FEATURING RUSSIAN DESIGNER ‘VALENTIN YUDASHKIN’
He came out to prominence during the 1980s,
dressing Raisa Gorbacheva. He is considered the first post-Soviet designer to
bring a contemporary Russian look to the international fashion world, wowing
critics with sumptuous theatricality as well as wearable styles.
His designs have been exhibited in museums such as the Musee de la mode et du textile in Paris, the California Museum of Fashion in Los Angeles, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and the State Historical Museum in Moscow. In 2010, he redesigned Russia's military uniforms, creating 85 designs to dress all branches of the Russian armed services. Nevertheless, the uniforms turned out to be absolutely useless, causing supercooling of many soldiers in the following winter. Also the quality was unbearable – the uniforms ripped apart very quickly and lost their colours after a very short period of time.
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Valentin Yudashkin
Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear
Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear
VALENTIN
YUDASHKIN - FALL 2014
By
Amy Verner
It might be that
Valentin Yudashkin settled on a nineties-rock theme for Fall because it
required more edge than he conveyed in his last season. And it's true that the
Russian designer's near-total use of black and ivory helped to achieve a look
that felt more in step with what the cool kids are doing. As usual, he showed a
few strong outerwear options, including a double-face gray fox-fur coat and a
liquid-slick polyamide parka in gunmetal. The surprise was underneath:
sweatshirts and jeans. Granted, these pieces were either embroidered or
embellished with a black rose pattern that recurred further on, once Yudashkin
reverted back to his laudably ornamented evening dresses. All that beading and
appliqué—this time with streaks of latex—does not happen without days of
meticulous handwork. But most rock stars record in a studio where a producer
and team modulate their work; designers, by comparison, often compose without
the equivalent editing. And in Yudashkin's case, things can get visibly loud
pretty fast. With the final succession of gowns, the issue was less the
decoration itself—although black branches across the décolletage seemed more
sinister than sexy—than the denial of moderation. Yet Yudashkin is capable of
toning himself down, even with his eveningwear; a slinky long skirt and velvet
bomber worn atop a sheer georgette layer confirmed as much. It had the
classical beauty of a piano solo. It resonated.
Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear
Photo: Kim WestonArnold /
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