Geometry of Things. The interwar Kaunas in Vogue

The exhibition presents one more cross-section of the interwar lifestyle - clothing and accessories of the intelligentsia of the Temporary Capital.

The interwar mode of life entangled in nostalgic memories, ambitious aspirations, stories of rapid rise of the Temporary Capital have become a special focus of attention nowadays. Fashion in Kaunas, the cradle of Lithuanian Art Deco, was one of important aspects of everyday life and meant a lot not only for women, but also for the representatives of a “strong sex“.

Emancipation, equality, activity are the features that characterize women of the 1920s, especially those in Kaunas, the city that had great aspirations to be equal with the capitals of Western Europe. Faster lifestyle, liberation from stereotypes, new spheres of social and political activity after World War I fostered many changes in fashion and they were followed by ladies in Kaunas.