"Yesterday I bought sandals from Versace ..." "Were with my husband in Milan, bought the armo from Armani ...." "I buy dresses only from Dolce & Gabbana!" Such phrases are often heard from Russian women of fashion who like to flaunt in newly acquired clothes from foreign fashion designers. And it becomes somehow immediately offensive to the country! After all, as they say, the fashion designers did not go out on the Russian land either! And, incidentally, the prices for their models are sometimes quite comparable to European ones ...
Valentin Yudashkin
The People's Artist of the Russian Federation, who became famous in Soviet times and made his debut in Paris in 1991, the man who developed the military uniform for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the chief designer of the fashion house Valentin Yudashkin, is all Russian couturier Valentin Yudashkin.
If you do not look for simple ways, Yudashkin's models can be seen in the Louvre costume museum, see the State Historical Museum in Moscow, the California Fashion Museum, and the International Museum of Olympic Games in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. If it's easier, you can come to a demonstration of his collections in Paris, Milan or New York. He became famous for his collection "Faberge" in 1991 at the Haute Couture Week in Paris, where the audience was enthralled with Faberge dresses.
Now under the brand «Valentin Yudashkin» you can find clothes of the class haute couture and prêt-a-porte, jeans clothes, accessories, jewelry. You can buy them in the boutiques of "Valentin Yudashkin" or in the discount centers. The average price of prêt-a-porte dresses without special design elements is 60-90 thousand rubles, with a discount you can find for 25 thousand rubles. Shoes with a heel - 25 thousand, a skirt - 20 thousand. Denim clothing: jeans - 3000 rubles, skirts 3000 rubles.
Vyacheslav Zaitsev
No less famous and significant figure in the world of fashion in Russia is Vyacheslav Zaitsev. Having started his career in Babushkin at the Experimental and Technical Garment Factory of the Mosoblsovnarkhoz as an art director, Zaitsev is now the personal designer of the first ladies of the country - Lyudmila Putina and Svetlana Medvedeva. The designer created in 1982 the Moscow Fashion House, and to the Moscow Olympics came up with costumes for Soviet athletes. Until 2009, the couturier broadcast Russian women about how to be beautiful, in the program "Fashionable sentence."
Buy clothes from Slava Zaitsev can be in the House of Fashion, as well as through an online boutique. At the first purchase the lucky possessor of clothes from the couturier gets also a discount card as a gift. If we talk about average prices, then the coat will cost 50 thousand rubles, a dress of 30-60 thousand, a skirt - 16 thousand, trousers - 15 thousand.
Other names
Valentin Yudashkin and Vyacheslav Zaitsev - long recognized masters of Russian fashion. The young generation of designers has not yet reached their level, but talented designers are still a lot, the clothes are interesting and unusual, and the prices for it are more attractive for ordinary mortals.
This is Igor Chapurin , whose models can be bought not only in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but also in other cities of Russia and abroad. Fashion house Chapurin basically offers clothes and accessories for wealthy ladies of middle age. Igor has repeatedly received for his work the highest award of the Russian Association of High Fashion "Golden Mannequin", designed dresses for the most beautiful women of the world, participating in the competitions "Miss World", "Miss Universe". The designer actively participates in the theatrical life of the country, developing scenery and costumes for many famous productions.
Among women-fashion designers, Masha Tsigal should be specially highlighted. The unusualness of her collections immediately drew attention to the work of the young artist. Under the brand name Masha Tsigal, women's, men's and children's collections, accessories are sold. In principle, you can buy a dress for 6-10 thousand rubles from last year's collections.
Denis Simachev is another bright name in the fashion world. Sew clothes, shoes and accessories pret-a-porte. You can find them in boutiques under the brand DENIS SIMACHEV. Denis announced himself at the international Smirnoff International Fashion Awards, where he presented the collection "Quasi-future eternity". Now things from this designer are sold well, the Soviet symbols and Russian national motives are actively used in the collections.
Yulia Dalakyan is a woman who, in just a few years, has become one of the most fashionable clothing designers known in Russia and abroad. It all began with the creation of the studio "Julia", then there were exhibitions and shows in all the fashionable capitals of the world. Teper Dalakyan represents the whole fashion house Julia Dalakian. When creating her collections Julia focuses on energetic and independent women who know about their recognition: she wears a business lady, a metropolitan beau monde, TV presenters, journalists, and actresses.