0142e
Daria Bras<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Osoba
Kinga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"G\u00f3rna
Ala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"M\u0119\u017cczyzna
\u0141ukasz Radosz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Trzy
Kate Kuhar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"R\u00f3\u017cowy
Marta Budziarek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Osoba
Dominik Setlak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ma\u0142y<\/figure>\n
\"Osoba<\/figure>\n
\"Dwie
Sabina Jurasz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta
Kornelia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Czerwony
Weronika<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Na
Klaudia Adamowicz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Manekin
Katarzyna Rai\u0144czuk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rz\u0105d<\/figure>\n
\"W
Milena Pe\u0142ka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Manekin<\/figure>\n
\"Manekin
Maria Kozerka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Zbli\u017cenie
Ada Piekarska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sylwetki<\/figure>\n
\"Trzy
Dominika<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Czarno-bia\u0142e
Joanna Serafin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Na
Elena Ciuprina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dwie
Karolina Przyby\u0142<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta<\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta<\/figure>\n
\"Niebieski<\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta
Milena Bekalarska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kola\u017c
Jola Szyma\u0144ska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Czarno-bia\u0142e
Klauda Werhun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Zbli\u017cenie
Joanna Trela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"M\u0142oda
Damian Buziewicz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cztery<\/figure>\n
\"Czarno-bia\u0142e<\/figure>\n
\"Widok<\/figure>\n
\"Czarno-bia\u0142e<\/figure>\n
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\"Wn\u0119trze<\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta
Klauda Giza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pi\u0119\u0107<\/figure>\n
\"Niska<\/figure>\n
\"M\u0119\u017cczyzna
Marcin \u015awiderek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rz\u0105d
Rutkowska Tailor Warsaw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Czarno-bia\u0142e
Gabriela Zy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta
Monika Frese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Trzy<\/figure>\n
\"Panel<\/figure>\n
\"Sze\u015b\u0107<\/figure>\n
\"Trzy<\/figure>\n
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\"Sala<\/figure>\n
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\"Trzy<\/figure>\n
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\"\u017b\u00f3\u0142ta<\/figure>\n
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\"Ekspozycja<\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta<\/figure>\n
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\"Wn\u0119trze<\/figure>\n
\"Pi\u0119\u0107<\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta<\/figure>\n
\"Dwie<\/figure>\n
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\"Dwie<\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta<\/figure>\n
\"Dwie<\/figure>\n
\"Wn\u0119trze<\/figure>\n
\"M\u0142oda<\/figure>\n
\"Kilku<\/figure>\n
\"Osoba
Evening dress by Jerzy Antkowiak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Flat
Woollen evening dress from the collection of 'Telimena' Fashion House, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta
One-piece evening suit, 1970s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Osoba<\/figure>\n
\"Osoba
Hoffland suit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Czerwony
Aviator hat by Jakubowska, a student of the State Higher School of Visual Arts in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, created under the supervision of professor Wanda Borowska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Osoba
Blouse made of a Turkmen fabric and decorated in ikatu technique, imported by professor Zdzis\u0142aw \u017bygulski Junior and sewn by his wife Ewa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sanda\u0142
Shoes by Brunon Kami\u0144ski decorated with an orchid flower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta<\/figure>\n
\"Na<\/figure>\n
\"Na<\/figure>\n
\"Dwie<\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta<\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta<\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta<\/figure>\n
\"Centralnie<\/figure>\n
\"Kilka<\/figure>\n
\"Trzy<\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta<\/figure>\n
\"Kobieta<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RTEOJFv9wfI<\/div><\/figure>\n\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BZ_yBRikMiU<\/div><\/figure>\n\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Urj9pvkNyDg<\/div><\/figure>\n\n
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