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This Russian fashion designer has received so many awards and titles that you involuntarily begin to envy him. During his life, he went through many trials and difficulties, but he managed to achieve fame and success, no matter what. Meet Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Zaitsev.
The boy was born on March 2, 1938 in the city of Ivanovo. His childhood passed in difficult conditions, since at that time the war began. His father had to go to the front, and the care of his son fell on his mother's shoulders.
In 1945, Vyacheslav entered the secondary school. In addition to schooling, his mother Maria Ivanovna instilled in him a love of knowledge. By nature, she was a gifted person, although she was not able to fully reveal her talent. But she passed on some of her abilities to her son.
At the age of 14, Vyacheslav enters the Chemical Technology College, where he continues his studies. In 1956, he received a diploma in the specialty of a textile drawing artist. And after 6 years he graduated from the textile institute in Moscow. After that, he is hired to work in a garment factory.
As you know, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich loved to draw from childhood. This ability came in handy while studying at a technical school and institute. Firstly, he had a talent for this, and secondly, he worked hard to develop his abilities.
In those years, Zaitsev studied drawing as the basis of graphics, began to copy Western masters, and was engaged in drawing ancient figures, Egyptian frescoes, etc. All this skill came in handy at the time when he began to create his first models.
At the factory, Vyacheslav Zaitsev creates a collection of workwear, which was immediately rejected. However, later Pierre Cardin himself and Mark Bohan find Zaitsev to express their gratitude for the invention of that unique collection, which did not find its application in the USSR.
Already at this time, the fashion designer showed his best side, creating fashionable women's clothing for the capital and the region. He is invited to work in the experimental technical workshop as an artistic director.
For all the time of his work, the talented fashion designer created many seasonal collections that were in great demand at light industry enterprises.
The years 1965-1968 were remembered for the fact that Vyacheslav Zaitsev demonstrated the author's collection called "Russian Series".
Since the 80s of the XX century, Zaitsev has continued to create various collections, which are shown not only in Russia, but also in Paris, New York and other major cities around the world.
In addition to his main profession, Vyacheslav Zaitsev began to broadcast on television "Fashionable Sentence". The program shows viewers an almost real trial, in which its judges must fairly evaluate a person who is accused of not following fashion for a long time.
It is difficult to list all the achievements of Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, since there are a lot of them. But it is worth saying that thanks to his innate talent and extreme hard work, he became not only a Russian fashion designer, but also a painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, a professor of the humanities, a television program host, author of several famous books and just a wonderful person.
Vyacheslav Zaitsev was married to Marina Zaitseva, but the marriage broke up, the reliable reasons are still unknown. From marriage there is a son, whose name is Yegor. He followed in his father's footsteps and became a designer. In addition, there are granddaughters Nastya and Marusya Zaitsev.
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Zaitsev. Born March 2, 1938 in Ivanovo. Soviet and Russian fashion designer, painter and graphic artist, teacher, professor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1991). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2006). Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1996).
Father - Mikhail Yakovlevich Zaitsev.
Mother - Maria Ivanovna Zaitseva.
He studied at Ivanovo secondary school No. 22.
In 1956 he graduated from the Ivanovo Chemical-Technological College with a degree in textile design.
In 1962 he graduated with honors from the Moscow Textile Institute. Then he was assigned to the Experimental and Technical Clothing Factory of the Mosoblsovnarkhoz in the city of Babushkin and was appointed its artistic director.
At the very beginning of his activity, he created a collection of overalls for women workers in the region and the village, which was rejected by the methodological council. Soon it was published by the Pari Match magazine with the article "He dictates fashion to Moscow." Three years later, in 1965, the author of the collection, which never saw the light of day, was tracked down by Pierre Cardin and Marc Boan (Dior) on this article. During the time preceding the meeting, Zaitsev managed to prove himself in creating fashionable women's clothing for the trading network of the capital and the region, was invited to the position of artistic director of the experimental and technical workshop of the All-Union House of Fashion Models on Kuznetsky Most. Having familiarized themselves with the work of their young colleague from the USSR, famous Parisian couturiers, including Guy Laroche, who was present at the meeting, actually recognized him as their worthy colleague in the profession. The result of their meeting was the article "Kings of fashion" in the newspaper WWD.
Vyacheslav Zaitsev worked in the ODMO on the Kuznetsky Most for thirteen years, completing his activities as deputy artistic director of the ODMO, which he was from 1972 to 1978.
The result of his work in the ODMO was: the demonstration of his famous "Russian Series" (1965-1968), a collection of Russian folk motifs from Ivanovo chintz (1976) and other proposals as part of the consolidated collections of the ODMO abroad (in the USA, Canada, Japan. France , Yugoslavia, Italy and many other countries), but these shows, which are fundamentally important for the artist's creative activity, always took place without the participation of the author.
In 1967 he received the Grand Prix for a dress under the motto "Russia" at the World Fashion Festival in Moscow.
Since the late 1960s, Zaitsev began to be perceived in the West as the leader of Soviet fashion, his high authority was expressed in the name assigned to him in the Western press. "Red Dior", which emphasized the organic connection of the unique art of the fashion designer with the best traditions of world fashion.
In 1974, the Czechoslovak magazine "Kvety" in the "Fashion Review for 100 Years" in the gallery of portraits of prominent fashion artists of the world (Frederic Worth, Paul Poiret, Gabrielle Chanel, Christian Dior) next to the name of Dior names Vyacheslav Zaitsev.
Many of his projects found support abroad. So, in 1976, the well-known Czechoslovak firm "Jablonex" accepted his author's work - sketches of costume jewelry, linking their implementation with the decoration of his own collections. The consequence of this was Zaitsev's personal exhibitions in Jablonec, Brno and Karlovy Vary.
After leaving the House of Fashion Models on Kuznetsky Most, he soon associates himself with 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 to this day the master has been creating 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 any of his products recognizable.
Along with fashion, he invariably paid 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 Vyacheslav 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.
He worked a lot on the creation of costumes for films. As a costume designer, he took part in the creation of paintings at the Mosfilm studios and them. Gorky: "The Magician", "Hold on to the Clouds", "Hello, Circus", "Nameless Star".
In 1988, he made costumes for the soloists of one of the Broadway theaters, which staged the musical "Sophisticated Ladies" to the music of Duke Ellington.
A significant and long-term area of creative activity of Vyacheslav Zaitsev is theatrical costume, scenography, theatrical poster.
In 1981, for the production of Chekhov's play "The Cherry Orchard" by Galina Volchek in the GDR (Weimar) and Hungary (Budapest), he was invited as a costume designer, and he also made theater posters for the same performances.
For more than two dozen performances of the capital's theaters, the fashion designer created stage costumes: Theater of Satire ("Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro", "Her Excellency"), Moscow Art Theater ("The Last", "That Strange Mrs. Savage", "It's All Over"), Theater named after Vakhtangov (Princess Turandot, The Ides of March, Richard III), Mossovet Theater (Luigi's Heart), Sovremennik (Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, Anfisa, Lorenzaccio) , “Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf?”), “Romen” (“Hello, Pushkin”, “We are gypsies”).
Vyacheslav Zaitsev is the creator of unique costumes for the avant-garde performance "Lesbians of the Tsunami Noise" based on the play by Mikhail Volokhov.
In 2013, Vyacheslav Zaitsev created the costumes for the play The Queen of Spades at the Maly Theater (directed by Andrey Zhitinkin). He created costumes for a number of theater performances in other cities, including for the Hermitage Ballet Theater in St. Petersburg.
For a long time he worked on creating costumes for pop stars and figure skating champions, "dresses" the members of the Soviet sports delegation at the 1980 Olympics 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 for many years, since the 1970s, he created a collection of costumes for his rock band Integral.
He also created stage costumes for Tamara Sinyavskaya, the ensembles Gaia, Time Machine, etc.
For a long time he was engaged in pedagogical activity. Since 1976 - Associate Professor of the Department of Clothing Modeling, Faculty of Applied Arts, Moscow Technological Institute (now - Moscow State University of Service). In 1992-1996, he was a professor at the Department of Clothing Modeling, Faculty of Applied Arts, Moscow Technological Institute (now Moscow State University of Service).
Wrote books "Such a fickle fashion" and "This many-sided world of fashion". Both came out in 1980, and in 1983 they were re-released in Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.
In 1993, he became the founder and head of the jury of the annual Textile Salon competition (Ivanovo). He acted as the initiator and trustee of the competition "Talent" (Ivanovo).
In 1994, he created and headed the jury of annual competitions: professional fashion designers named after. Nadezhda Lamanova (Moscow), children's theaters of fashion "Golden Needle" (Moscow) and young fashion designers and costume designers "Exercise". In 1995, he was artistic director and chairman of the jury of the annual Velvet Seasons in Sochi competition.
From July 30, 2007 to November 20, 2009, he hosted the television program Fashion Sentence on Channel One.
Since 2009 - chairman of the jury of the international fashion festival "Gubernsky style".
Vyacheslav Zaitsev is an honorary citizen of Paris and his native Ivanovo.
In early 1971, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich got into a car accident, after which he recovered for a long time.
He recalled: “When they told me that they would cut off my right leg, I even resigned myself, came up with a new image for myself. I imagined how in a black hat, white shirt, black glasses and with a stick I would walk along the Kuznetsk bridge. But I trained like hell in my head, because I knew: you need to live.
Despite the disappointing diagnosis, the fashion designer managed to save his leg and restore his health. Moreover, this tragedy completely changed his life and even tempered his character. “Before the accident, I considered myself extremely infantile. And then he managed to refuse painkillers, in fact - drugs. Because I saw: the man who was lying next to me in the ward, under their influence, jumped out of the window. I deliberately tested myself then. And it turned out that I can be courageous, ”in an interview.
At the time of the accident, Zaitsev was 33 years old. For nine days he had to be in intensive care, and then for six months he did not part with crutches.
The consequences of the accident made themselves felt throughout the rest of his life.
In early 2016, he underwent surgery on his knee joint - he was given a titanium prosthesis so that he would not experience pain when walking. Passed a course of rehabilitation in Karlovy Vary.
“Every month I go to Paris, where I have a small studio apartment,” Zaitsev shared. “I got it for the first fee received from cooperation with the famous cosmetic company. So I go to pay utility bills - 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,” he said.
The couturier prefers his beloved suburbs to rest on the seas and oceans: “I have seven acres of land in the Shchelkovsky district, next to it is a river. Beauty is extraordinary! This is not so much a country house as my creative center or even a museum-estate. Zaitsev keeps all his awards and gifts there, a myriad of magazines, paintings, sketches, fabrics, photographs and books.
Filmography of Vyacheslav Zaitsev:
1982 - You can't forbid living beautifully - cameo
1984 - And again the finest hour! (documentary)
1986 - How to become a star - episode
1987 - This fantasy world. Issue 12 (film-play) - train passenger
1997 - Ship of twins - Volkov
2005, 2016 - Regina Zbarskaya. Body of State Importance (documentary) - fashion designer
2005 - Russian artist Alexei Shmarinov (documentary)
2006 - How the idols left. Claudia Shulzhenko (documentary)
2006 - Life is beautiful (documentary)
2007 - Soviet beauty. The fate of a fashion model (documentary)
2007 - Why did my love survive you ... (documentary)
2008 - Actors of the same role (documentary)
2009 - Fairy beauties. Life after fame (documentary)
2009 - Nikolai Karachentsov. Love has no price (documentary)
2010 - Catherine III (documentary)
2011 - Fashion for the people (documentary)
2011 - Antique clock - cameo
2012 - Goddesses of socialism (documentary)
Scenography by Vyacheslav Zaitsev:
1963 - Costumes for the play "Princess Turandot", Vakhtangov Theater
1965 - Costumes for the play "Luigi's Heart", Mossovet Theater
1966 - Costumes for the play "This Strange Miss Savage", Moscow Art Theater
1967 - Costumes for the movie "The Magician"
1971 - Costumes for the movie "Hold on to the Clouds"
1973 - Costumes for the play "Crazy Day, or the Marriage of Figaro", Theater of Satire
1976 - Costumes for the play "Richard III", Vakhtangov Theater
1978 - Costumes for the TV movie "Nameless Star"
1979 - Costumes for the play "Her Excellency", Theater of Satire
1980 - Costumes for the play "It's over", Moscow Art Theater
1981 - Costumes for the play "The Last", Moscow Art Theater
1982 - Costumes for the play "The Cherry Orchard", "Contemporary"
1986 - Costumes for the play "Lorenzaccio", "Contemporary"
1988 - Costumes for the musical "Sophisticated Ladies" to the music of Duke Ellington, Broadway, New York
1990 - Costumes for the play "Anfisa", "Contemporary"
1991 - Costumes for the play "The Ides of March", Vakhtangov Theater
1991 - Costumes for the play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", "Contemporary"
2001 - Costumes for the play "Three Sisters", Sovremennik Theater
2015 - Costumes for the performances of the State Maly Theater: The Queen of Spades, Masquerade, Youth of Louis XIV
Vyacheslav Zaitsev's clothing collections:
1963 - A collection of overalls for workers in the region and the village, 1962 (rejected by the Methodological Council of the ODMO, the article "He dictates fashion in Moscow", the magazine "Paris Match");
1965-1968 - "Russian Series", (displays of ODMO in the USA, Canada, Japan without the presence of the author);
1969 - Collection of models of women's clothing from fabrics based on chemical fibers of the Selanese corporation, 1969 (shows at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, without the presence of the author);
1976 - A collection of jewelry commissioned by the Yabloneks company (shows of author's collections of clothes and jewelry in the cities of Czechoslovakia);
1976 - Collection of models based on Russian folk motifs from Ivanovo prints;
1980 - Collection of models for the USSR national team at the XX Olympic Games;
1984 - Collection of models for the industrial exhibition of the USSR in Zagreb, 1984 (shows without the participation of the author);
1985 - Collection of models for the world exhibition Expo-85 in Tsikubo, Japan, (shows without the participation of the author);
1986 - A collection of models for a mixed show within the framework of the Days of Culture of the USSR Pavilion at the World Exhibition of Promotional Equipment in Vancouver;
1987 - Collection of models "1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia", 1987-1988, (shows in Paris and New York);
1987 - Collection (guide) of models under a license agreement with Intertorg, 1987 (shows in the USA);
1987 - Collection of Haute Couture models "The Millennium of the Baptism of Russia";
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);
1988 - Collection of pret-a-porter models (together with Yegor Zaitsev) for the Soviet exposition of the World Exhibition "Expo-88", Australia, Brisbane;
1988 - Collection of models for the second joint show with Madame Carvin at the Galera Fashion Museum, Paris;
1988 - Collection of clothing models from European fabrics, leather and sheepskin coats as part of Fashion Week, Munich;
1989 - Collection of models of men's fashion, 1989 (shows at Men's Fashion Week in Florence);
1989 - V. M. Zaitsev is recognized as the "Man of the Year in the fashion world";
1990 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "The agony of perestroika";
1990 - Collection of models of women's clothing from domestic fabrics (show and victory at the summit "Five Outstanding Fashion Artists of the World", Tokyo);
1991 - Collection of models of the uniform of the National Guard and the Russian police;
1991 - Collection for the international gala show "United Germany", (shows in Berlin);
1992 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Nostalgia for Beauty";
1993 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 1993/1994 "Dreams";
1994 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 1994/1995 "Memories of the future";
1995 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 1995/1996 "Awakening";
1995 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Plague";
1996 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Temptation";
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);
1997 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 1997/1998 "Event";
1998 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Paging through the memory of the page";
1999 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2000;
1999 - Collection of clothing models from fur pret-a-porter de luxe "Insight";
2000 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Secrets of Harmony";
2000 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2001;
2001 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Dedication";
2001 - Collection of models pret-a-porter 2002;
2001 - Collection of Haute Couture 2002 models;
2002 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Invasion";
2002 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2002/2003;
2003 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Divertissement";
2003 - Collection of models pret-a-porter 2004;
2004 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Nostalgia for the past times ...";
2004 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2005 "Improvisation";
2005 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Secrets of Temptation";
2005 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe 2006;
2006 - Collection of Haute Couture models "Stop a moment ...";
2006 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2006 "Playing with ...";
2006 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2007;
2006 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2006/2007 "Phantasmagoria";
2007 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Dedicated to Russia";
2007 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Chiaroscuro";
2007 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2008 "Do not part with your loved ones ...";
2007 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2007/2008 "Waiting for change";
2007 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe "Phantasmagoria";
2008 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2009;
2008 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2008/2009 "Origins";
2009 - Collection of Haute Couture models "Russian Modern. III Millennium";
2009 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2010 "Contrary!";
2009 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2009/2010;
2010 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2010/2011 "Metamorphoses";
2010 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2010/2011 "Breakthrough";
2011 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2011/2012 "Full Moon";
2011 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2012 "Spring Classic";
2012 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2012/2013 "Associations";
2012 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2013 "Nostalgia";
2013 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2013/2014 "Nostalgia-2";
2013 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2014 "At the crossroads";
2013 - Collection of Haute Couture 2014 models;
2014 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2014/2015 “Improvisation. 90...";
2014 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2015 "From the past to the future";
2015 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe fw 2015/2016 "Nocturne";
2015 - Collection of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2016 "Patterns of life";
2016 - Collection of pret-a-porter de luxe models "Golden Age";
2016 - Collection (cruise) of models pret-a-porter de luxe ss 2016 "Exercise"
The legend of Russian fashion, the 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 health problems.
“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 damage to the nervous system when a person loses control over their 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. “It's a puff pastry pie with a thick layer of raspberry jam and thickly packed walnuts. Slava loves this pie very much.”
Despite the struggle with a 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.”
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Zaitsev(March 2, Ivanovo, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet and Russian fashion designer, painter and graphic artist, teacher, professor.
Born March 2, 1938 in Ivanovo in a family of workers. Father - Mikhail Yakovlevich Zaitsev (? - 1994), mother - Maria Ivanovna Zaitseva (? - 1978). His father escaped from captivity and was imprisoned for 10 years, he was considered a traitor to the Motherland, so Vyacheslav in 1952 could not enter any university. Vyacheslav had an older brother who died.
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.
After leaving the House of Fashion Models on Kuznetsky Most, he soon associates himself with 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:
Shown in Moscow, Russia and near abroad collections:
All collections have extensive domestic and foreign press [ ] .
The high prestige of V. M. Zaitsev and his active social position give this activity a purposeful character, contributing to the professional education of fashion designers, teachers and students of the clothing industry, and introducing 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 plastic art 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 figure skating champions, “dressing” members of the Soviet sports delegation at the 1980 Olympics and creating 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 of fashion art, he takes his own place as an artist and creative person. All these years, he rightfully belongs to the primacy in domestic fashion - not only as one of the pioneers of this field, 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 - the bestsellers of the 1980s: "Such a changeable fashion" (published by "Young Guard") 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.
In 2017, the Eksmo AST publishing house released Vyacheslav Zaitsev's autobiographical book Fashion. My house" .
V. M. Zaitsev - Honorary Citizen of Paris [ ] and Honorary Citizen of his native city of Ivanovo.
1976 - Associate Professor of the Department of Clothing Modeling, Faculty of Applied Arts, Moscow Technological Institute - now Moscow State University of Service.
1992-1996 - Professor of the Department of Clothing Modeling, Faculty of Applied Arts, Moscow Technological Institute - now Moscow State University of Service.
1993 - Creator and head of the jury of the annual competition "Textile Salon", Ivanovo.
initiator and trustee of the competition "Talent", Ivanovo.
1994 - Creator and head of the jury of the annual competition of professional fashion designers. Nadezhda Lamanova, Moscow.
1994 - Creator and head of the jury of the annual competition of children's fashion theaters "Golden Needle", Moscow, Russia.
1994 - Creator and head of the jury of the permanent contest of young fashion designers and costume designers "Exercis".
1995 - Creator, artistic director and chairman of the jury of the annual competition "Velvet Seasons in Sochi".
A significant and long-term area of creative activity of V. M. Zaitsev is theatrical costume, scenography, theatrical poster. For more than two dozen performances of the capital's theaters, V. M. Zaitsev performed stage costumes: Theater Satires (“Mad day, or Marriage Figaro”, “Her Excellency”), Moscow Art Theater (“The Last”, “This strange Mrs. Savage”, “It's over ”), Vakhtangov Theater (“Princess Turandot”, “The Ides of March”, “Richard III”), Moscow City Council Theater (“Heart of Luigi”), “Contemporary” (“Three Sisters”, “The Cherry Orchard”, “Anfisa” , “Lorenzaccio”, “Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf?”), “Romen” (“Hello, Pushkin”, “We are gypsies”). In 2013, Vyacheslav Zaitsev created the costumes for the play The Queen of Spades, directed by Andrey Zhitinkin, Maly Theatre.
V. M. Zaitsev created costumes for a number of performances of theaters in other cities, including for the Hermitage Ballet Theater in St. Petersburg.
In 1981, for the staging of Chekhov's play "The Cherry Orchard" by Galina Volchek in the GDR (Weimar) and Hungary (Budapest), V. M. Zaitsev was invited as a costume designer; for the same performances, he also made theatrical posters.
Vyacheslav Zaitsev is a Soviet and Russian fashion designer who rightfully owns the primacy in Soviet and Russian fashion. The designer managed to create the very concepts of “high fashion” and “clothing design” without the corresponding industry in the Soviet Union. Today, Zaitsev is perceived as a great master of world significance.
Vyacheslav was born in Ivanovo in a poor family, where his older brother Vladimir was already growing up. The boy's childhood fell on the war years. My father went to the front, was taken prisoner, fled and reached Berlin, and after the war ended up in a camp as a former prisoner of war. From life's difficulties, my mother fell ill in the hospital, and Slava at one time begged, singing songs at the store.
At school, the guy showed the ability to draw: Zaitsev was excellent at designing concert posters for school holidays. After graduating from the seven-year plan, he entered the Ivanovo Chemical-Technological College, where he studied as a textile artist.
In the 2000s, the fashion designer also showed himself as a talented TV presenter. He was invited to the Fashion Sentence program, which he hosted for 2 years. Later, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich headed the jury of the international fashion festival "Provincial Style".
Personal life
At the age of 24, a beginner and little-known couturier married a girl from a wealthy and high-ranking family. The chosen one was named Marina, her mother was a ballerina in the theater. and his father was a military pilot.
Relations in a young family were not easy: the mother of the fashion designer's wife in every possible way prevented this union. Vyacheslav and Marina had a son, Yegor, who later followed in his father's footsteps. Later, he gave his parents two granddaughters - Maria and Anastasia. Marusya continued the family dynasty and has already declared herself as a promising fashion designer.
