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Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Zaitsev(March 2, Ivanovo, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet and Russian fashion designer, painter and graphic artist, teacher, professor.

Biography

Born March 2, 1938 in Ivanovo. Father - Mikhail Yakovlevich Zaitsev, mother - Maria Ivanovna Zaitseva.

In 1945, Vyacheslav entered the Ivanovo Secondary School No. 22, and in 1952 he began his studies at the Ivanovo Chemical-Technological College, graduating in 1956 as a textile artist.

Many of his projects found support abroad. For example, in 1976, the well-known Czechoslovak company Jablonex accepted his author's work - sketches of costume jewelry, linking their implementation with the decoration of his own collections. This resulted in solo exhibitions by V. M. Zaitsev in Jablonec, Brno and Karlovy Vary.

Having left the House of Fashion Models on Kuznetsky Most, he soon associates himself with the factory No. 19 indoshiva, on the basis of which he works on the fashion assortment of the newly opened Fashion House on Prospekt Mira, 21, whose artistic director he becomes in 1982, and in 1988 on general meeting of the collective is unanimously elected as its director. It is here that since 1982 and to this day the master creates the author's collections of Pret-a-Porter and Haute Couture models, known far beyond the borders of our country, constantly searching for the style of his company, the style that distinguishes and makes recognizable any products of V. M. Zaitseva [ ] .

Among the most famous collections of the master:

• "1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia" (1987-1988) - shown in New York and Paris,
• "Russian Seasons in Paris" (1988) - shown in Paris,
• a collection of clothing models made from European fabrics (1988) - shown in Munich,
• model collection male fashion(1989) - shown in Florence at Men's Fashion Week,
• model collection women's clothing from domestic fabrics (1990) - shown in Tokyo at the summit of the Five Outstanding Fashion Artists of the World.

Shown in Moscow, Russia and near abroad collections:

• "The agony of perestroika" (1990-1991),
• "Nostalgia for beauty" (1992-1993),
• "Dreams" (1993-1994),
• "Memories of the Future" (1994-1995),
• "Awakening" (1995-1996),
• "Plague" (1995-1996),
• "How young we will be" (1996-1997),
• "Temptation" (1997),
• "Event" (1997-1998),
• "Flipping through the pages of memory" (1998-1999),
• "Enlightenment" - the first fur collection in Russia (1999),
• ready-to-wear and haute couture collection spring-summer 2000-2001 (1999),
• "Secrets of Harmony" (2000),
• ready-to-wear luxury 2001 (2000),
• "Dedication" (2001),
• ready-to-wear 2002 (2001),
• "Invasion" (2002),
• ready-to-wear 2003 (2002),
• "Divertissement" (2003),
• ready-to-wear 2004 (2003),
• "Nostalgia for the times gone by" (2004),
• "Improvisation" - ready-to-wear 2005,
• "Secrets of temptation" (2005),
• ready-to-wear de luxe 2006 (2005),
• "Playing with ..." (2006),
• "Phantasmagoria" (2006),
• "Origins" (2008), etc.

All collections have extensive domestic and foreign press [ ] .

The high authority of V. M. Zaitsev and his active public position give these activities a purposeful character, facilitating professional education fashion designers, teachers and students of the clothing industry, to introduce creative and technical personnel to fashion issues. Seminars, symposiums, and fashion festivals are held in dozens of cities across the country under the chairmanship of V. M. Zaitsev.

Along with fashion, V. M. Zaitsev pays serious attention to painting and drawing in his work. The easel art of a fashion designer is not an auxiliary means of fashion: it has an independent artistic value. The highly aesthetic plasticity of V. M. Zaitsev expresses generalized philosophical concepts, associations, and more often: feelings, moods, sensations of the author. The materials he prefers are pastel, pencil, felt-tip pen. The works are decorative, resonant in color, set and successfully resolve complex semantic and formal tasks.

Personal exhibitions of V. M. Zaitsev were repeatedly held in the USA (New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles), in Belgium (Berzel, Kortrek), in Estonia (Tallinn). Five paintings and graphic works by V. M. Zaitsev belong to the State Tretyakov Gallery. Models from the collection “How young we will be” were purchased by the Museum of the History of Moscow.

Long work in the theater on creating costumes brought the artist closer to many outstanding actors, among whom were and are: Maria Babanova, Lyubov Orlova, Angelina Stepanova, Mark Prudkin, Mikhail Ulyanov, Vladimir Zeldin, Andrey Mironov, Vera Vasilyeva, Yulia Borisova, Lyudmila Maxa, Marianna and Anastasia Vertinsky, Tatyana Lavrova, Galina Volchek, Marina Neelova, Alisa Freindlich and many others.

In 1988, V. M. Zaitsev performed costumes for the soloists of one of the Broadway theaters, which staged a musical to the music of Duke Ellington "Sophisticated Ladies". As a costume designer, V. M. Zaitsev took part in the production of films at the Mosfilm studios and them. Gorky: “Magician”, “Hold on to clouds”, “Hello, circus”, “Nameless star”.

For a long time, V. M. Zaitsev has been working on creating costumes for pop stars and champions figure skating, "dresses" the members of the Soviet sports delegation at the Olympics-80 and creates a new uniform for the Soviet police.

since 1989, he has created many costumes for the Na-Na group, he has collaborated with the group leader, Bari Alibasov for many years, since the 1970s, he created a collection of costumes for his rock band Integral.

V. M. Zaitsev is extremely popular: his name has been associated with fashion for almost forty years. In the world art of fashion, he takes his own place as an artist and creative personality. All these years, he rightfully belongs to the primacy in domestic fashion - not only as one of the pioneers of this area, which, unlike the West, did not have its own industry, and for a long time did not perceive the very concept of "fashion design", but mainly due to the power of talent and weight creative contribution [ ] .

V. M. Zaitsev is both a practitioner and a theoretician [ ] .

He authored two books - bestsellers of the 1980s: "Such a changeable fashion" (published by "Young gvardiya") and "This many-sided world of fashion" (published by "Soviet Russia") - both were published in 1980 and in 1983 were reissued in Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.

Since 2009, Vyacheslav Zaitsev has been the chairman of the jury of the Gubernsky Style International Fashion Festival.

In March 2013, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the master, the Navona publishing group released a book by Sergei Esin, Slava Zaitsev: Master and Inspiration.

V. M. Zaitsev - Honorary Citizen of Paris [ ] and Honorary Citizen of his native city of Ivanovo.

Collectiography

1. 1963 - A collection of overalls for workers in the region and the village, 1962 (rejected by the Methodological Council of the ODMO, article "He dictates fashion in Moscow", Paris Match magazine).
2. 1965-1968 - "Russian Series", (displays of ODMO in the USA, Canada, Japan without the presence of the author).
3. 1969 - Collection of models of women's clothing from fabrics based on man-made fibers Selanese Corporation (Selanese), 1969 (displays at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, without the presence of the author).
4. 1976 - A collection of jewelry commissioned by the Jabloneks company (shows of author's collections of clothes and jewelry in the cities of Czechoslovakia).
5. 1976 - Collection of models in Russian folk motives from Ivanovo chintz.
6. 1980 - Collection of models for the USSR national team at the XX Olympic Games.
7. 1984 - Collection of models for the industrial exhibition of the USSR in Zagreb, 1984 (shows without the participation of the author).
8. 1985 - Collection of models for the world exhibition Expo-85 in Tsikubo, Japan, (shows without the participation of the author).
9. 1986 - A collection of models for a mixed display as part of the Culture Days of the USSR Pavilion at the Vancouver World's Promotion Exhibition.
10. 1987 - Collection of models "1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia", 1987-1988, (shows in Paris and New York).
11. 1987 - Collection (guide) of models under a license agreement with Intertorg, 1987 (shows in the USA).
12. 1987 - Collection of Haute Couture models "The Millennium of the Baptism of Russia".
13. 1988 - Collection of models "Russian Seasons in Paris", 1988, (joint shows by Smadame Carvin at the Marigny Theater, Paris. Obtaining the right to show collections in the seasons of Haute Couture).
14. 1988 - Collection of pret-a-porter models (together with Yegor Zaitsev) for the Soviet exposition of the World Exhibition "Expo-88", Australia, Brisbane;
15. 1988 - Collection of models for the second joint show with Madame Carvin at the Galera Fashion Museum, Paris. 1988
16. 1988 - Collection of clothing models from European fabrics, leather and sheepskin coats as part of Fashion Week, Munich.
17. 1989 - Collection of models of men's fashion, 1989 (shows at Men's Fashion Week in Florence).
18. 1989 - V. M. Zaitsev is recognized as the "Man of the Year in the fashion world."
19. 1990 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Agony of perestroika".
20. 1990 - Collection of women's clothing models from domestic fabrics (show and victory at the summit of the "Five Outstanding Fashion Artists of the World", Tokyo).
21. 1991 - Collection of models of the uniform of the National Guard and the Russian police.
22. 1991 - Collection for the international gala show "United Germany", (shows in Berlin).
23. 1992 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Nostalgia for beauty".
24. 1993 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 1993/1994 "Dreams".
25. 1994 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 1994/1995 "Memories of the future".
26. 1995 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 1995/1996 "Awakening".
27. 1995 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Plague".
28. 1996 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Temptation".
29. 1996 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 1996/1997 "How young we will be" (acquired by the Museum of the History of Moscow).
30. 1997 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 1997/1998 "Event".
31. 1998 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Paging through the memory of the page".
32. 1999 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2000 models.
33. 1999 - Collection of models of clothes from fur pret-a-porter de luxe "Insight".
34. 2000 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Secrets of Harmony".
35. 2000 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2001 models.
36. 2001 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Dedication".
37. 2001 - Collection of pret-a-porter 2002 models.
38. 2001 - Collection of Haute Couture 2002 models.
39. 2002 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Invasion".
40. 2002 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2002/2003 models.
41. 2003 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Divertimento".
42. 2003 - Collection of pret-a-porter 2004 models.
43. 2004 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Nostalgia for the past times ...".
44. 2004 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2005 "Improvisation".
45. 2005 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Secrets of Temptation".
46. 2005 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe 2006 models.
47. 2006 - Collection of Haute Couture models "Stop a moment ...".
48. 2006 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2006 "Playing with ...".
49. 2006 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2007.
50. 2006 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2006/2007 "Phantasmagoria".
51. 2007 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Dedicated to Russia".
52. 2007 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Chiaroscuro".
53. 2007 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2008 "Do not part with your loved ones ...".
54. 2007 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2007/2008 "Waiting for change".
55. 2007 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Phantasmagoria".
56. 2008 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2009 models.
57. 2008 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2008/2009 "Origins".
58. 2009 - Collection of Haute Couture models "Russian Modern. III millennium.
59. 2009 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2010 "Contrary!".
60. 2009 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2009/2010 models.
61. 2010 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2010/2011 "Metamorphoses".
62. 2010 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2010/2011 "Breakthrough".
63. 2011 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2011/2012 "Full Moon".
64. 2011 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2012 "Spring Classic".
65. 2012 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2012/2013 "Associations".
66. 2012 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2013 "Nostalgia".
67. 2013 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2013/2014 "Nostalgia-2".
68. 2013 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2014 "At the crossroads".
69. 2013 - Collection of Haute Couture 2014 models.
70. 2014 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2014/2015 “Improvisation. 90…".
71. 2014 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2015 "From the past to the future".
72. 2015 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2015/2016 "Nocturne".
73. 2015 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2016 "Patterns of Life".
74. 2016 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Golden Age".
75. 2016 - Collection (cruise) of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2016 "Exercise".

Pedagogical and educational activities

1976 - Associate Professor of the Department of Clothing Modeling of the Faculty applied arts Moscow Institute of Technology - now Moscow state university service.

Fashion designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev, whose biography is full of bright events and creative achievements, celebrated his 80th birthday. The disease does not allow him to work in the same mode, but the trendsetter hopes to do a lot more in his work.

Biography

The future fashion artist was born in the city of Ivanovo in 1938. Mom raised the child alone, as the father was at the front. Mother Maria Ivanovna was a creative and gifted person. She also dreamed of the stage, but it did not work out. Therefore, she diligently instilled a love for art and beauty in little Slava.

He always diligently studied first in high school, and then in the chemical-technological technical school. Four years later, in 1952, Zaitsev was awarded a diploma with honors on the assignment of the specialty "Artist of textile art." Such a profession was very important in the "chintz capital" of Ivanovo, with it one could easily find a job.

In 1956, in the biography of fashion designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev, new round, namely, moving to Moscow, where his ascent to the top of the fashion Olympus begins.

Vyacheslav did not settle down in his native city, but decided to go to Moscow to improve his knowledge at the textile institute. Immediately, the young man entered the Faculty of Applied Arts, where he began to study clothing modeling. The young man was accepted to study without hesitation, because he was well versed in art, life and people - in a word, he was very comprehensive developed person which compares favorably with other applicants.

In a foreign city, he had to rely only on his own strength, so the student began to combine study with work. Rare free minutes Slava spent on trips to museums, theaters, self-education.

Studying at the institute, Zaitsev comprehends all the subtleties of graphics, calligraphy and drawing. In his first drawings of future clothing models, he used antique ornaments and Persian miniatures, studied with Russian and Western masters. Soon he became very interested in Russian folk art. He began to travel around cities and villages, studying the combination of colors, shapes and colorful style.

For its many years creative activity has received numerous prestigious art awards. He has published several author's books on the subject of fashion.

Creative achievements

The first collection of Zaitsev was overalls for working women and cities and villages. The methodological council was not enthusiastic about this collection and rejected it. One of the magazines published an article on this topic called "He dictates fashion to Moscow." Three years later, the author of this rejected collection of journal article found himself Pierre Cardin and Dior. After an unsuccessful collection, Zaitsev had already managed to create new clothing samples and become an artistic director in the workshop of the All-Union House of Models on Kuznetsky Most. Three years after the publication of the article about the failed collection, French couturiers approached him and recognized his professionalism and unconventional approach. After this meeting, an article was published entitled "Kings of Fashion", where Zaitsev's talent was highly appreciated.

In the House of Models on Kuznetsky Most, the fashion designer worked for 13 years, becoming deputy head. Here he presented his collections based on Ivanovo prints, as well as his famous "Russian Series". At a fashion festival in Moscow in 1967, he received the Grand Prix for the presented dress under the motto "Russia".

Since the late 60s, Zaitsev's authority has been highly appreciated in the West. Leader Soviet fashion in foreign press was awarded the title of "Red Dior". Many publications mentioned the name of the Russian fashion designer next to the name of the legendary Dior.

Many projects of Vyacheslav found support abroad. For example, in 1976, in many Czech cities his personal exhibitions with sketches of costume jewelry and future collections were held.

In the cities of the USA, Belgium and Estonia, exhibitions of Vyacheslav Zaitsev were also held, where he already acted as an artist of graphic and pictorial works. Five of his works were acquired by the Museum of the History of Moscow and the Tretyakov Gallery.

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich took part in the development of costumes for Soviet cinema at Mosfilm and the Gorky Film Studio. Also, his authorship includes costumes for soloists of Broadway theaters. The fashion designer spent a lot of time and theatrical performances, where he participated as a costume designer. He also acted as the creator of stage costumes for many domestic stars stage.

As a media person, he became known as the first host of the program " fashion sentence».

Personal life

The personal life and biography of fashion designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev is associated with one official marriage. In 1959, he married Marina Vladimirovna Zaitseva, whom he met at the institute. Soon the son Yegor was born in the family. After 9 years, the wife preferred another man and left her husband. Vyacheslav very painfully experienced a break in relations.

After some time, our hero began a relationship with a girl named Inna. For two years she was next to Vyacheslav, helping him survive the consequences of the accident. Zaitsev was even going to marry the chosen one, but at some point he realized that they were completely different people and ended the relationship.

Already in his advanced years, the fashion designer managed to restore friendly relations with his ex-wife Marina. She and her granddaughter are very supportive of Zaitsev and help him in the fight against diseases. Marina Vladimirovna shared in an interview that she regularly indulges Vyacheslav Mikhailovich with her own cooked raspberry pie, which his former mother-in-law once cooked for him.

The latest news reports that now Vyacheslav Zaitsev is optimistic about the future. Although diseases do not allow him to work fully, he is still full creative plans and hopes. It remains elegant and stylish in any situation. The fashion designer prefers to relax in his beloved suburbs, at his picturesque dacha. She also often travels to Paris, where he has a small studio, which he acquired with a fee from cooperation with one cosmetics company.

Son Yegor Vyacheslavovich decided to continue his father's activities and began to create his own clothing design. The son gave Zaitsev a beautiful granddaughter named Marusya. She also continued the dynasty and connected her life with design art. Marusya is also a talented model. Grandpa will entrust her with the management of his fashion house.

Health

The press repeatedly talks not only about the biography of fashion designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev, but also about his health. Last year he was hospitalized in medical institution with suspected pneumonia. Fans were worried, but they didn’t have to worry for a long time, soon the trendsetter was already at work.

The master periodically suffers from pain in his legs. Two years ago, he had problems with his joints. To reduce pain, doctors put Zaitsev with a titanium prosthesis.

Two years ago it also became known that Vyacheslav Mikhailovich was suffering from a serious illness - Parkinson's disease. The disease is accompanied by disorders in the central nervous system, there are difficulties with speech and coordination. The fashion designer took a restoration course in Karlovy Vary. He admits that he is still ready to work and full of creative plans in creating his new collections. The disease, of course, reminds of itself and sometimes depression appears, but Zaitsev tries to drive bad thoughts away from himself.

I must say that serious damage to health was inflicted on Vyacheslav back in 1971, when he got into a serious car accident. At 33, the fashion designer ended up in intensive care, where doctors brought him back to life for nine days. Then there were a long course of recovery, crutches, etc. The consequences of the accident, one way or another, greatly affected the health and entire further biography fashion designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev.

Now he is not so cheerful, he walks with a cane, but does not despair. The fashion designer admitted that he would no longer arrange a show of his collections, but there are still many other creative ideas. Recently Vyacheslav Mikhailovich celebrated his 80th birthday. A grand evening in his honor was held at the Russian Song Theater. For the holidays, the hero of the day received many gifts from stage and film stars, as well as millions of applause for his outstanding contribution to the history of Russian fashion.

Have you seen Vyacheslav Zaitsev's clothing collections?

Slava Zaitsev - these two words have long become a legend. fashion brand Slava Zaitsev is known and popular in many countries, because the creations of Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, who turns 81 on March 2, are incredibly interesting, beautiful and attractive.

For some reason, a belief has formed in our country that Zaitsev is painted scarves, kokoshniks and Khokhloma. Really, main feature What distinguishes him from his colleagues is the boundless, emphasized love for Russia, which pervades all his collections. However, Russia is not only scarves.

Vyacheslav Zaitsev managed to make Russian fashionable

Vyacheslav Zaitsev has always, from the very beginning of his creative way, emphasized his "Russianness", creating fashionable clothes in Russian style, using folk dashes. Even in the days of the USSR, when everyone was supposed to be "Soviet", he stubbornly called himself a "Russian artist", refusing to squeeze into the narrow framework of "Sovietness".

And yes, his most famous collections, which glorified Zaitsev abroad, are the Millennium of the Baptism of Russia, which he presented in 1987 in New York, and the Russian Seasons in Paris in the late 1980s. Models from these collections made a real revolution in America and Europe, reviving the fashion for the Russian style.

Frame from the series "Red Queen" (2015)

By the way, Jacques Chirac himself, who at that time was the Prime Minister of France, was impressed with the Russian Seasons. Zaitsev received a medal from his hands. In addition, the French leader awarded our fashion designer the title of "Honorary Citizen of Paris". But the honorary citizen of the city of Ivanov - his homeland - Vyacheslav Mikhailovich became a few years later.

And yet, Zaitsev is far from being only fur hats and Pavlovsky Posad shawls, his work has long stepped over these limits.

Frame from the series "Red Queen" (2015)

Slava Zaitsev became the first fashion designer in our country who openly declared to the whole world: in Soviet Russia They also know how to dress fashionably! Moreover, he brought fashion out of the “underground”, insisting that a fashion show should not only showcase clothes, but also captivate with a bright colorful show, like a theatrical performance.

He created the unique Fashion Theater, which, since the 1980s, has been touring different countries with continued success.

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And Zaitsev was the first to organize fashionable discussions in our country, bringing development paths to the general discussion modern fashion and Special attention paying attention to the voice of youth, looking closely at what they wear simple people. He always convinced his opponents: fashion is created not only by artists - first of all, it is done by the street.

Zaitsev uncompromisingly said: “Fashion is for fools, smart people need style”

Frame from the series "Red Queen" (2015)

"Russian Dior", as Zaitsev has been called in the West for more than 30 years, he subtly feels the boundaries between fashionable and funny. In one of the interviews, he spoke very clearly: fashion is for fools.

Only a stupid person, having heard that purple has been declared fashionable this season, immediately rushes to buy all purple clothes at exorbitant prices. The wise man will think over the information and draw his own conclusion, dressed in accordance with new trends, but in his own way, different from the crowd. This is what is called style.

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No new collections are worth the crazy money for which they are sold. New collections "hot, hot" are snapping up foolish people, and the smart ones calmly wait for discounts and wear only high-quality clothes that are truly able to decorate them. According to your style.

And to buy a "bag with a belt" made of viscose and acetate for 180 thousand - according to Zaitsev, the lot of fools.

Vyacheslav Zaitsev: "Fashion is what gives people hope for the best"

Frame from the series "Red Queen" (2015)

When Zaitsev is asked such questions, he always confidently answers: I need it! After all, fashion is what gives people hope for the best, gives them the desire to live on, helps to get joy from beauty.

Once, in 2011, Vyacheslav Zaitsev brought his new collection to the poor Russian city of Rybinsk. Until recently, I doubted: is it worth showing your luxurious show to these people surviving in the "outback", would this performance cause anger and misunderstanding?

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But after the end of the fashion show, the hall gave a standing ovation, and people left with enlightened faces, in a solemn and high spirits. It was then that the maestro was once again convinced that his work was not in vain.

Why did Zaitsev leave Fashion Sentence, and Galkin joked ugly

Frame from the program "Fashionable Sentence" (2011)

For many viewers, the Fashion Sentence program is still associated with its first host, Vyacheslav Zaitsev. Unfortunately, he did not serve as the leader for long. As the maestro himself admits, after a microstroke it became difficult for him to speak, sometimes his breath stopped abruptly, and this prevented him from speaking his thought to the end.

Zaitsev was terribly worried about this. A particularly offensive episode for him was the parody of Maxim Galkin, in which he made fun of the fashion designer's lack of speech.

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As Vyacheslav Mikhailovich says, he still receives a lot of letters from those who want to develop their own style. And after all, the Fashion Sentence project really helped people change themselves and their lives!

Zaitsev recalls how two girls came to the program - “gray mice”: one of them worked as an accountant, the second also had some kind of uninteresting profession. Having transformed on the show, these two girls have become supermodels and now lead a completely different life - one in Moscow, the second in America. And they managed to achieve this thanks to a successful change of image.

A real titan: continues to create even with Parkinson's disease

Speech disorders, deterioration of diction and stiffness of movements of Vyacheslav Zaitsev, which in recent times became especially noticeable to others, turned out to be symptoms of Parkinson's disease, which affects the central nervous system and joints.

In 2018, our couturier underwent surgery on his joints. To make walking less painful for him, surgeons put a titanium prosthesis in Vyacheslav Mikhailovich. Of course, such a state of health depresses the fashion designer, but his relatives provide him with very strong support - his son, granddaughter, and also his ex-wife, with whom he managed to maintain and carry through many years of good relations.

And Slava Zaitsev still creates and invents new outfits. He just can't live without it.

Vyacheslav Zaitsev- Soviet and Russian couturier, artist, poet, president of the Moscow Fashion House.

Vyacheslav Zaitsev is a member of the Union of Artists of the Russian Federation, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, laureate of the State Prize, holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, professor, honorary citizen of the capital of France and his hometown of Ivanovo.

Zaitsev was also called Red Dior, and Soviet Pierre Cardin. It was thanks to the efforts of couturier Vyacheslav Zaitsev that the whole world discovered the Russian style as such - the traditional elements of Russian attire, national Russian patterns, earflaps, embroidery, etc. became clear to foreign fashion designers and all those who are interested in art, fashion and culture.

Biography of Vyacheslav Zaitsev

Future classic of domestic fashion Vyacheslav Zaitsev was born in Ivanovo, known as the city of brides, on March 2, 1938. His parents were ordinary working people. In the Great Patriotic War, Vyacheslav's father fought, his mother worked as a cleaner, nurse and laundress. There was never prosperity at seven, since the mother raised two children alone. The childhood of the future couturier fell on the difficult war and post-war years.

Vyacheslav Zaitsev studied at the Ivanovo Chemical-Technological College at the Faculty of Applied Arts, from which he graduated with honors in 1956, having received the qualification of an artist in painting fabrics. In the same year he entered the Moscow Textile Institute as a fashion designer. In Moscow, the future fashion designer knew that he only needed to rely on himself, so he began to combine work with study. AT free time I went to exhibitions, theaters and museums.

The creative path of Vyacheslav Zaitsev

At the university, Vyacheslav Zaitsev not only mastered the art of applied textile art as a professional calligrapher, but also studied drawing as the basis of graphics. In addition, he copied old Western and Russian masters, painted antiquity and Egyptian frescoes, as well as medieval ornaments and Persian miniatures. This is what I used when working on the first models. Russian folk art fell under the close attention of Zaitsev. The fashion designer traveled to ancient cities and studied the essence of art: proportions, color combinations, rhythm, rough humanity and the major color scheme.

After graduating from the university, he worked at the experimental clothing factory of the Mossovnarkhoz, and then headed the experimental group in All-Union House models on the Kuznetsky Most, becoming an artistic director.

In 1965, Vyacheslav Zaitsev met the famous fashion designers Pierre Cardin and Marc Boan, which certainly influenced him. further fate. Cardin and Boan themselves tracked down Zaitsev after reading the article “He dictates fashion to Moscow” in the Paris Match magazine.

Parisian couturiers got acquainted with the work of the Russian colleague and recognized him as a professional. As a result, the article "Kings of Fashion" was published in Women Wear Daily.

In 1965-1968, Zaitsev demonstrated the famous " Russian series”, and in 1976 - collections from Ivanovo chintz, as well as consolidated collections in the USA, Japan, Canada, France, Yugoslavia and Italy. True, all the shows were held without the participation of the fashion designer himself.

In 1974, according to the Czechoslovak edition of Kveta, in the Fashion Review for 100 Years, Zaitsev took pride of place in the gallery of portraits of prominent fashion artists. His name stood on a par with Paul Poiret, Gabrielle Chanel, Frederic Worth and Christian Dior.

In 1980, two books by Vyacheslav Zaitsev were published: Such a fickle fashion», « This diverse world of fashion».

Zaitsev created costumes for the participants of the Moscow Olympiad, for which he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.

Zaitsev retired from official fashion in 1979, and three years later he opened his own small atelier, which "outgrew" into the current Moscow Fashion House, of which he is the artistic director and director to this day.

Raisa Gorbacheva claimed during perestroika that Zaitsev was sewing for her, but he always denied this. Now he does not hide that he is one of the fashion designers of Lyudmila Putina and Svetlana Medvedeva: “... In tiharya I still give advice. From the atelier where costumes are sewn for the first persons, they call and ask to draw a sketch for both Putina and Svetlana Medvedeva.

In 2007–2009 Vyacheslav Zaitsev hosted a fashion show on Channel One "Fashionable Sentence".

Vyacheslav Zaitsev created costumes for many performances of Moscow theaters, for films, for pop groups and performers.

Vyacheslav Zaitsev: “The first performance I worked on as a costume designer was The Marriage of Figaro at the Theater of Satire. And I did what was missing in the theatrical costume: I did not like props and dryness - I took natural fabrics and made it so that it would not be a shame to go out into the hall in a costume. Later I was invited by Galina Volchek, main director"Contemporary", to work on performances " The Cherry Orchard”,“ Three sisters ”,“ Anfisa ”.

Among the stars for whom Zaitsev created costumes are Muslim Magomayev, Tamara Sinyavskaya, Iosif Kobzon, Edita Piekha, Alla Pugacheva, Lyudmila Zykina, Philip Kirkorov, the Time Machine and Na-Na groups and others.

Zaitsev's favorite color is white. Favorite flowers are calas and lilies. The ideal outfit, according to the fashion master: a white blouse, a dark skirt or trousers, pumps with medium heels. Always looks elegant short haircut or tied back hair. The main thing is not to overload the costume with unnecessary details, to feel the measure.

October 2014 Vyacheslav Zaitsev headed the Russian Chamber of Fashion, the main objective which - an association of domestic fashion designers, specialists in the field of education, promotion and other experts actively involved in the development of fashion in Russia.

In 2017, the publishing house "Eksmo AST" published an autobiographical book by Vyacheslav Zaitsev " Fashion. My house".

Vyacheslav Zaitsev continues to attend all the most prestigious and fashionable events both in the capital and other cities, because he has long been a recognized master and legend. In 2019, Zaitsev took part in several large-scale events at once. In June, as a member of the jury, he judged the Silver Thread competition, held in Yaroslavl region. In July 2019, Zaitsev with other famous people such as, and Igor Gulyaev, took part in the art festival Inspiration”, held at VDNKh in Moscow. Their project was called Garden defile", and it combined fashion shows with the best works masters of landscape design.

Personal life of Vyacheslav Zaitsev

Vyacheslav Zaitsev was married to Marina Vladimirovna Zaitseva, which still speaks well of him, despite the divorce. He met his future wife Marina by chance. Few believed that they would get along: the girl was from a wealthy family, and her parents expected her daughter that one day she would introduce them to her fiancé - a diplomat, pilot, engineer. But Marina decided to marry the future great couturier. Zaitsev married Marina when he was 24 years old. The marriage lasted three years, but then the couple divorced. The initiator of the gap was Marina. Vyacheslav was very upset by the divorce: he truly loved Marina.

“I came from Hungary, where I made costumes for the film, and found out that they had found a replacement for me. Egor was then nine years old. They didn't let me near him. The son thought that I had abandoned him, and for a long time he could not forgive this. And then he had another dad - a circus director. True, and he was expelled quite quickly.

In this difficult period for Zaitsev, Inna appeared in his life - knitwear artist, whom they had known since their student days.The personal life of Vyacheslav Zaitsev, it would seem, has improved. Inna stated that she dreams of marrying him, but Vyacheslav, having lived with her for some time, was very tired of her all-encompassing love, packed up and left. When Vyacheslav Zaitsev had an accident, after which he spent several months in the hospital, Inna, in spite of everything, did not leave him alone: ​​she looked after him all the time that Zaitsev's condition required. After being discharged, they spent only a year together and dispersed. Forever this time. Since then, Vyacheslav has not married.

“He loved Mariska very much, he loved his son Yegor very much and was not going to leave anywhere ... If some girl tried to hang herself around my neck, she sent me right away. And when he broke up with Marishka, there was no desire to marry again. There was an attempt, but it ended unsuccessfully. I was with the girl Inna, but she, apparently offended by something, brought damage to me. Wanted me to die. Twenty years later, I found out about this - Yegor introduced me to a white witch, and she told everything about it ... ”said Zaitsev in an interview.

The fashion designer has a son Egor who followed in his footsteps. His father considers him a very original and talented artist, sees him as his successor.

There were also difficult times in Zaitsev's life: he survived a divorce, was seriously injured in an accident, his subsequent civil marriage did not work out. Now he is not overjoyed at his two granddaughters - Anastasia and Marusya who also dabbles in fashion design.

The honorary honor of opening the 29th Fashion Week in Moscow (2014) fell to three representatives of the Zaitsev dynasty at once: the maestro himself, his son Yegor and granddaughter Marusya.

Among the most memorable images created by Zaitsev and shown at Fashion Week in Moscow are a snow-white dress, as if created based on Vrubel's painting "The Swan Princess", and a luxurious evening dress made of cream lace, which was demonstrated by Mrs. Russia - 2010 Alisa Krylova.

In March 2016, the fashion designer admitted that he was suffering from Parkinson's disease. According to him, he has been struggling with this disease for quite a long time, which is accompanied by serious symptoms - loss of sleep, trembling in the arms and legs, loss of control over movements, depression.

But despite serious illness, Vyacheslav does not lose his presence of mind and finds the strength to appear in public always elegant, well-dressed, kind and cheerful. Finds time to work. Sometimes, he says, he "escapes from the bustle to France", where he has his own apartment in Paris.

“I go to Paris every month, where I have a small studio apartment. I bought it for the first fee received from cooperation with the famous cosmetic company. So I go to pay public utilities- about 400 euros per month. In addition, in the capital of fashion and beauty, I am looking for new interesting fabrics, accessories, additions for future collections.”

The fashion designer also likes to relax in his beloved Moscow region, preferring it even to the Mediterranean coast:

“I have seven acres of land in the Shchelkovsky district, next to it is a river. Beauty is extraordinary! It's not so much Vacation home how much is mine creative center or even a museum-estate.

Russian fashion legend famous fashion designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev turned 78 on March 2. Despite the venerable age of the master, he is full of creative plans, which, however, he manages to implement with great difficulty due to serious problems with health.

“I recently returned from a sanatorium in Karlovy Vary, where I went for the first time in my life. But now it became necessary to treat the legs and Parkinson's disease, ”Vyacheslav Zaitsev bitterly admitted in an interview with journalists of the“ You won’t believe! ” program. channel NTV. Parkinson's disease is a serious injury nervous system when a person loses control over his movements, which gradually leads to trembling of the hands and feet, impaired facial expressions and disability. “The only thing I would wish myself on my birthday is to get well,” says the famous fashion designer. “Illness is what depresses me.”

By the way, at the buffet table, which took place after the fashion show held on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of Vyacheslav Zaitsev, he practically ate nothing. He only drank water and tried to sit down as quickly as possible. The master's joints are not in order. Zaitsev recently underwent surgery - he was given a titanium prosthesis so that he would not experience pain when walking.

In this difficult time, Vyacheslav Zaitsev is supported by his son Yegor, granddaughter Marusya and ex-wife Marina, whom they met while studying at the textile institute. The couple separated when their son was nine years old, but all these years they have maintained warm friendly relations. Marina is perhaps the most worried about her ex-spouse and regularly visits Vyacheslav Zaitsev, bringing him his favorite treat - raspberry pie. “Once it was baked by the mother-in-law of Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, my mother,” said the ex-wife of the master. – This is a puff pastry pie with a thick layer raspberry jam and with densely laid walnuts. Slava loves this pie very much.”

Despite the struggle with serious illness, Vyacheslav Zaitsev does not intend to give up. He is preparing to release a new collection of clothes "autumn-winter" and hopes that the experts will be able to put him on his feet. “Doctors are very optimistic,” Zaitsev concluded. “They say that I am a cheerful, strong person, and therefore everything will be great with me.”