Book

Zhurnal Mod (‘Fashion Journal’) is a samizdat periodical created by Sergei Sigei and Ry Nikonova. It contains various hand drawn illustrations and two photos of fashion designs. Many of these designs are drawn in an abstract style where human features are difficult to distinguish or exaggerated. Handwritten annotations written in Russian also accompany the illustrations. The authors worked on this book between 1972-1974, which are the dates written on the cover. Patterned fabric scraps can also be seen on the cover and on the side of its spine, suggesting that it helps hold the book together. The pages themselves are jagged and uneven at the edges and all of the illustrations have been drawn on separate pieces of paper and then pasted onto the pages. Overall, this emphasizes the handmade nature of the book and the organic, odd illustrations within.