Yangon Fashion 1979

What were the fashion aspirations of Yangon’s youth during military rule in the 1970s?

This book offers a unique insight into the photographs that brought a spark of free expression to Yangon’s fashionable youth in the late 1970s. Photography studios around Yangon University and downtown attracted large numbers of young clients posing in elegant outfits, some of which were even customized for the occasion. The resulting images resembled an old-school Facebook – an exchange of physical images, as photos were usually shared with friends.

The images in the book show that fashion always passes, whatever the barriers. And whatever conditions people live in, they want to look good and present themselves as such. The photographs were taken in various studios around Yangon around 1979.