Turns out the Cold War really was the clash between two radically different ways of life. And it continues. Here in the First World, for instance, thirtysomething creative-classers wear ridiculous clothing out of nostalgia for the halcyon leg-warmer days when their parents dressed them. Over in Russia, however, thirtysomething creative-classers wear ridiculous clothing out of nostalgia for the halcyon fur-hat days when the government dressed them. The hot new trend this season in Moscow? "[H]ammer-and-sickle buttons, gold jewelry minted to look like Soviet kopecks and shirts festooned with the Soviet coat of arms."