Our women do not differ from European women. The one difference may be the shoes. Russian women, because of the weather, wear more boots. If you are walking in Paris where the streets are dry and clean you will find more women in shoes. But young people here dress the same as they do in Paris or New York.
Teenagers absorb new fashion ideas from all over.
The world of computers, film and musical culture has brought us together. There is now easy access to new trends for everyone not only the elite. Being able to see what is going on in the world has both positive and negative aspects. In this situation it is vital to preserve our own national culture not just in museums, but in everyday life. We know many couturiers appeal to old-fashioned flea markets or their grandmothers' trunks for new ideas.