Who sews at Podolska?
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Who sews at Podolska?
The fate of the famous salon in the 1950s
In its heyday, the Podolská salon was associated with elegance and luxury. After its nationalisation in 1948, thanks to the patronage of Marta Gottwaldová, the former owner was allowed to remain employed in a subordinate position. Through the fates of the people connected with the salon, we can trace an era when models from Parisian fashion shows were replaced by red scarves and the rolled-up sleeves of Stakhanovite women. Elegance disappeared from the streets, but much worse was the disappearance of freedom and, quite literally, of people.
Lucie Hlavinková
Lucie Hlavinková was born and has lived her whole life in Brno. She studied history and religious studies at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University. She devotes her time to teaching, translating, and writing. For many years she wrote for herself, until in 2016 she won the Albatros publishing house literary competition with a children's book called Projekt pes (ten můj) (Project Dog (Mine)), which has had several sequels. She continued writing children's books, following up with the equally successful Sesterstvo (Sisterhood) series. Her first book for adults, Sestry Foxovy (The Fox Sisters), a biographical historical novel about the founders of spiritualism, was published in 2017. Two years later, the Motto publishing house released her historical novel with a detective plot, Apatykář (The Apothecary), and the novel about the fate of the famous salon in the 1950s, Kdo šije u Podolské? (Who Sews at Podolská's?).
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