THE RFB

RUSSIAN FILM POSTERS: 1900-1930 By Maria-Christina Boerner Vivays Publishing, 192 pages, 196 illustrations In the early 20th century a staggering 60 percent of Russian population was illiterate. Yet they were exactly the crowd that went to the cinema as it was regarded as lowly kind of entertainment that the upper classes despised. No wonder both [Continue reading...]

Vogue Russia published a special edition fully dedicated to ballet. The love story between fashion and ballet started a long while ago. Fashion designers sought inspiration in famous ballet shows and/or designed costumes for the stage (take Coco Chanel, for example), prima ballerinas set fashion trends… One cannot imagine the 20th century [Continue reading...]

RUSSIAN ELEGANCE: Country & City Fashion from the 15th to the Early 20th Century By L. V. Efimova and T. S. Aleshina Vivays Publishing, 195 pages, illustrated In the beginning of the 18th century Russia experienced abrupt political, economic and social changes, implemented by Peter the Great’s steady hand. Among his many reforms, Peter [Continue reading...]

Ok, this is not exactly fashion, more like a great source for inspiration and research on historical ethnic dress. Anyway, very beautiful pictures of unbelievable for that time quality. Between 1909 and 1912 photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas II. [Continue reading...]

This exhibition, held in Triumph Gallery in Moscow, pays tribute to Russian fashion designer Slava Zaitsev.  The archives of late 80s – early 90s are being rethought and reinterpreted in a series of images and video installations, presented by Vconfession agency. An interview with the founders of Vconfession on Dazed Digital Camera – [Continue reading...]