Alexandre vassiliev fashion biography books

Masterfully researched and beautifully illustrated, Beauty in Exile by Alexandre Vassiliev is no ordinary book.

It is a true testament to the spirt of thousands and thousands of Russian emigres that, having fled the horrors of Revolution and Civil War in their homeland, managed to reinvent their lives and conquer the world of art and fashion.

Written by world renown historian, theatre and set designer and fashion collector, Alexandre Vassiliev, Beauty in Exile opens with the traces the Russian influence in fashion, the origins of the mode a la russe and the influence of Diaghilev’s famous ballet shows.

Vassiliev then takes us to Berlin, Harbin and Paris, retracing the steps of countesses, ladies-in-waiting, sons and daughters of provincial officials and many others that have shaped the world of fashion in the early 20ss.

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