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Clothes for Men
Inventory number
2024.5.2.8.CM.TO.C1936.FRAuthor:
Lydia BONDARENKO (Russian, 1915 - 2010 Paris)Description
Sleeveless upper body garment for men made from handmade cotton knit. The collar and armholes are enhanced with a ribbed edge with a multi-colored blue, black and red line. The rest of the garment is made with checkerboard stitch and features a multi-color quadricross pattern.Sport took on a new dimension at the beginning of the 19th century, with the health movement promoting physical activity to be in good health. Clothing quickly reflects social distinctions through individual sports, since this does not require wearing a team-colored uniform. From the interwar period, sport and fashion were already a means of addressing the question of unisex, comfort and elegance.
When in 1931, the International Olympic Committee entrusted Berlin and the Weimar Republic with the organization of the 11th Olympiad of the modern era, no one could yet foresee the political changes that would occur in Germany, nor even the war that would take place. will break out there in 1939. Thus, skiing in winter or hiking in summer in the Austrian Tyrol or German Bavaria were extremely popular with high society. From the beginning of the 1930s, a Germanic trend colored French fashion. Naturally, when the 1936 Summer Olympics opened in Berlin, fashion naturally reflected this.