His name was known not only in the Soviet Union, but also far beyond its borders. The foreign press called Vyacheslav Zaitsev "Red Dior", and he himself saw his mission in transforming women. He wrote books, hosted the popular show "Fashionable Sentence" and dressed almost all the stars of our stage. But in 2016, the master was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and since then he practically stopped leaving the house. But the appearance of videos with the participation of Vyacheslav Zaitsev caused concern
She was one of the most famous Soviet fashion models of the 1960s. not only in the USSR, but also abroad. Galina Milovskaya was called the "Russian Twiggy" because of the external resemblance to the Western model and non-standard parameters for those times: with a height of 170 cm, she weighed 42 kg. Milovskaya's photo was published in the American magazine "Vogue". The girl then could not imagine what a scandal would break out because of this photo shoot
The profession of a fashion model in the USSR was not prestigious and low-paid, but even then some girls achieved success in this field. Now she would be called a top model, but then she was one of the most famous Soviet fashion models. Leka Mironova could receive much more than the official salary - 76 rubles, if she agreed to the offer to take part in a candid photo shoot and be more supportive of one of the members of the Central Committee. But the girl refused, for which she had to pay
Model past of Tatyana Solovieva: Why Nikita Mikhalkov did not talk about his wife's first profession
Today Tatyana Mikhalkova (Solovyova), who celebrated her 70th birthday this year, willingly talks about how she worked as a fashion model in the Model House on Kuznetsky Most for more than five years, and in the 1970s. this topic was a real taboo in their family. The famous director Nikita Mikhalkov introduced his wife to his acquaintances as a teacher and insisted that she leave this occupation forever. In the 2000s. Tatyana Mikhalkova returned to the fashion industry and now shares such details about her modeling
Fashion in the USSR is a rather interesting and sometimes inexplicable phenomenon. Indeed, most often it was not about what to choose, but where to get it. And the concept itself did not exist then, and clothes for Soviet women were produced by the light textile industry. But even in conditions of total shortage, costume designers managed to come up with such outfits that they instantly acquired the status of cult. And the girls, inspired by stylish looks, ran to the atelier with a request to sew them a dress “like Nadia from“Iron
Many of us associate Soviet fashion with harsh prohibitions and a disheartening assortment of shops, scarcity and blacksmiths, at best, with the clatter of a sewing machine behind the wall. However, there were also gifted fashion designers in the USSR who dreamed of dressing compatriots in beautiful and comfortable outfits. One of the most important figures in Soviet fashion was Alla Levashova - the woman who changed everything
Now you will go to the store and buy anything, so you can become beautiful and fashionable in a couple of minutes without much effort. In the USSR, as you know, there was a total deficit for everything, including cosmetics and clothing. But Soviet women of fashion with imagination and ingenuity did not experience problems and used various improvised means in order to look their best. True, today their methods seem very strange, but, as they say, beauty requires sacrifice. Remembering the most famous life hacks
The 60s of the last century became a very favorable period for the citizens of the USSR. Most of them live in a sense of well-being, stability, people receive housing, wages, can satisfy their consumer interests. The desire to dress beautifully, to receive aesthetic pleasure from clothes, fashion trends and to express one's own "I" through appearance becomes logical. The West, dictating fashion, at that time was "sick" with Beatlemania;
Daring and unfounded - this is how the fashion of the 90s is characterized, raging (you simply cannot say otherwise) in the post-Soviet space, when everyone wanted to stand out as best he could, without having any opportunity for it. This direction was never given a name, but the "fashionable greetings" of those times are now especially considered very relevant. Crimson jackets, yellow leggings and crazy waves on the hair - it seems that the fashion of the 90s opposed itself to difficult times and, thus, helping
Japanese designer Masaya Kushino loves to shock the audience. He creates extravagant shoes decorated with fur, feathers, flowers. Can these shoes be worn? Unlikely. But, having put on her shoes, it is impossible to remain invisible
You can often hear: "There is a woman behind every great man." In the case of Jimmy Choo, this is the truth. For many years, the brand, created by a shoe maker from Malaysia, was developed by women - and not only as customers. Every fashionista in the 2000s was ready to sell her soul for a pair of shoes of a cult brand, not knowing that sketches, ideas, advertising and promotion - all this was done by female hands
The eclecticism of the Victorian style, combining Gothic, Rococo, exotic oriental motives and solid English classics, simply captivated the British fashion industry at one time, and then the whole world. If you look at all of Lorna Foran's photographs, the first thing that catches your eye is the fiery red mane. A tall, stately girl, with beauty in the style of the Pre-Raphaelites, impresses with her natural, romantic, truly Shakespearean beauty. What a turning point in the life of an unusual Irl
At the dawn of the 20th century, the art of photography had not yet reached its current heights. The masterpieces of Parisian couturiers were preserved for posterity by fashionable illustrators - artists who were able to give the drawn image the charm of the real. And the king of Parisian illustrators was Georges Lepap
This artist and fashion designer creates stunningly beautiful stoles inspired by nature itself. She uses exclusively natural materials, and creates prints for future products by hand with great attention to detail
American artist Morgan Loebel works as a dental technician in dentistry during the day and turns polymer clay into extremely realistic monsters in the evenings. From the hands of a talented author, monstrous decorations and interior items come out in the form of bared mouths, torn out entrails, eyeballs and severed limbs
In the USSR, bragging about jewelry and talking about them, even hypothetically, was not accepted. After all, it was believed that for a Soviet person, moral and moral values should be in the first place, and not material ones. But this does not mean at all that there were no jewelry in the country. And the ladies who, like Elizabeth Taylor, collected these same jewels, were in the first socialist country too. One of them is the famous Soviet singer Lyudmila Zykina
Lydia Courtel is called one of the most talented and promising jewelers of our time. She began at one time selling antiques, and then discovered a talent for creating magnificent combinations of precious stones and transforming them into jewelry. One of her most sensational collections is a dedication to surrealism. It has everything - both fantastically egg images of Hieronymus Bosch and references to the work of Salvador Dali
Extended or false eyelashes, as well as fancy makeup with incredible patterns - it seems that all this is already yesterday. In any case, this is the opinion of a girl named Spirys, who invents and creates eye jewelry from wire, beads and other materials at hand
Taiwanese designer Johan Ku creates extravagant sweaters and dresses in which only the most desperate fashionistas dare to go out. But this fact does not seem to bother the author himself, because, according to him, he creates not clothes, but sculptures
Wealthy women of fashion devote a lot of time to shopping. Whatever one may say, but we still meet by clothes. By the appearance of a person, conclusions can be drawn about his taste, mood and even wealth. Wealthy women of fashion strive to look elegant and restrained in any situation. Do they always succeed?
Nagi Noda can make a real hat out of hair, that's a fact! Several cans of varnish, a huge number of invisible hairpins, and ordinary hair turns into a variety of animals: an elephant, a poodle, a tiger, a deer, a skunk, a rabbit, a bear, a rhinoceros. There are fifteen of these wigs-caps in the collection of Japanese designer Nagi Noda, and they are all unique
What designers don't make hats out of! Everything is used: live plants, fruits and vegetables, china and felt toys. It is difficult to surprise the modern public with something new. But headdresses with stuffed birds, invented by a Japanese artist, are really unusual
The fact that we live in the 21st century has its pluses and minuses. For example, these days fashion simply knows no boundaries and limits of its development. Fashion designers have come up with everything! This is both good and bad at the same time, and now we will explain why
Designers often surprise us with new trends in fashion - clothes are especially affected, but shoes also do not stand aside. And if some projects are simply interesting and surprising, then other models make us think - are shoes in front of us at all or some kind of work of art?
Social networks in our time have become not just popular pages on the Internet. They literally have power over us, because they burst into our life very abruptly. And although not everyone has registered accounts on such resources, almost everyone has heard about them
What exactly do we call blasphemy? Perhaps everyone finds their own explanation for this definition. One might ask, what is this kind of thinking doing on a website about design? It turns out that the theme of blasphemy can also arise in design
Years run, fashion changes, and these elegant headscarves have been worn by Russian women and continue to be worn for two hundred years. The exquisite designs and ornaments of Pavlovo Posad shawls are constantly being improved, but at the same time the stylistics and traditions laid down by the old masters are carefully preserved. Let's plunge into this bright and multicolored shawl world
Is it possible to somehow connect shoes and nature? It turns out that these two incompatible things can quite coexist side by side. Although at first glance it seems very strange
Winter comes into its legal rights, which means that it is time for scarves, hats, felt boots, warm fur coats with hoods and mittens. And all would be great, but some designers offer rather strange solutions to the problem. Although, maybe the point is simply that it is still autumn in Europe and America, and we have almost snowed?
Usually fashion brands bear the names of their creators, but in this story, things turned out a little differently. The founder of the Carven house has always been called Madame Carven, but in reality she bore a different name. Madame Curven dressed stewardesses, taught men not to be afraid of elegant aromas, conquered Japan and opened a "window to Europe" for Vyacheslav Zaitsev. But - as strange as it may sound - the fashion house Carven might not have been born, if its creator was … taller
In December this year in St. Petersburg, in the Erarta Museum, an exhibition of Philip Tracy, the world famous "mad hatter", is being held. The hatter profession sounds like something from the nineteenth century, but Philip Tracy disagrees. "As long as people have a head on their shoulders, there will always be hats!" he says. A favorite of stars and royalty, an avant-garde artist, he creates something incredible - and thousands of women (and men!) Dream of his masterpieces
In Buckingham Palace, Angela Kelly is called the AK-47 for her straightforwardness, energy and ability to defend her position in any conditions. It is thanks to her that the old-fashioned dull suits in the wardrobe of Elizabeth II were replaced by modern bright outfits, turning Her Majesty into one of the most stylish women. And while Angela Kelly did not even graduate from high school, let alone get a professional education
In the world of fashion, it is important not only to leave your mark, but also to bring up a worthy replacement - those who will continue your work and give new life to your creation. The early departure of Alexander McQueen seemed to be a ruin for his fashion house as well. And he would, if back in 1996 a timid student of St. Martins College hadn’t knocked on the door of his workshop. Thus began a love story that has been going on for many years - the love of Sarah Burton and the Alexander McQueen brand
What girl doesn't dream of becoming a princess? Especially when you watch beautiful and bright Disney cartoons from childhood with an obligatory happy ending in the form of a wedding with a charming prince! Disney has decided to make all the girly childhood dreams of a fairytale wedding come true by releasing a collection of wedding dresses in the style of the iconic characters of their films. Now every girl who dreamed of a fairy tale can feel like her heroine
She was afraid to become an artist - otherwise it would have been impossible to avoid comparisons with the brilliant father. She was Lagerfeld's muse, inspired Yves Saint Laurent, starred in scandalous films and appeared on the covers of magazines … But most importantly, she spent forty years working for Tiffany & Co, becoming a living legend of jewelry design. Palome Picasso was not destined to become the mediocre daughter of a brilliant father - in the jewelry world, her fame and influence are undeniable
He wrote a dissertation on fascism and fled fascist Italy, dressed skiers and astronauts, came up with truly sportswear and created unusually feminine dresses. The life of Emilio Pucci is a series of contradictions, and he himself seemed to have stepped out of the pages of an adventure novel
While irony and minimalism reigned in high fashion, the two sisters from California created delicate images reminiscent of the pre-Raphaelite muses and princesses from the 18th century. The founders of the Rodarte brand never learned how to make clothes, but they conquered the catwalks and the hearts of Hollywood stars
The origins of ancient handicrafts are lost in the depths of history long before our era. And now no one knows for certain who and when the first loop was tied. However, according to researchers, hand knitting was invented by men, and the Arabs were considered the most skilled craftsmen in ancient times, who 2000 years ago already knew how to create multicolored complex patterns on bone needles and possessed many knitting secrets
Kitsch colors, crazy print combinations, plastics and embroidery - designer Manish Arora knows how to shake up the most sophisticated public at Paris and London Fashion Weeks. This shocking Hindu is literally idolized by fashion critics, and Madonna and Lady Gaga are ready to pay any money for outfits from his show. And he is busy with romantic dreams about the future and fashion, what it will be through the centuries
Today, only fashion researchers remember the "king of drapery" Jacques Griffe, but at one time he enjoyed immense popularity not only in France, but throughout Europe. He dressed touching and passionate heroines of French cinema, he created fragrances that are still hunted by “perfume maniacs”, his works are kept in the largest costume museums - but his name has long been forgotten by the general public