A large retrospective exhibition at the Manege of the Small Hermitage features more than 100 ensembles of the fashion House "Slava Zaitsev" for 30 years, as well as sketches and photographs

the State Hermitage Museum,
25 June – 25 September 2016,
the Manege of the Small Hermitage

the Manege of the Small Hermitage "Vyacheslav Zaitsev in the Hermitage. Large-scale monographic exhibition features more than 100 ensembles, performed in the Moscow fashion House "Slava Zaitsev" over the past 30 years, as well as photographs of the designer and his early sketches of clothes.

the name of the artist Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Zaitsev more than half a century is inextricably linked with the art of creating beautiful clothes. Zaitsev considered the first Russian couturier, he is recognized in Europe, America and Asia. In 1989, Vyacheslav Zaitsev won the contest "the Five best designers of the world." To this day he remains the only Russian designer, which became a laureate of this competition. Zaitsev made a huge contribution to the world of fashion. And exhibition in the walls of the Hermitage – the best evidence.

by the Way, the designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev has long been seriously engaged in painting and easel graphics. His work has been exhibited and sold at auction. Auction record is £4 800 (about $6 000 for a large pastel. Approximately the same cost its spectacular costumes.

Sources: hermitagemuseum.org, artinvestment.ru