Retro Fashion in Polish Film and Television of the 1970s as a Cultural Phenomenon Cover Image

Moda retro w polskim filmie i telewizji lat siedemdziesiątych jako zjawisko kulturowe
Retro Fashion in Polish Film and Television of the 1970s as a Cultural Phenomenon

Author(s): Dorota Skotarczak
Subject(s): Cultural history, Social history, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: retro fashion; film; television; nobility culture; legitimization of power; cultural phenomenon;

Summary/Abstract: In the 1970s, retro fashion came to Poland from the West. It concerned recalling the interwar years with nostalgia in film, television and fashion. Its adoption was possible due to political and socio-demographic changes. In Poland, retro fashion was correlated with a specific fashion for the past, which involved full ennoblement of the nobility culture in the media. What is worth noting is that this fashion for the interwar period and nobility was not only eagerly adopted by the general public, but was also used politically to the legitimization of power. There were also attempts by some of the government apparatus to “attach themselves to the historical class”.

  • Issue Year: 78/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 171-187
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish