Eleventh in a series of12films about life in the Soviet Union Baltic Chic
Krista Kajandu is the chief designer at the Tallinn
Fashion House in the Soviet
Republic of Estonia. For most of the time Krista and her team have to churn out designs for mass production. But twice a year they get the chance to forget the Plan and exercise their imagination on creations for the Tallinn Fashion Show.
Tallinn is only 50 miles from Helsinki across the Baltic Sea. Its people are more western-minded than most in the Soviet Union. And there's a strong flavour of national pride as the film follows
Krista and her top designer, the flamboyant Leonid Girin , through the busy period leading up to and including the Spring Collection 1985. Photography ALEX HANSEN Sound FRED CLARK
Film editor ALICE FORWARD
Series producer RICHARD DENTON Producer OUVIA UCHTENSTEIN
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